Clowning Around

What a ham.

Highlights

His hair is bizarre (and gorgeous, so he gets told daily.) 2/3 of it is copper but down near his neck its brown! Always been this way but with summer highlights its much more obvious.

Farm Camp

Kiddo had a grand time at Farm Camp while Shawn and I headed off to California for some R&R.Thanks, Nana and Pop Pop! And Aunt Erin with Uncle Curtis too :)

Cranker

Helping to make the famous Lawson hand-cranked ice cream.

You Say TomAYto....

Kiddo didnt like tomatoes til he picked a fresh one off our Pittsburgh neighborhood vine!

Bubble Beards

The Incline

We got to see Ms ASJ who happened to be visiting the 'burgh during our stay. We took a ride up the Incline for a beautiful view of downtown.

Whats an Incline, you ask? Read more here: 

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Drowsy Boy

A little grumpy after a too-short nap in the car.

Snoozing

What better time to update the blog than right now? And catch up on email, read a book....

Kayaker

We took Andrew on his first Kayak trip on the Allegheny River this past weekend. He sat between the 2 of us in a tandem boat and we were out for an hour admiring the Pittsburgh downtown skyline. He "helped" us paddle :)

Summer Fun

Evolution of a Smile

One Second Later

New Friends

Being the social butterfly that he is, Andrew easily made new friends here both at camp in the neighborhood. Here is the list - Mia, Finn, Eli, Sydney, Trey, Taegan and Landry. With all these creative names taking hold, we have yet to meet another little boy named Andrew! 

Hi there!

Just popping in front of the camera to say hello to you! We have 3 weeks left here and still so much I want to see. The first week of August, Andrew will be attending Farm Camp (aka hanging out with nana and pop pop) while we take a vacation. Destination unknown, to me at least. Shawn has the whole thing planned but wont tell me a thing about it. Hooray for surprises!

The Reading Couch

Andrew decided the library in our (huge) house needed to be used. We barely occupied it since moving in. So he arranged the pillows for optimum comfort and enjoyed an hour of quiet togetherness. 

Family

Great-Aunt Nina and Great-Uncle Michael paid us a visit from Florida! Nina grew up here in Pittsburgh and married here - it was the first wedding I ever attended. The last time they were in town was our wedding here - 10 years ago tomorrow!

Green Thumb

Tomato, cilantro, basil and Dill. Courtesy of gardening week at camp. He waters (and tastes samples) daily.

Look, Mom!

Andrew wants to do all the things that he sees the big kids do in the neighborhood.  

"Look, Mom!" I'm riding standing up!

"Look, Mom!" I'm swinging leaning back!

New Favorite

Fourth of July weekend

Finding buried treasure in the sandbox at the Farm. Pop pop supplied all sorts of odds and ends.

Three generations of Lawsons - Dining al fresco, watching the World Cup.

And of course celebrating Erin's big win! She is recovering nicely, such a treat to see her. Curtis too - he was so kind and patient with A :)

More Visitors!

Nana and Pop Pop spent a relaxing weekend here watching the World Cup.

Our Lawson lefties each enjoyed a Klavon's sundae. It's very cool confectionery that we'll be taking more visitors to I'm sure. Its a 1920s soda shop! Ice cream comes from the Penn State Creamery. You get to watch them make your sundae behind the counter which was fun too. In a strange part of town, but hey, what do I care if they make my belly happy?

He was so hyped up on sugar, Andrew skipped all the way back to the car. We are excited to visit them at the Farm this holiday weekend!

The Family K

These guys met when the youngest was still in utero. Every few months we get to spend a fun day catching up with J and her boys!

Pittsburgh Childrens Museum

Working on electronics in the Maker Space.

They had an entire floor devoted to water play!

A habitable/climbable wall. Two thumbs up to this museum! 

Cousins

Andrew and his cousin Levi were best buds for an afternoon. They are finally old enough (4y6m, 3y3m) to play the same activities together. We hope to see then again while we are semi closeby!

The Happy Family

Or perhaps I should say, the happy 2/3 family. Poor Shawn. We'll call this series "Selfies on the zoo tram."