Tickle Fun

Sometimes waking up from a nap takes a bit of lounge time on the floor..

And a video of tickling!

Rodeo and Beach Fun!

We had an exciting weekend!

We put letters all over Danny in the bath..

It's 4th of July weekend, which means it's the Makawao Rodeo!  We missed the parade on Saturday morning cause of rain, naps, etc...but we went to the rodeo in the late afternoon.  Danny, who is obsessed with animals, couldn't believe he got to see horses and calves in real life.  He pretty much spent the entire time saying "moo."  We haven't really got "neigh" down yet...

Lately he shows excitement by tensing up his body and screeching.  To his parents, it's funny and pretty cute.  To strangers, it can be annoying, but what are you gonna do?  He's not screaming to misbehave or make ugly noises, he just has so much excitement he has to get out.  Luckily a few of our rodeo neighbors thought it was cute.  Some stared at us, but most thought it was cute (or at least they pretended to).

We let him stand up at the fence with the other kids to get a closer look at the rodeo action.  

Today we packed up and went to Baby Beach.  Known for reef that keeps the surf out and a nice shallow beach, it was perfect.  The only thing it's missing is a shower or a hose.  Again, Danny was just so, so excited to play.  He loves the water and the sand now.

The water was ridiculously perfect.

We took a break in our tent to eat some broccoli and an apple.  What kind of beach snacks are those!?

After hitting up an awesome Barnes and Noble sale (I got 3 Christmas books for $6!) and eating some lunch, we came home.  Daniel found my cowgirl hat and decided to wear it around the house.  I guess next year we'll have to sign him up for mutton bustin' at the rodeo...or at least the stick horse race!

Thursday

Got a couple out of focus pictures for you today.

Daniel is learning to strum the ukulele rather than pulling at individual strings.  He's super happy to get to play it.

I bought these John Deere pacifiers before Danny was born and we never used them.  He hasn't used a pacifier in months (self weaned) but he found these yesterday and thought it was fun to play with them.

And finally, busy at work on his puzzle and his fidget board thing.

Tuesday

Daniel enjoyed some coffee on the couch with Dad this morning.

After school/daycare the two of us went for a swim.

Pretty fun stuff!  Then we practiced saying "uh oh" while eating oatmeal, as you do.  P.S.  No idea why the video quality is always so bad when I post these.  It's much better on my Google Photos..

Helping to get ready to go for a run (blurry, but still cute).

Drinks

Danny may have inherited our indecisiveness.  Milk or water?  Both!

Milkshake

Imitating Tom, Daniel decided to make a milkshake with his bottle.  He thought spraying milk everywhere was hilarious!

Eventually he settled back down..

Forts

Climbing, climbing everywhere.

And having fun with living room forts!