Trains

**while he looks kind of scared in the video, he was actually very excited!**

We went to the Strasburg Railroad on Saturday while Grandma and Grandpa Hoffman were out visiting.

Connor had a pretty good time!

lots of pictures of the backs of heads - we were all too busy looking out the windows!

Connor  making his train whistle noise - he holds his hands up to his mouth :)

Special picture with a train conductor - he was more excited then Connor ;)

LOOK!  It's THOMAS!!!! :) 
He looked at him with such awe...
and kind of a "hello old friend" twinkle in his eye... hehehe

Since spending time at the railroad station, Connor has been pulling out all the stops when playing with his trains at home.

His new favorite thing to do is line up all the cars on the track - his imagination is at work!

Thanks for a fun visit Grandma and Grandpa!  We had a fun time!

His other favorite toy at the moment is a little fisherman boat and trying to catch the fish on the hook...

Good thing Pap is coming to visit soon ;)

Bubbles!!!

Thank you Aunt Michelle!  I love my bubbles!

Hugs for the bubbles

getting pretty good at putting the wand in the slot! :)

wait, time out to watch the neighbor on the tractor...

He actually did blow a bubble!  I was so excited!

See Mommy?  Bubbles!

Miss Bridget and Emelia came to play with their cool bubble machine the other day too!  

How fun ~ all these bubbles in one day!

I'm going to eat dirt...

dirt?  on my nose?  what?

I asked him where he put the dirt...

what do you mean I can't eat the dirt?

show Dad the dirt...

after he ate the dirt - we let him play in the dirt pile in our driveway.  This is leftover dirt that didn't make it in the garden.  For now, it's like a sandbox ... but it will eventually be put to use when school is done for the summer.

He took his playing very seriously, but he was also loving every minute!

Splish Splash :)

Fort

Rainy day fun at the Hoffman House = building a fort.

Bill said the first 10 minutes they just sat inside and looked... and Connor kept smiling and giving Bill hugs.

:)

Out-takes for a laugh... :)

Dirt... and our Garden

That's right Connor, it's dirt...

and yes, you can touch it...

It sticks to my hands!

This is so cool!

SO fun!

Bill has been working hard in our side yard the last week and a half.

Our garden is built, planted, watered, fenced, and 'papered/grassed'.

I think it looks great!

The 'teepee' in the middle of the two raised beds is for our pole bean plants.  Hopefully they'll grow.. and they'll grow up and around the strings on the beams.

 The black barrel thing is our composting bin.  We got it two summers ago, but it's been by our shed.

broccoli, peppers, lettuce, beans

zucchini, squash, tomatoes, carrots, beans

my favorite picture from the bunch that I took :)

Uncle Paul!!

this video doesn't really do it justice - 

he was spot on when I asked "what does Uncle Paul say?"

He'd reply... "Nah"

by the end of the video, it sounds more like "da"...

but it's still pretty cute! :)

Invasion...

I've been invaded.

Do you see what I see?

See it now?

Snakes.  That's right.  Two snakes.

and I didn't even see it coming...

yuck.

Spoon!

Watch out world - he's using a spoon! :)

(duck and cover!)

forget the spoon... I need more to eat now...