First Horse Ride

The World of Horses was great! We had no idea what to expect, but Andrew loved it! He got about a 10 minute ride on a pony, the only scary part was no seat belt on the saddle. One of Andy's favorite phrases right now is "what's this?", so there were many reminders to keep two hands on the saddle, but he stayed on for the whole ride!!

World of Horses Activities

So, we interpreted 90 minutes at World of Horses, to be a 90 minute horse ride. Upon arrival, we found all of these activites instead! Really fun experience for Andrew to play in all the horse stalls, and lots of fun to have Grandpa John to help me out!

Crawling

So Mr. Matty finally decided that he needed to get places!

October Update

It is so much fun to see toys being used for the second time! It is still hard to believe how big Matt is getting. It's a blast to watch the boys play together, we're working every day on sharing and being good brothers. I'm always surprised at how they are teaching each other things!! There are far too many memories that the camera isn't fast enough to catch!
Gotta love that hair!!

Andrew is following in dad's footsteps. He did this all on his own with no encouragement from mom. We were walking through the mall, and he spotted a car and he had to sit down and appreciate it! It was a lovely Bentley convertible.

Nothing beats this! We love the zoo, we are there almost once a week, and this visit can't be beat. Andrew knows all his animals, but Kiki & Frost are his favorites!! This day was awesome, the lions were playing, roaring, and finally as Andy tells us, sleeping!!

The boys are doing so well, we've got our crazy moments, but it really is fun to take in all they do. We have been so lucky to make friends with all the kids on the street and now everyday is playtime in the cul-de-sac, so much fun!!

Andrew is adjusting well to school, we had some hiccups after missing school with vacation and then the stomach flu (no fun!), but I think we've made a big step! We've gotten 2 notes home in the last week telling us that Andrew was very, very happy, and that he's having GREAT days!! It definitely lets us know that he's doing well. He has picked up so many cool things already, it is really great to watch him grow!

Matthew is filling in the role of the baby so well!! Maybe too much at times! We have figured out that Mr. Matty is capable of doing many, many things, but Mommy and Daddy don't make him, so why bother! For instance, holding his own bottle, eating table food, and crawling. All of which he is doing, and has been doing, but only if he really wants to!!

It's really interesting to see how we were so concerned about Andrew completing all these tasks, and with Matthew, we are just letting things happen. It's hard to say if we were overly crazy the first time or a just a bit lazy this time. Either way, we've got two awesome little boys!!!

Pumpkin Patch

Going to pick pumpkins gets more and more fun! Obviously this is Matty's first Halloween so we had to put him near all the pumpkins, but it's funny to let Andrew actually pick one out. He walks all around, and just picks one and of course a smaller one for Matt. More pics to come!

Charleston 2010 - part 2

Our first trip to the beach was a huge success! It's a bit of a haul to take 2 little people 2 blocks to the beach, but it was worth it to see them both playing in the sand. Andy really liked the water & waves on day 1, day 2 was a little unsure!

Charleston 2010

Making dough with Grandpa!!

Looking at horseshoe crabs with Mommy, it was very special to share this with him!

The pool in the backyard was fabulous!

Such a fun vacation, the whole Wagner/Somar crew got together. So much fun to have everyone together including 3 kids under 2!! We did so many fun things including the aquarium, the beach, shopping on market street, and lots of playtime!!