Cabin

We visited our cabin on the Gunflint trail on Monday. We weren't sure what Brady would think of the boat ride, but the minute he saw the boat, he grabbed his life best and was ready to go. He looked diligently for moose, but alas, they were elusive once again.

Back hoe!

If Brady was viewing this picture with you right now, he'd be yelling, "back hoe! Back hoe! Back hoe!"

Day Off

When it rains, Brad gets a day off. We took advantage of this drizzly afternoon to go explore the Temperance River Park and then stopped off at a playground.

Making Muffins

Sometimes you get tired making muffins and vacuuming and need to take a nap with a good friend.

John

Here's two pictures from the Behling family visit. I guess we should have taken more pictures...

Words

I am frequently asked what English words Brady is using. He understands a ton, but doesn't use a lot yet. He's finally seeing the utility in it and has been trying to learn more words now.

His first spontaneous word was Tsessebe (Sess (pause) A (pause) Gee). His second reliable word was backhoe. He also says hi, byebye, I see you, how are you, help me, again, more, I love you, grandma, and Alex. He knows and uses the signs for more and all done.

New Condo

We moved into a different condo at the Chateau yesterday. This one is much bigger and nicer than the last one. It's small, but I think we can make it work here.

The one thing that's missing from this condo, is a bathtub (well, it could use blinds too, but I won't quibble here). It has two nice showers, but no tub. So we had to improvise (see below). I have an almost identical picture of our niece Alex, from when we had no tub at the lake (you're in luck, Alex, I don't have that picture here).

We tried to start swim lessons in the Grand Marais pool, but they don't let the parents come with (in fact, they ask you to leave), so that isn't going to work out for us right now.

John, Tabitha, Maddy and Heesoo come tomorrow for a visit.

I'm missing lots of stuff since I don't blog every day. Also I don't have pictures from my Dad's visit or my mom's visit, so I'll have to blog about them later.

Cousins!

Aren't cousins grand?

You're Still There?

I see that 48 people checked our blog yesterday. Yesterday? That's crazy!

We've had 4123 blog views overall! Thanks for taking an interest in our family! We are glad to hear from people that they are enjoying it.

Cooking

Brady Wenhong loves to help cook. This night he was helping me make garlic bread (which he loves). One time he ripped the slice off the loaf and the bottom came off the slice. He was upset, and I quickly popped the piece in his mouth. From there on, he ripped the bottom off each slice of bread and popped it in his mouth. :)

Wagon

He also enjoys his wagon.

Gifts

Here are some pictures of Brady last week enjoying some of his gifts from the wonderful ladies of the elementary school special Ed staff. He, in Brady Wenhong form, ignored them as they gave them to him, but began playing with them immediately when he got in the car to leave.

Comfortable

I'm gonna guess you feel comfortable with your new family when you decide to eat your veggie pizza naked.

Random Pictures

Here are some random pictures. One is of him on his new bike from the ladies at the elementary school. The rest are of us on the north shore.

We have moved into our new summer place at the Chateau LaVeaux in Tofte. It's about 25 minutes south of Grand Marais.

Brad went back to work. So far I have been keeping him busy in Grand Marais and not going back to the condo. I'm pretty sure Brady will be very upset when he realizes Brad is gone all day. But then again, I can't drive around and shop all day, every day, all summer. Okay, I could have in the past...