Happy 2nd Birthday to Casey!

Officially a "terrible 2," Casey had fun the whole week of his birthday. We traveled to Mimi's house in South Carolina for Thanksgiving and had gift opening almost every day. Mimi's birthday was also earlier that week so she and Casey shared some chocolate cake (aka "chocolate bread!). The main activities of the visit were: 1) plugging in night lights. 2) turning lights off and on (Mimi's light switches are low enough for him to reach-ugh!). 3) playing some games on the computer. 4) taking long naps and sleeping in til after 7am!


not sure about the tricycle, but learned to turn right and left as we wandered down the driveway.


lamps with pull-cords!!


drum machine (and other toys) on loan for the week (Thanks Ann and Terry!)


spent much of his time plugging and unplugging his night lights


followed his cousin Matthew around the house (he loves "big kids")


cleaning out Mimi's cabinets


Be careful!


oops!


More lamps!


Happy Birthday Casey and Mimi!


blowing out the candles!


woke up grumpy and Mimi rocked him a bit.


kid likes to leave on a high note! (he knows "low and high" in music)


Oh, and here is a landscaping update:


from 2006, nice and manicured


2008. A little hard to keep up with-time for those huge holly bushes to go!


juniper trees and holly tree on the side needed to go too!


OK, all gone!


we haven't decided what is going to go on the side, but we do have one grass-type plant (sorry, of course I don't know what it is called)


The new front bed redesigned. There are still 6-8 plants that we will add in the spring.