Pre-Test Energy

On Friday, Dexy tested for his orange belt in Tae Kwon Do. Before the testing began, he ran and ran and ran and ran in circles around the studio. 

And he climbed on all the equipment.

More Hose Fun

I brought the computer outside the other day to work on a paper for school while Dexy had some "hose fun". Not the brightest move considering how much fun Dexy has with the hose.

 He did manage to water the vegetable garden (as well as Mommy)...

And the weeds!

Daddy's Gig

A couple of weeks ago, the North Shore Guitar Academy moved from its Evanston location to Wilmette and had a teacher's performance to advertise the new location.  I had massive amounts of schoolwork to do so Ben took Dexter for the Sunday afternoon gig.

Dexy had a blast.  He got to hang out with one of Ben's students and his Mom. Thanks for keeping an eye on him, Mrs. Sklansky!

Dexter looks just like a miniature version of Hans, one of the other teachers (the 6'4" guy in the white shirt playing in the background).

Return to the Sprinkler

Last Wednesday when Elissa was watching Dexy for me, Ian and Dexter again played in the sprinkler.  Looks like Dexter is getting the hang of flip flops!

Old Vans

Despite the fact that we got Dexter a new pair of vans, he still insists on wearing his well-worn "old vans".

Bubble-Mania

We had perfect bubble-blowing weather the other day - a slight breeze that made the bubbles swirl around the yard.

 My Bologna is wondering what is going on. It's just Dexy working on his bubble technique!

 Little Lawrence Welk...tiny bubbles

 The thrill of chasing bubbles!

Bubbles, bubbles, everywhere.

Bird Watching

Dexter likes to climb up his "bird watching tower" to see what kinds of birds he can spot around our yard, in our neighbors' yards, on rooftops and wires, in trees and bushes, and flying around. He can identify robins and cardinals.




Yesterday, we spotted two baby birds hopping around in our tulip garden and learning to fly along the chain link fence.  They still had some fluffy down but enough real feathers to make a go of it. Later, Ben and I spotted one of the baby birds on our roof with its Mommy.  We think they belong to a pair of birds that live in our gourd birdhouse.