A Busy Weekend

On Friday, Sam and I visited Grandma Kim and Grandpa Roy and enjoyed a great lunch, some time in the pool and raspberry picking. Sam had a hard time understanding the concept of putting the raspberries in the container. He thought eating them one by one was a much better option!

Since Peter did not have to work at all this weekend (!) AND since I officially was done with classes on Wednesday, we had a much-needed family fun weekend! We spent some time at the mall on Friday night. On Saturday morning we had a family photo shoot, thanks to Gwen, a co-worker of Peter's who also does photography on the side. Sam was in a great mood, so I think we got lots of smiles and can't wait to see the pictures! After the photo shoot, we headed over to the Como Zoo for some animal action, which Sam, of course, loved as usual.

Every time anyone mentions the zoo to Sam, he gets really excited and says "See monkeys! See giraffes! See elephants!" So, when we found this little ride at Como Town, we had to get a picture of Sam in it. He was so excited he immediately gave the monkey a hug!

Today, though we forgot to bring the camera, we spent a few hours at the beach, enjoyed some Twins baseball on TV, had some homemade lasagna for dinner, and took a trip to DQ. Many months ago, Peter started calling our little guy "Sam-man". We now both do this so often, that Sam calls himself this as well. At DQ tonight, as we were sharing our ice cream with Sam, he would say "Mommy's turn" then "Sam-man's turn" or "Sam-man try some now." It's always been funny to us that he talks in the third person, but now that he refers to himself as "Sam-man" its even funnier!

We hope you all had a great weekend!