Catching up- June

Here are a few fun things we did in June before we left to Utah for vacation.

 You can't tell, but there are buffalo behind Ethan. We went to Big Bone Lick State Park with some friends and the park keeps a small herd of buffalo there.

 This is a picture of Ethan on a rocky river bed not far from our house. He loves throwing rocks into the river when we're down there. The next one is a picture of Lydia and me at the same place.

First trip on Anderson's Ferry

Having fun on the volleyball court at our favorite park....that's about the only place you find sand around here

Ethan sat on this bench and said, "Take a picture of me." Ok, I will. :)

We visited Krohn's Conservatory and tried to catch butterflies on our white cards. Afterwards we ate a picnic lunch at Eden Park in Cincinnati.

We didn't have any butterflies land on us until right before we were about to leave.

Ethan "swimming" on his own for the first time. He loves his new puddle jumper.

Ethan loved this book so much he memorized it after a couple of reads and then would retell it. Super cute!

First and only week of swimming lessons. He did ok but doesn't like to put his face in the water. I don't blame him, neither do I! I think we'll try again next year.

 Ethan can sometimes write his name if he really tries. Here is one time that I captured. And of course a silly face to go with it. :)

Ethan had fun with a bag of bows that were handed down to us for Lydia. :)

Fun times at the park

 This girl loves to play with the iPad, but she's kind of rough with it, so she doesn't get it often.

Lydia 16 months