Our Weekend with LOTS of pictures!

After a break from swimming lessons due to Spring Break, Jeff and Graham were back in the water yesterday morning. A few weeks away, left Graham a bit hesitant at first, but he quickly warmed up to the idea of being back in the pool. Graham was thrilled with "jumping" into the pool and wanted to do it again, and again, and again...

I don't know if we just felt like we needed a little road trip or what, but today we headed way down to the south east corner of Minnesota to visit a toy store. Before you think we've gone nuts for driving so far for toys, I have to say that this isn't just any toy store-it's actually quite unique. They specialize in hand carved wooded toys, and what's really special is the hand carved carousel that took 9 years to complete! Graham had a great time trying out all the toys and we enjoyed watching him have such a great time. Visiting toy stores with a child is so much fun!

Graham loves train sets! He played here for a while complete with truck noises for the trains. Right now, Graham thinks that anything on wheels is a truck, so everything gets the same noise!

Currently, Graham's favorite animal is a duck. As I look at this picture I'm trying very hard not to think about all the other germy little children that also share a love for fluffy yellow ducks!

Graham took an immediate liking to this little push toy. He carried it around for quite a while (it's hiding in nearly every picture) and we had to quickly ditch it when he wasn't looking!

Lego's with Daddy...both the little boy and the big boy really enjoyed themselves here.

Now, it was finally time for the highlight of our trip...the carousel! It seemed fitting that we propped Graham up on a giant duck for his first ever ride. As he went up and down, he kept a death grip on the pole, and I wasn't too sure if he was enjoying himself. Any doubts regarding Graham and fun had on the carousel were put to rest when the ride came to an end...

Here, in this last picture, Graham is letting out one of his trademark "I'm VERY frustrated" yells because he didn't want to get off of the duck. I guess he thought he needed to ride the carousel just one more time!