Sandbox

Devin and daddy play outside in the sandbox almost on a daily basis. It is usually short lived; like everything Devin does. But he is starting to play a little longer each time. Daddy likes to show Devin how to dig holes. This is hopes that Devin will keep the sand in the sandbox. he seems to think that it is more fun to dump the sand onto the grass. we are working on not doing that.

Rainy Days

Pat, Robin and the kids came over on Sunday for the afternoon. And all of them really wanted to be outside playing, but it was just too cool for them. They were all a little stir crazy, but we had a nice afternoon. It is really hard to get 2 toddlers and a preschool to all sit still and look in the same place for a photo, but this was the best I could do. Devin loves to play with the camera, so it has gotten hard to take pictures of him. He tries to grab the camera and wont give it back.

I love this picture of the two boys. They are watching their dad's and Alexis outside, wishing they could be out there with them.
My little superman. He would only sit for so long and that was barely long enough to get a photo.

New Toy (He Wishes!!!)

On Saturday night we went out with some friends for supper and then back to one of our friends house. The kids and big boys had a lot of fun playing while the girls had quite time upstairs talking. Other than then the rain and cool weather it was a great night. Devin loves (and I mean LOVES) this bike at the neighbor's. Because he can actually sit on it and reach the handle bars. He wants a big boy bike so bad, but he is just too small for one right now. Hopefully next summer. Right now he can just play on it when he goes and plays next door.

Boards

After having to reschedule my boards two times I was not going to not take it this week. So, on Tuesday I drove to the cities; the two hour drive took me three hours, but I made it there. I had to stop every 30-40 minutes to lay down and then walk around. Even with doing that I was still really stiff and sore. Then I sat for two hours to take my test, but I PASSED!!!!!!!! So, it didn't matter how sore I was and that I could barely walk out of the room. All that I cared about was that I was done and that I passed.

After my boards I did a little shopping at Archivers in the Mall of America and then Pam for lunch. We had a nice lunch and a good time catching up. It is different being able to talk face to face verses the phone. All in all it was about a 12 hour day for me and boy was I tired.

Today my back is not a sore or stiff; which is nice. But I am not holding my breath that it will last for long. It is a nice raining day and Devin is sleeping, so Ben and I are going to take the chance to watch a movie!

Motorcycle

Just recently Ben had the motorcycle tuned up. (Oil changed, new tires, etc) When The neighbor brought the bike over it was sitting in the front when Devin got home. He was like "WOW". Of course he wanted to try out this new bike. He enjoyed sitting on the bike and making noises, "VROOM, VROOM."

"I wonder if I can stand on it!!!!"
I think we might have a future rider on our hands.

Shutterfly

Dear Family and Friends, I have started a Shutterfly website so that you can order photos. With so many of you living so far away I wanted something easy for everyone to be able to receive photos of Devin and our family.

Here is the website link: http://thehaasefamilydevin.shutterfly.com/

I hope you enjoy and I will try to update both sites as often as I can. Or when ever I have any good pictures to share.

Grandma's Birthday

Yesterday was Grandma Diane's birthday, she turned 55!!! And Devin turned 18 months. We went over to her house for supper. I would have cooked her something or we would have gone out to eat, but I have a VERY sore back and have a really hard time moving. So, we went for supper and Devin was able to play with Grandma for awhile. Here Devin is playing with Grover (who plays music) which he use to be really scared of. But since watching his cousins play with him, now Grover is fun to dance with.

All of the grandparents better watch out because I am on a mission to have lots of photos of Devin with his grandparents before it is too late. I want to capture as many memories as I can.

Happy Birthday Mom!!!!!
On the flicker page I uploaded a movie clip of Devin dancing with Grover. He's got some really good moves. Some day I think he is going to be a dancer, but don't tell Ben!