purple bucket/helmet

Quite the fashion statement.

Daddys gloves

A little too small for Daddy, and way to big for Chase.

sun issues

"Geez you guys, can't you tell that its really hard for me to draw on my notepad with my purple crayon while sitting in the laundry basket, and the sun is shinning in my face?! "

Or, in Chase language - "Tsssth, bah bah, a nyuh nyuh nyuh, ahhh! Pupa."

the toys

7:15 a.m, and 3 of these ... adorable toys screeching around the kitchen all at once.

Who needs sleep?

stare-down for dominance

Chase finally won, because he's bigger, stronger, and knows how to use toys as weapons if necessary.

backpack and tractor

All set for a trip to ... the living room. Vroom vroom.

eating lizard

No real lizards were harmed during this photograph.

finding

Looks like somebody got a back-pack featuring daddys favorite animated fish...

Nemo!

a farm? in Iowa?!

The little play farm was the big hit of the past few hours/days. We'll see how long that lasts, since right now playing with a bag of plastic spoons seems like the funnest thing to do.