Tractors!

As the boys vocabularies grow it's been exciting to see what's on their minds. Turns out there are just a few things they truly get excited about. Slides, sticks, trains (toots), tractors and more tractors. Fortunately we live in a rural area with lots of tractors so we see a fair amount when we go out.

The moment we get into the car they both start saying "tractor? tractor? tractor" until we see one. Then it's "Tractor! Tractor!" No sooner have we passed it then from the back seat I hear "More tractor" and then "tractor? tractor? tractor?" and so forth.

We recently went to the library and found a book about tractors. It isn't really a toddler book, it's one of those books you used in the second grade to do a report with. There is a picture of a tractor on every page. We have a video of Dad reading it to them but I can't get it to load. It captures the boys enthusiastically pointing to every picture and yelling "Tractor!" I'm not exaggerating when I say we read this book at least a dozen times a day with the same level of enthusiasm. I think my new camera recorded it in too high of definition. So how about a picture of the boys watching a tractor pull race on the computer with Dad.

Not Much

It's been too long since our last blog. The problem, we just haven't done anything that exciting. I mean we were excited to finish painting the upstairs or put in another window casing in the basement. But I'm not sure it would catch your attention. So how about some random pictures of the boys, if nothing else Grandma and Grandpa will enjoy them.
Penn has a new fascination with Dad's hats. 30 sec's after breakfast he has to have one on and won't take it off without a promise of going outside and then he has to be coaxed to leave it behind. Both boys love Spencer's original teddy bear. His name "Bear", Logan is esp good at being soft with it and giving good snuggles. He's going to make a great big brother.

Durango

For Spencer's birthday we went to Durango CO to visit Mitch, Spencer's brother, and enjoy a little vacation. We talked my sister, Becky, into coming along. It was great! Mitch was an outstanding host and so patient with the boys, despite some accidents and mischief typical of toddler twins. Here are a few of the highlights.

Because Uncle Mitch and Aunt Becky are so cool they were totally willing to hang out at parks. We visited so many parks ...

Mitch had a park right outside his door. The swing was a huge hit. One night a bear walked right through, thankfully we were inside. Very exciting!

Both boys loved riding the scooter with Becky. They even started to get the hang of pushing it with one foot.
In addition to slides and swings the boys loved throwing rocks into water. We visited the Animas river and threw rocks then on to Lemon Lake to through more rocks. Becky and Mitch have never been more patient. Lemon Lake was just beautiful.
Spencer helped the boys recognize "fools gold" in a few rocks. Of course Logan wanted to show Mom so here he is carrying a surprisingly heavy rock up the sloop.

Who wouldn't want to visit this place?

We happened to visit Durango during the Iron Horse. A road race to Silverton Mine, a very steep and difficult mountain climb. They also hosted a professional road criterium, which we attended. It was so great to be there. On the last lap one of the tires blew practically right in front of us. Their tires are so pressurised it sounded like a gun going off. The rider pushed through the last block and still finished! It was a lot of fun.


A huge thanks to Mitch for showing us the train, the boys can't stop talking about it. We had a great time and will definitely be back! Also a ginormous thanks to Becky for making the trip easier, for playing with the boys and making them laugh themselves into delirium.