Bon jour!

Sam had a busy day today which started out with our new french babysitter. Her name is Viviane and she is great. She was with us from 8:30 to noon and we spoke in french the entire time. Sam said "merci" and he repeated a few words she was trying to teach him which were the names of fruits in french, it was very sweet.

She took Sam to the park while Mommy ran a few errands, then we all went to the supermarket together to buy some groceries. While at home, we played and sang songs.

After Sam's 3 hour power nap (making up for the missed nap yesterday when he sang songs for an hour and a half in his bed at day care), we went with Sofia and Laura to the park. Sam and Sofia are so incredibly cute together. Sofia took Sam for his very first tire swing ride and he loved it. They also shared a tricycle together. Cute, cute, cute.

Happy Father's Day

Sam has been settling back into his routine this past week as he returned from vacation in North Carolina. He returned to day care on Wednesday and Thursday and played with Mommy on Tuesday and Friday. He was really excited for the weekend when he had both Daddy and Mommy to play with. He has spent a lot of time riding the bicycle (which he now pronounces flawlessly), playing in the park (which he loves especially the swings and slides) and he got to play with Sofia a little this weekend.

Mommy found a new babysitter whose mother language is French. She is going to start spending time with us next week and will come every Tuesday morning. We are excited about improving both Sam's and Mommy's language skills!

Today was Father's Day and we had a nice family day. Sam started the day early, around 6:15 and he gave Daddy a card that he made. We all had breakfast together and went to church. After church, we had brunch at Miriam's. We were dining outside on their patio when the rain started falling so we had to move inside to finish up. After Sam's nap we all played more and listened to one of Sam's favorite songs from dance class, the running song. Sam ran his heart out. We all had dinner together and then Mommy and Sam played on the roof with a big, blue ball and Sam's new harmonica. Sam was ready for bed when the time came. It was a very nice Father's Day!

North Carolina

Sam is wrapping up a ten day excursion to North Carolina where he traveled between Greensboro and Chapel Hill to visit his Grandparents, Great Granny, Great Grandma, Aunt Jess, his cousins and other relatives. He had two more birthday parties along the way and racked up lots of baloons from Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods, one of his favorite past times.

Sam had his first gator ride and threw rocks in the creek at Grandpa Delbert's house. He saw lots of cows and fed the goats at Papa Sam's and Grandma Sugar's.

He played at the playground on the swings and the merry go round with Grandma Leah at the park in Kernersville.

He played bridges and tunnels with Raegan and Parker and practiced ballet and dance with Raegan at Granny's house.

Of all the fun he has had, his most favorite activity is playing in Papa's car. He could probably sit in there all day.

We look forward to our next trip to NC.