I found a giant bead puzzle at a thrift store this week and Sullivan was hard at play with it tonight at his highchair. He loves to play with these bead puzzles. Whenever we find one at a store or playground, at grandmommy and granddaddy’s school room or even at the dairy queen it always takes the focus. I love the look he gets on his face when he plays with these things it sometimes reminds me of my cousin Scott…it is definitely a Leberknight jaw that emerges when he is serious with the beads.

We were all playing outside tonight racing Sullivan’s Lightning McQueen car on the driveway and he ran behind the car to do something and a few moments later we heard his voice and it sounded like he was in our neighbors yard so I ran around the car to see how he got over there and when I looked in the neighbors yard I didn’t see him. I could still hear his voice and so I began to panic a bit and turned back around to tell Damon that he wasn’t over there when I noticed this small figure in a green jumper half way up our big live oak tree. The little voice that sounded so far away was Sullivan up a tree. He climbed the first split of the big oak tree in the front for the first time all by himself. Guess another big boy moment for the record books huh?

We bought a model Lightning McQueen car for Sullivan this past weekend at Big Lots. You shake it up and it says lines from the movie and then races around the house. It is pretty fun and of course Sullivan’s best new toy (in addition to his tape recorder). We played with it for several hours today…..racing it and racing it and jumping it off tables and chairs and into walls and UP walls and over homemade ramps. My brother and father would be proud of all the car adventures we had today. Can’t wait for Sullivan to get back up to PA for a visit as I imagine they will both enjoy all this car play together.

Picked up Sullivan today from the grandparents. He always has a grand time up there playing outdoors. They have the perfect backyard for a little boy and I think he spends most of his time up there outside in the sand area and water. Well we’ve had a pretty hot summer so far this year and the hot temps haven’t stopped him from playing outside which means he gets pretty sweaty which always leads to more dirt sticking to his face and hands. Well I wanted his Daddy to see how cute he looked so I left him as is for the car ride home but he fell asleep with his hat on and when we got home this is what he looked like. I rolled the window down and Damon tried to wake him several times but he was sound asleep. He eventually woke up and immediately started giving a speech another one of his very funny habits…..speech giving. Damon caught the speech on video. I’ll have to figure out how to get that online someday and share it with you.

Damon and Sullivan and I took a trip to Goodwill this past weekend to see if we could find a replacement straw summer cowboy hat for Sullivan as he has completely worn out his first one. Well we did not find an exact replacement for the cowboy hat BUT we did find a beach hat, some discovery kids binoculars and viewfinder, an AWESOME kids tape recorder with an attached microphone and a play tube. We always find neat treasures at the Goodwill…..it is one of Damon’s great talents…..finding treats at the Goodwill. We spent many an hour playing with all, lots of fun recordings on the tape player Biscuit shows, lots of treking around the house like an adventurer with his binoculars and beach hat, and climbing in and out of the yellow tube. It was a fun day for all.