Paint, Ribs and TV - what more can you ask for...

What a week. I spent the majority of it chasing Reece off of toys, chairs and anything else that he could find to climb. It is so much fun to watch him figure out how to work those legs and hike them up on everything and what a glorious feeling it must be to have no fear. I vaguely remember that feeling (something like the first time I went skiing, until it hit me later in the day what it could feel like if I really bit it)... Reece loves to climb into his massive toy car and then stand on the seat and try to balance. On Monday as he was trying to clap and cheer while standing on the seat, the car rolled forward and so did Reece - right into our entertainment center. Luckily there is only a small scar on his head.

Reece is also into pointing out different animals to us. He loves to get up from his nap and point to each one in his room (he gets down on the floor and rubs over the animals in his rug), he will point and grunt until we called out the name of the animal. He also likes to watch anything with animals in it on TV. Here he wanted to get up close and personal with a cartoon.

On Saturday, we spent the day at our church helping in a work day. We went and painted some of the walls of the main entry way, it looks great! It is amazing what a little bit of color can do. The whole feel of the place has a lift of life to it. I loved the building and loved the white features and so I wasn't too sure how the color would look, but now that we have a splash of color we are inspired to help get the rest of the building done. We are going back again this weekend to try and paint the hallways. This will mean a lot more detail work.. but we are up for it. Reece was absolutely fantastic while we were there all day. Of course, he was busy figuring out that if he lifted one side of a small table then all of the toys would go sliding to the other side and over onto the floor. He got a big laugh out of this!

This last picture was one of Joe's highlights of the week. Brooke and Dan are behaving and sticking to their healthy eating habits and so donated their spare ribs to our household of 'we'll eat anything'. He had a great time cooking these ribs to perfection and we had two nights of wonderful meals. Thanks!