They also had a pumpkin patch where you could choose your own pumpkin, but we didn't do that. It would have cramped our style too much to have to lug around a pumpkin or interupt our fun to put it in the car. 
Here is a picture taken just this morning of the two munchkins. They are big kids, and it's unusual that they are both sitting still long enough to take a picture like this. They must have still been groggy! Lately we've been kept busy trying to keep these two in line. School is back in session for Mick, and life is back to its normal rapid pace.
Ike went to the Pajama Time storytime at the college library last night. It was a Cat in the Hat theme since Suessical the Musical is playing at the center next to the college right now. Ike heard three stories: The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hatches the Egg, and Horton Hears a Who! As seen here, some of the characters from the musical came over for the storytime. Ike has started getting into Dr. Suess books. We went to the Sealy library and checked out the maximum number of books, a whopping 3 whole books, all of them Dr. Suess. One of them was a compilation of six stories. It is old and the pages have started coming away from the binding. A big chunk of pages fell out and Ike cried and cried. Poor kid. I think the lecture about how we need to take good care of the library books really made an impression on him.
I have been informed more than once recently that I have been extremely slow to update the blog. I've offered to pass on the responsibility, but that didn't fly so here I am.
We've started a bit of a tradition (if Aggies do something twice, it becomes Tradition) with our Father's Day lunches. This year we returned to Pappadeaux's because Mick wanted to eat alligator (and there was no wait). Mick got a free coffee mug to commemorate the occasion.
In other news since April, Aggie is now eating table food and drinking cow milk. She's walking and says "dada". Her hair is really growing in the back, but she still appears bald on top. She has taken on an endearing nickname at daycare: they all call her "Pelona" which means no hair, baldy. I think she's going to take this nickname with her to the toddler room.
Ike is potty training. He's doing a pretty good job so far. He's got standing offers for rewards once he gets it down pat. His vocabulary is improving and his speech is improving. Lately he's been saying "yessss" and "why-eeee". Today is his 3-year check up so we'll find out how big he has gotten. We know he's a big boy, but we can't wait to quantify it. On that note, today is our last visit to see Dr. Readinger. He is moving to Fort Worth, and Mommy is sad about that. Ike had a great Tigger party with his friends at Monkey Bizness, and last weekend he went to Hopey's gymnastics party.
Mommy's work is very busy, hence no posts. Houston is booming right now because of the oil industry, and Cameron stock is up. Our division moved to our new location over the Memorial Day weekend, and a month later, we are still dealing with build out issues. I've also gone through Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt Level I and II training. All I need is some more work, right?!
Daddy is busy with the first summer session that he affectionately refers to as "Summer Boot Camp". He has about two more weeks of that, and then he's down to one class per week. But when his real job simmers down, his "honey do" list kicks in. There is plenty to do around the house to keep him from becoming bored. We got gutters put on the house, and our next project is getting a patio installed. Decorative Concrete....who knew? Once that's in, I'll have to post about it.
In other interesting news, Bobby Jones, as in Bobby Jones Czech Band that played at our wedding, is currently missing. He was last seen on June 22nd and no one has seen him or heard from him since. He missed two gigs over the weekend and didn't show up to work Monday morning. According to the news reports, it doesn't seem like they are looking too hard for him. They don't yet suspect foul play....they seem to think he might have taken off on his own. But either way, we feel they should be doing more to locate him. Godspeed.
We took the kids out Sunday to take pictures in the Bluebonnets near Welcome Community. The flowers were pretty good in our usual spot. Ike was slow to warm up to the camera for some reason, not his usual ham-self that day. Aggie enjoyed pulling the blooms off. We had a picnic at the park in Industry, and Ike played on the playground.
You may have been wondering what Aggie was up to during all of our adventures. She's been along for the ride, but she enjoys sleeping on these trips.
She went for her 9 month checkup last week. 17.1 lbs and 27 inches. Two teeth, and more on the way. Crawling and cruising. Finally growing some hair.
