"Cool"

With autumn comes 3 sure things - football, falling leaves, and school. Liam is getting his first taste of "cool" at his 'Fun For One' class. It meets once a week for an hour and the parents (aka moms) stay. So far he isn't making any real connections with the other kids since they are all pretty big into parallel play, but he is learning about sharing and loves to sing songs with the class.

Look mom, I can sit like a big boy and eat my snack.

Bubbles!!

Last year when he was 6 months old (hard to believe that he was a little baby such a short time ago) anyway, when he was 6 months old, Kyle tried to play in the leaves with Liam and he bawled. This year he had a ball and there are still many leaf piles to be made and destroyed.

"It's okay Daddy, I will comfort you when the Birds lose."

It's gonna be a long season.

Labor Day Vacation

As you can tell by the smile, Liam loved the "beesh". This was his first trip to the Atlantic Ocean (Frances and Maile's too). It was like having an infinite sandbox and he didn't have to share the toys like at the park.

Uncle Shawn and Maile loves to play in the sand too. Maile was fearless in the water and got right back up after being knocked down by the waves. The water was very warm. I think we'll go in September every year!!

Liam didn't mind the water but was much more interested in the sand and getting back to his digging. Liam didn't want to ride in his stroller much on the boardwalk so it was a good thing that Gramma, Nannie, Aunt Jamie, Uncle Shawn and Frances were there to share carrying duties with me and Kyle. We all ate at the Phillips buffet Sunday night and Liam tried little neck clams, snow crabs, and fried shrimp, but he was happiest gnawing on a corn cob. (no pics of that, sorry Lora, I know how you like to see little kids eating). Overall, it was one of the best Ocean City trips we've ever taken. We weren't ready to leave!