June 2011

Here's the month of June, in a nutshell.

First off, I'd like to thank the Lord for creating chocolate. Mommy says I like it almost as much as my Daddy does! Here I am licking my first chocolate batter right off the whisk.

Needless to say, I'm in love.
Elias and I have been hanging out a lot recently, which I think is awesome! You're going to see a lot of him and me together this post. Here we are with Papa at Marco and Luca's, a dumpling restaurant on the downtown mall. We had a blast with Papa! Does he look like he has his hands full?
Here we are with Aunt Ali at the Discovery Museum on the Downtown Mall...isn't she beautiful?
Elias, we're having fun! Seriously, we're having fun!
Well, at least I was. He had fun til he fell off his seat on the boat. Ouch. Don't worry...we're tough guys, so he bounced back quickly and the party continued.
Here we are playing with golf balls, letting them roll down an elaborate maze (when we weren't eating them, that is).


The train table was pretty cool...
Here I am at the Discovery Museum another day (different outfit, sans my best bud Elias). I really like the slide, and find that climbing up is almost as fun as sliding down.
Here's a big shot of the boat room, just so you don't think Mom and Aunt Ali had us in prison.
This is a vacuum system that you could put scarves and puff balls in, then watch them shoot all around the tubes! Then they'd pop out and you could catch them.
Oh yeah. Now you're speaking my language...trucks.
Here I am "helping" Mommy make chicken salad.
Here I am at Nonni's house in the bath tub. I love the water!
Here we are again...cousins. If this ends up in one of our yearbooks, we're going to be a little peeved.
Here I am with Grandma. I'm kissing my hand, then putting it on her lips. I couldn't quite reach her to give her a real kiss, so this was the next best thing.
Mommy's so glad we got to see her this day and visit. Two days later (June 30th), she peacefully went to be with Jesus. That day when Mommy asked her if there was anything she was worried about leaving behind, she said, "No, honey. Jesus died for me a long time ago." :)
We miss you, Grandma! Thank you for all you did for our family...we love you so much.

As you know, my Aunt Beanie is an amazing photographer. She put together an incredible slideshow of Grandma's life, and you can see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fLMx-Xwni4

P.S. Mommy posted two videos recently, check out "earlier posts" to access them. Enjoy!