8 o'clock

8 o'clock

The scene before you started with one book on the floor. Jasper was determined to open each book in his room. He sang and babbled and spent about fifteen minutes creating his little pile. I loved seeing him so absorbed in his version of reading.

 

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Texture

Texture

Today we went to Leland Park. I like the texture of the leaves in this picture.

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A Stranger

A Stranger

A whole flock of strangers actually. I was so happy that we were able to visit Uncle Joe and Aunt Peg's farm.

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Open

Open

Jasper was a good eater at dinner today.

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Big

Big

Jasper and Jack spotted a freighter carrying limestone on Lake Huron.

 

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Glasses

Glasses

The photo word for today is Glasses. Well it's summer, so we have interpreted it as Sunglasses. Jasper has been on the beach the past two days and he loves it! It was so fun to see him go out to the water on his own today. He even grabbed Dad's hand and lead him into the water, back to the beach, into the water, back to the beach...

 

 

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Garden

Garden

Isn't grandma's garden lovely? Oh, and there's Jasper mowing the lawn.

 

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Chair

Chair

Grandpa B made sure Jasper has his own Adirondack chair Up North.

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On the Floor

Today's picture arrives right at the end of the day. On the Floor

Jasper loves dragging anything with a long handle along the floor. He was delighted to find play golf clubs at his great aunt and uncle's new home. Fore!

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Fun

Fun

Jasper is all dressed up and ready to have fun at a wedding.

 

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Somewhere You Sat

We were traveling Friday so this post is late. I have been told that people receiving our posts by email cannot see the titles. In case you missed them, the first photo of the day was Self Portrait and the second was Outside. For August 3rd we have Somewhere You Sat. Jasper is getting a preview of the airplane he is about to sit on.

We are off to a wedding today. Jasper has plenty of family members to meet. We'll try to catch up with another photo post tonight.

 

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Outside

Dad getting home from work.

 

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Tiny Olympian

We have a daily picture post coming later today, but first we want to bring you some breaking Olympic news. Jasper has taken gold in the toddler medley. Let's see his performance.

First there was the Tupperware Drawer Disassemble.

Oh, just look at the disorder he brought to this kitchen! Well done!

Next there was Bowl Standing.

He starts off strong....

Steady...and he has it! Both feet are in the bowl!

And the last part of the medley is the floor routine. Here is is Jasper's approach...

Some expert rolling,

A fantastic landing. The judges give him a 9.9 and he wins the gold!

Jasper's journey is truly inspiring. A year ago he was no where near giving a performance like you just witnessed. The athlete you see today has worked every day to achieve his dream. Congratulations Jasper!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Picture Project, Backyard Projects

Recently my mom sent me a fun little idea of taking a picture a day and blogging it for one month. She included two lists of 31 ideas, so there is a variety to choose from. Jasper an I are going to give it a shot. When you get the camera out with a one year old, you never take just one picture. Good luck to us. August promises to be pretty exciting; we are traveling and have plenty of things to discover in our new neighborhood and hey, it's summer. To start this project off we have...

Self Portrait

Here we are on the deck following and afternoon of gardening and playing in the kiddie pool. This assignment forced me to finally use our tripod and figure out the timer on our camera. I also discovered InstaPicFrame.

And now a quick update on our outdoor projects. We recently had the gravel and overgrown garden space in our backyard replaced with grass making it more kid-friendly. Here are some before, during, and after pictures:

So worth it.

This past weekend Jack added more railings to the deck to make it safer for Jasper. He also hung up a swing and made a major design decision by picking up an outdoor rug for the deck.

Deck safety and tot swings are serious matters.

And now, Jasper and I will demonstrate the swing.

That rug really ties the room together.

A view from the deck.

I was watering the potted plants out on the deck today, I didn't realize how closely Jasper was watching. After I brought in the watering can, he thought he'd give the plants a little extra..

Aw, thanks little man!

Jasper Visits Dada at Work

I had a nice surprise visit at work today by Anastasia, Jasper, and my sister Molly. Jasper took a little tour of the office, then we all went out to lunch at Kell's in Post Alley. 

"Okay Dada, this is all wrong. You don't have a single Elmo on this drawing."

 "We can fix that pretty easily though. Good thing I'm here. Now, you just hit this button over here and..."

"...whoops. Um, I.T. can recover those files right? Gotta go!"

 "Hello. May I scan those for you?"

"This will never go through. It's folded up all weird. How did this place ever get anything done before I got here?"

"Okay, well, my work here is done. See ya!"