Birthday!

Joe hit the big Oh-One this week! True to his parents' tendencies, he had several celebrations.
To kick it off, his grandfather came down to put up a swingset for Joe!

(Psst! Joe! It isn't a roller coaster!)

 

Then, we had a party with the Pevelers:

And we had a cookout at our house (with new toys! splash table and basketball hoop!).

 The slide became a WATERSLIDE!

Then it was Father's Day - yay for dads!

On Joe's actual birthday, we took his final "months" photo (with his new electric guitar):

(he isn't singing into a hairbrush here, but with me as a mom, it's not too far off)

Then it was on to TCBY: Fro-yo, for Fro-Joe!

Happy birthday, little monkey.

Joe's Birthday from teampeveler on Vimeo.

Joe is a fish!

Joe has been enjoying the warmer weather & the opportunities for splashing around. He started swimming this winter and has lots of practice putting his face under.

This week we went to a new pool for class, and it has a great splash pad area for kids his age.


It just so happens that some of our friends belong to the pool, so I think we'll be hitting it up more often!

Mother's Day #1!

Mother's day rocked! And now that I've had a taste of it, I want more! Can every Sunday be Mother's Day? Breakfast at Foster's, a nap, a little window shopping ALONE, a bike ride/run (part of tri training) and a cookout at our house. Nothing spectacular, but I liked it.
And of course the obligatory Mother's Day photo session.

This is a keeper!

2 people cannot look at the camera at the same time...

... especially when someone wants to get down.

and grab the trees

"Here have this one, JUST LOOK AT THE CAMERA"

Fine.

Give mama a kiss!!!

Mother, please.

Ponytails are GREAT for grabbing!

Mr. Wiggles strikes again.

Much better.

little explorer

We took Joe up to the American Tobacco Campus to do some crawling in the grass.

He loved it.