While Joel was in Boston, Wally and I set up Brother and Sister's room. We now have a crib, changing table, twin mattress, and chest of drawers. Now we only need some kids to fill it! We are getting closer as the "Referral clocks" are ticking away. It looks like 5-7 months before we get our referrals though.
Wally loves Brother and Sister's room, and Fire Dog too!
Wally drew this picture on the door all by himself. This was the first time I had really seen him draw a face (that actually looked like a face). He also wrote his name. There is a big W followed by an extra tall A. To the left of the face there are two little Ls with a Y on top.
The beauty of a clear shower curtain. The water hitting the curtain looks really neat, at least in big versions of the pictures.
Oddly, we hadn't had spaghetti for a long time, so we had to have a photo shoot!
Just like the cartoon!
One afternoon, I found Wally working very hard in Brother and Sister's room. He had brought in his stuffed animals and the pillows from the end of his bed. He had the animals piled up with the pillows on top and was trying to put one end of the pillows under the mattress and keep his train basket on the other end. When I asked what he was doing, he very simply stated that he was "making a lever." He worked and worked and worked...
and finally his persistence paid off...
I'm banking on him being an engineer some day. He is really into how things work. The other day he was explaining to me how the electricity goes from the light switch through a pipe to the fans and lights to make them work. He also had to explain to Gramma Kathy how the toilet works. You can't explain that without taking the cover off the back...everytime you flush!
We turned the jets on during bathtime one night. Jets are a bit better at making bubbles than the faucet. Wally was sitting as tall as he could in these pictures!
We've had to do bubbles many more times since this now that he isn't scared of the jets anymore. The benefits of being "a big boy!"
"Bubbles Song"
Mother's Day was nice. We went to church in the morning and after nap we got some Chinese take-out and went to the lake for a picnic.
Wally had a great time playing in the water (even though we told him not to get wet because it was too cold). I guess he is a boy though! Well, what am I saying, I would have been wet and muddy at his age too!
Something about that boat dock!
Sticks are pretty cool too!
Why is everything so much more fun with Gramma than with Mom and Dad?
Our budding photographer with his Gramma.
For Mother's Day, I got a new vampire book and hedge trimmers. I let Joel try them out long enough to snap a picture. Maybe not a typical Mother's Day gift, but perfect for this mommy! Thanks Honey!
The weather was crumby (>2.5 inches of rain) while Kathy was here and I had a lot of editing to do, so we didn't do much outside of the house. On the last day of her visit, the sun actually came out, so Joel took off early and we went to the lake with the canoe.
Only 3 people are to be in the canoe at a time and we only have 3 lifevests, so I hung out on shore while the others went out and about. 
We had a picnic and then played around for a while. The wind was blowing, so it was a little cool, but it was ok because the Mickey Mouse ears got to come out!
Joel and Wally did some fishing while Gramma and I took pictures. 
Wally sure tries hard...
I think he got a big one!
This is how to fish!
Daddy is pretty cute as a fisherman!
Maybe if you get your toes wet the fish will bite!
Or not! Might as well throw some rocks!
Sometimes Daddy just needs to throw the big ones!
We finished the night off with ice cream. Our budding photographer just had to take this picture of the clouds before we could leave the ice cream store.
Thanks for the visit Gramma Kathy! Please come back soon!
