Happy Spring!

Happy first day of SPRING!!!

Logan has been pretty busy recently in the garden, reading, going to library class, etc.  Here are some pictures of his activities the last few weeks :) 

Feeding Dakota cheerios

Helping me weed the backyard

Working in the yard at Grandma and Grandpa's (Gramps) house

Shopping for plants

Found some of Mama's old pound puppies/kitties (big hit!)

Dakota and the pound kitty "sharing" breakfast

Using a fork on his own :)

Vancouver B.C.

Last weekend we decided to get away for a couple days and take a trip up to Vancouver B.C.!  Since Logan already has a passport it was an easy way to get out of town and out of the country for a bit :).  This was Logan's first time staying in a hotel room so even though it was late when we got there he had a surge of energy and ran around the room climbing on everything!

It took awhile to come down from the "high" of a new place, but we eventually got him to sleep. 

On Saturday we went to breakfast a place called DeDutch- which had great thin pancakes topped with all sorts of stuff.  Logan was less than thrilled (these teeth man...), but did enjoy a lemon wedge.

Then we walked to Granville Island (we got a lot of walking in on this vacation!) and visited the Public Market. 

Logan was a bit sleepy so he kind of napped off and on in the backpack. 

He got a new hat :)

We had lunch at a brewery.  Logan mostly ate raisins and cheerios that day...once again the teeth need to just come in!

we got to take a little walk on ferry to and from the island

Logan got to play on the beach a bit before heading back to the hotel room. 

On Sunday we went to the same place for breakfast...sometimes it's just easiest when you know a place is kid friendly :) 

This time Logan had French Toast with Blueberries and that was a hit!

Then we went to Stanley Park and visited the Vancouver Aquarium.

Logan got to check out the Jelly Fish and some tropical colored fish.  A few little monkeys and colorful birds in the rain forest.  (I apparently didn't take very many pictures for some reason... :( ).

We also saw some otters (my favorites), a beluga whale, seals, and a couple dolphins (my other favorites)!

Stanley Park is HUGE and we will definitely have to go back to investigate it more!  Thankfully Vancouver is only a little over 2 hours away so we will have to go back soon.  Logan was a little over traveling and a bit overly exhausted after the aquarium so we didn't get to do much else at the park this trip. 

18 Months

I know I'm a little behind on my posts these days :(  Logan is now officially 18 months old!

At 18 Months:

~he is working on more words-  says or is able to communicate words for cracker, more & water (food seems to be a good motivator for learning new words) along with words he's been using (mama, dada, nana, da-da for blanket)

~he signs more, please and blanket

~loves his trucks!  

~will play outside for as long as we let him, digging in the dirt, moving rocks from one place to another

~he maneuvers around the patio like a champ, even the little step!

~plays the piano at grandma and grandpa's house

~gets to drive the car sometimes... while it's parked :) 

~walks up the stairs quickly and is working on walking down, he likes it best if you hold his hand and he walks down like a big kid

~he jumps... everywhere.  His favorite way to get from one place to another

~yells DA! when he wants Dakota to come 

~likes to drag a chair into the kitchen to help while I get dinner ready

~he's still a little timid around other kids but is getting better with his library time

~he gives kisses and hugs 

~LOVES his blankie!

~he's kind of a mama's boy right now, but he really likes to follow Kendall around in the yard and do what he's doing

~he really likes wearing hats- baseball hats, winter hats, monkey hats, sometimes a combo of hats :)

~wears mostly 24 month tops and 18 month pants and size 4 diapers (5 at night)

~has almost all his teeth...working on the last few...can't wait till they are in 

Recent photos

It has been a busy week or so in the Klein house, I started a new job, Kendall has been sick, Logan is getting more teeth and is potentially sick... so I haven't really had a chance to do any posts! :(  We have been taking lots of pictures, however, so I thought I would do a quick recap. 

Playing the piano

this kid loves wearing hats.. any kind

little piggies

beach time

thoroughly enjoying his milkshake 

Chinese New Year at the Subcleff's!  Logan got to be in the skit this year as a monkey for the year of the monkey :)  he liked to wear the hat... shocking... 

p.s. Kendall is the rooster ;)

helping in the yard

mimicking dad (resting his head on his hand) 

some videos from Nana and Papa's house

Dakota waits outside of Logan's door every morning and nap time when she thinks it's time to get him up.  He might annoy her sometimes, but she likes him around :)