Hat

R is finally into hats! We made a special one the other morning.

Hello Summer!

Friday marked the first day of summer. I'm so excited for us and Rutherford, so many fun things to do when the weather is warm. R's birthday, Fourth of July, picnics, zoo nights, beach days and hot dogs! So much fun with our little man. Here's some pics from the past couple weeks:

 Rutherford and Penelope playing with the kiddie roller coaster at Java Mama.

R playing with his water table. He's recently discovered that adding dirt makes mud. He loves it and says "Rutherford makes MUD!"

 Swimming. I dipped my toes in, too. R likes skinny dipping.

 R's favorite animals at the zoo right now are the giraffes. There's a nice little family of them, with a brand-new, six-week-old girl giraffe. She is sooo cute. R calls the bigger giraffes the "mama" and "papa" giraffes, and the baby is the "Rutherford Giraffe."

 At the zoo with Mimi and Grandpa. After the zoo, we had a picnic. R is really into picnics right now, he loves eating on the blanket, having some snacks and being outside.

R's star sunglasses. Last week he and I went to Party City to get some things for his birthday party (less than a week away!). R got to pick out all the treats for the goodie bags - balls, bubbles, stickers, a plastic tambourine and these sunglasses. We're having four of his little friends and their parents come to the park for a brunchie picnic. Should be fun! R is going to help me make his cake on Friday, he enjoys baking, especially eating batter :)