Zoo Time

The summer of 2009 brought many exciting pit-stops at the zoo. Most of the time the animals are the stars of the show, but on this one rare occasion in the the jungle children demanded attention. The children's zoo suspension bridge provided Cory and Jonas a running-dancing-bouncing platform to perform stunts.

Corn at the Farm

Jonas had another opportunity to chow on some corn on the cob and he did pretty well. He seems to like the raw corn on the cob better than the cooked variety and who could find fault in that? It is delicious. He had a great time feeding the farm goat, riding the tractor, playing with the kids, and just hanging out at the farm.

Pontoon Mama

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State Fair #2

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Jonas seemingly had a wonderful time at the 2009 State Fair......a bit of revisionist history perhaps. We thought he was rather crabby, but he talks about the fair like it was a complete blast-off mission to fun-town. Jonas got a chance to see the usual ungulates and hang out with Uncle Helge and some tractors. He made a decision to take on the big slide with mom instead of riding on mules. He loved walking up all of the stairs to the top of the slide (even though he created a little backup), but was in the need of some gentle persuasion by his mom to go down the slide. You can see how that turned out.

3 Birthdays in one week!

Jonas had quite the week of birthday celebrations. It was a good warm-up for his 2nd birthday coming up in less than a month. He made all the right moves....hugs, kisses, dances, candles, wishes, presents, etc., so we feel pretty good about him enjoying his family birthday party next month.

Children's Museum on a Sort of Rainy morning

Jonas met some of his pals at the children's museum. As usual they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. There has been a lot of birthday activity in the last week or so and Jonas is working on putting together a birthday compilation on his next post.

J Tumble

Jonas has been tumbling before and after naps. Sometimes for hours. We weren't able to capture any super high-flying moves as we started filming after most of the adventure had taken place. We'll try to capture the nightly headstands and the full speed somersaults as they occur, but usually we are laughing to hard to quickly find the camera and capture the action. Enjoy the circus.

A weekend in the life...

Here's Jonas "cleaning the house", going through failed superman training, and enjoying himself at a dog party.