After swimming - nach dem Schwimmen

Tomaten ernten - harvesting tomatos

Everyday we take the little basket and go harvest whatever is ready in the vegetable garden. The little red cherry tomatos are his favorite...by the time we make it back to the kitchen though, most, if not all, seem to have disappeared! So...no cherry tomatos in our salads these days!

Jeden Tag müssen wir die kleinen Tomaten ernten. Er nimmt sein Körbchen und zeigt mir genau, welche man nehmen darf, und welche man noch lassen muss (they're not ready yet!). Wenn wir dann in der Küche ankommen, hats plötzlich keine Tomaten mehr im Körbchen...

My little cousin

Mein kleiner Cousin Liam in Vancouver hat nun die beiden Hunde kennengelernt, Zoe und Roo. Genau wie ich dazumal schläft er nur den Tag durch!

My little cousin Liam in Vancouver has met the two dogs, Zoe and Roo. Apparently he does what I did back in my youger days - sleep only though the day!

Toilet training with new underwear

Neue Unterhosen...und auf dem Topf sitzen...

Read about his toilet training here in Part I and Part II.

Whip cream! (Schlagrahm!)

Funny thing is, he doesn't really like whip cream...

Das Komische ist, dass er eigentlich Schlagrahm gar nicht mag...

Liam, my cousin!

Liam Connor Labriola war am 23. Juli 2007 geboren in Vancouver, British Colombia. Jody geht es gut, sie kann am Mittwoch morgen wieder nach hause. Liam ist 7 lbs 14 oz (etwa 3.5 kg) schwer, 20 inches lange (50.8 cm).

Liam Connor Labriola was born on July 23, 2007 in Vancouver. Jody is feeling well and can go home on Wednesday morning. Liam weighs 7 lbs 14 oz (about 3.5 kg), 20 inches long (50.8 cm).

Bello

Sein allerliebster Bello hat er so, Kopf voran, in den Lastwagen gestopft...der arme Bello! Habe ihm dann gezeigt, wie man ihn umkehrt...

This is how he stuffed his favorite Bello into the Garbage Truck. Poor Bello...showed him later how to turn him around.

Truck is coming to our house!

Preparing for the truck by lugging stuff.
Aufräumen damit der Lastwagen Platz hat.
Here comes the truck!
Da ist er endlich!

Concentrating...
Konzentrieren...

Basement pictures continued

More basement pictures...click here: Nutty Notes

Basement pictures

Click here to see our naked basement!

Photos von unserem Keller.

At the storage facility

Benjamin and Grosmami helped schlepping the stuff.

Helm auf dem Kopf

Traktor video

"I wanna watch traktor!"

This is what he says every day. He is referring to his favorite video. We have taken it out of the library at least a 100 times...

Das ist was er am allerliebsten am Fernseher schaut...wir haben diesen Video schon midestens 100 Mal von der Biblio ausgeliehen...

Fooling around!

Mit dem Lätzli uf em Chopf spazier ich mängisch i de Gägend umenand!

Zoo

Picnic at the zoo...


Climbing to see better...

Vehicles are still more interesting than any of the animals!

It was a nice day, no humidity, and Ben was in a great mood. But he seems a little bit young to appreciate the animals...although he liked the bigger ones, like the elephant, lions, tigers, hippos and rhinos.

But the trucks and utility vehicles the staff uses...well, those were more captivating than anything else. Not to mention the 401 (major highway!)...

Let's just say he had a nice long nap afterwards, and a good night's sleep!