New cheap toy!

We have been frequenting garage sales this spring and have found quite a few toys for Seth. Some of them are older toys we both played with as kids that you can't buy in stores anymore. The one pictured here Seth absolutely went crazy over the first time we gave it to him. He has since enjoyed it lots.

There have been lots of laughs with this toy. It is really nothing special in my book, but if Seth likes it, it is well worth the 25 cents we paid for it!!!

The shed

I know this blog is about Seth, but wanted to share these pictures too. Jason is currently building a shed in our back yard, a much needed thing since we have very limited garage space. He started a couple Saturdays ago, but since it has gotten rained on quite a bit so he hasn't made as much progress as he would have liked by this time. I think the shed looks great.

Wall #1 is up!!

The first wall we decided to put the siding on before placing the wall verticle because it would be harder to paint once it was up. So, we painted it too, it did not take long.

Just to show, I did help out a little, even if I couldn't do all the construction stuff that Jason has done. Painting is fun when you only have a little to do at a time.

Becoming more brave...

Seth has started to explore our backyard more and more recently. Just lately we haven't been able to be out there much b/c it's just been too wet. We have gotten a lot of rain lately. But, a few weeks ago Seth crawled all over the yard. He had a good time.

These leaves look tasty, mom, can I eat them? He managed to just play with them which was good, he had lots of fun looking for things to "play" with.

One night stop

Jason's family stopped by for one night as they had to attend a funeral in the family. 4 of Ruth's kids were also here though they did not stay with us. We had a BBQ on Memorial Day in the living room since it was rainy and cool outside.

Here are Sam and Grace, all the kids seemed to be glad to be out of the car, it isn't a horrible long trip, but just long enough with that many in the vehicle.

Sam and Seth are so cute together. They had alot of fun playing with Seth's different balls. And, they are both pretty accurate "throwers" too!!

The girls hanging out!

It was a houseful since we couldn't be outside much because of the weather, but we all had a good time anyway. Maybe next time they come it will be nice out and we can be outside more.

The "chariot"

This weekend we made strides in our exercising efforts. Both of our bikes were trash so we donated them to a guy who will refurbish them and give them away to needy people. So, we were on the hunt for both a new bike for me as well as a bike trailer (chariot, coined by Jason) for Seth. We went to thrift stores on Friday night for a totally different purpose and they had trailers there and we bought one. Today, we got a bike for me. I took Seth on his first chariot ride and he seemed to like it -- all except for the helmet which he does NOT like. He will need to get used to it.

The helmet is a little big on Seth yet, which is probably why he doesn't really like it, he can't see as well as normal.

I hope to get many miles out of that bike and trailer. It takes a few more muscles when you are pulling a 20+ pound kid and trailer, but I'm sure I will build up to that too. This is my favorite way to exercise and I am excited to use the bike lots this summer.

What a cutie!!!!

Grass and playing outside

Seth hasn't liked the feel of grass on his legs much until recently. This week because it was so warm out I put him on a blanket outside on the grass. He was really intrigued by the grass and leaves out there. He had a good time and actually didn't eat it!

Here Seth was waaayyy more interested in the grass than anything else!

I gave him some graham crackers, so he was eating those.

Crazy pictures

Seth was acting kind of crazy the other day. He was rolling around on the floor which is not something he does regularly. I also had him in a new outfit I wanted pictures of. He has the best fun just playing with his blanket, and pulling all of them off his shelves in his room.