"Ig Tractors" (Big tractors)

This past weekend we went to the Quad Cities for the Bix Festival. While we were there we had the chance to visit the John Deere Tractor Museum. The museum lets everyone climb in the tractors. Ryan had a blast! He ran from tractor to tractor and kept saying "Ig tractors" (translated - big tractors). I had more that one person stop me and say they had never seen a boy so excited. Here are some pictures of our trip to the tractor museum.

Iowa Boy and other Tidbits

We had some delicious sweet corn for dinner last night and since Ryan only wants to eat what we are eating, he ate his corn off the cob too! I just love this picture! Marc was so proud of his son..."a true Iowa boy" he said.


Other tidbits about Ryan at age 20 months...
* Loves to talk - he talks constantly and will repeat anything and everything. He has even started saying 2 word phrases quite often. My favorite time is when he sings/talks while we are in the car. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star is his favorite.
* Loves being outside (Ow-siiiiiide)
* Loves to be helpful - he will help me set the table, carry the laundry basket (the laundry basket is "heaby" though - translated heavy), or do just about anything you ask of him.
* Is our great sleeper! I am so thankful for this :)
* Has the occasional temper tantrum - especially when we make him come inside.
* Is "Da-Dee's" biggest fan but wants to cuddle with "MaMa" before bed...one of my favorite times of day.

Backyard fun!

Last weekend we had a backyard makeover. We finally had our patio put in and finished. They were suppposed to start at the beginning of June but had to wait for all of the rain to pass. Oh well! We are really pleased with how it turned out. So last weekend we spent the whole weekend outside fixing up our backyard. We landscaped around the patio and in the back corner of our yard to hide the utility boxes, covered everything in mulch, Marc built Ryan a sandbox and filled it with 1 ton of sand, and our neighbors across the street gave us their swingset that was set up last weekend in our yard. We set up Ryan's pool so that he and I could hang out while Marc worked hard. But...Ryan is "da-dee's" boy and would rather help Marc than play his own thing. He helped set up his pool, shoveled the dirt to plant the bushes and then spent over 1 hour running up and down our yard getting wheelbarrows full of mulch with Marc.