Ryan Meets His Idol

J took Ryan to see "Sesame Street Live" (or as Ryan calls it "Elmo Whirl" - that's "Elmo's World") with her friend Bobbi and Bobbi's son Brandon. Elmo is one of Ryan's favorites, so he was thrilled to be there.

J took over ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PICTURES - I had to sort through them all to find the gems. (Geez, woman - watch the show next time!)

You must be THIS short to watch the show...

"Elmo loves his goldfish... his crayons too... THAT'S ELMO'S WORLD!!!"

All of the Sesame Street characters were there...

"Oh... I love Trash! Anything dirty or dingy or dusty..."

Everyone was making music.

At the Lake for Labor Day

We went to the lake for Labor Day and spent the entire weekend at the dock. Ryan had a blast and was just about everywhere, involving himself in everything we did.

Ryan spent much of the time hanging around on the dock.

While he's too small to fish himself, he did help Nicholas search for fish.

Ryan loves being on the Waverunners with Dad.

Ryan sometimes is such a quiet child, thinking his cute little thoughts. Here he is on the dock.

We had an "Island" raft that allows some water to play in to come into the middle of the raft. Ryan loved splashing around.

Ryan made a game out of pulling water from the lake using a bucket and some rope and poured the water into his swimming pool.

Ryan is so comfortable at the lake, he didn't mind walking up to the house to meet with his Dad.