Playing Like a Big Boy

We visited the Portland Children's Museum for their free night on the first Friday of this month. It was Nehemiah's first time there and he loved being able to walk around freely and play with all the big kids. His favorite parts were the dig pit and ofcourse the water area. He actually tried to climb into the water feature that was his size.

Oak's Park

During the summer Oak's Park has a few mornings a week where they open up a bit early for those under 6 years old and then have a story and cookies and milk. We decided to try it out. Asher had a blast, however Nehemiah wasn't so sure of the rides. He loved when first being put on the motorcylce and car. He started saying beep beep and turning the steering wheel, but then he realized Mama was strapping him in and leaving him. Guess he's still a little young. We'll try again next year. He did enjoy Big Pink.

Fancy Boy

Just had to post these. Nehemiah is in a wedding coming up in August. We went to try on suits, and found these summer short suits. Don't know if we'll end up getting one of these or not, but he is just so cute!

Corn on the Cob & Dancing with Strange Ladies

Last weekend we went to a festival at Meinig Park in Sandy. There were lots of art booths, live music and of course great fair type food. Travis and I enjoyed corn on the cob and then Nehemiah enjoyed chewing on the cob after we were done. FYI- they show movies at this park at dusk on Saturdays in August. Sounds like fun!

Later that evening we went to a concert at Rose City Park with some friends. Nehemiah enjoyed dancing to the music and also dancing with a strange lady. I tried to post a video of it, but can't get it to work. I'll try again tomorrow.

Smart Boy

For awhile I've been meaning to post about what Nehemiah knows and says and does. Now, I'm not sure I'll remember it all since he is getting sooooo smart. Below is a clip of some of his words. We can't believe that he has learned so much in the past few months. We're pretty proud of our 15 month old!

How Smart is Nehemiah?

Signs: fish, bunny rabbit, dog, cat, eat, more, help, hungry, please, thank you, milk, frog, elephant, bird, flower, light

Sounds: dog, cow, duck, donkey, horse, sheep, monkey, mouse, whoo whoo (train whistle)

Words: Mama, Dada, Meme, Papa, Elmo, ball, peas, beans, cheese, Peach (these last four all sound about the same), bubble, cracker, poo poo, more, Babo (Pocampo), uh oh, go, yeehaw, hi, bye bye, night night, beep, baby, nani (banana)

Words I swear he's said, but not all the time yet: Big Birg, brown bear, Bible, giggle, thirsty

Word Travis is working on with him: habidagus

Body parts he knows: belly, toes, head, ears, nose, teeth, eyes, mouth, legs

Nehemiah also has a few favorite books that I always do motions with....He has started doing the motions now too and it is so cute to see his interpretation.

Family Fun at Pacific City

For a week over the 4th of July we vacationed at Pacific City for our annual Harris/Roth/Vice family beach trip. We had a fabulous time relaxing and hanging with the fam. The weather was good most of the time so we were able to spend a lot of time on the beach. We ate good food, watched a few movies, talked, watched fireworks, went to a parade, walked on the beach and into town, played games and even had a friendly competition of bowling on the Nintendo Wii. What a wonderful week!

Summer Fun - Including Belly Flops!

We've been enjoying the warm weather and loving spending time with family and friends. Multiple days have been spent with cousins Asher and Phoebe over at Meme and Papa's house since school is out and Meme has time to play. We also played with cousins Eleanor, Tommy, Frances and Ezra over at Grandma and Pop's house. They have a huge deck where all the kids love to run around. Nehemiah enjoyed the sandbox and then a bucket of water and then the sandbox again which equals one sandy boy. He loved it! We can't wait till Grandma and Pop's new pool is warmed up and the new playhouse and swings are put up!

We also visited the splash pad at Blue Lake park with our friends Megan and Zack. Zack was in the water the whole time getting sprayed from all directions. Nehemiah just walked the outskirts and got a little wet, but headed over to the nearby playground a few times.

Our backyard has been another hangout and Peach is happy to share it with us. She thinks the pool is her's too, but fortunately doesen't mind taking a dip with Nehemiah.