His own project

Construction on the deck has continued, and Jase has gotten bored with the work. So, he started his own project using the scraps of wook laying around.

Such a little creative mind this little one has! He sat with his tools and those scraps of wood for a few hours just building away!

Deck Construction

Monday, when Rob came home from work, he immediately got back to work on our deck. He has been working on re-doing the stairs, replacing the railing and replacing some warped decking board. Jase, of course, was right beside him the whole time rambling on about how he likes to work. (We'll see if he is saying that 14 years from now when he actually has to work! LOL).

Sara's Birthday Party

Jase's cousin, Sara, celebrated her 2nd birthday day this weekend in true hula style.

Jase had a blast at her party!

He played with all the little kids, and even engaged in his first real water gun fight with the boys. He found shelter under the slide and attacked them every time they ran by.

His favorite part of the party, though, was definitely the cake!

The National Zoo in DC

Today we took Jase to the National Zoo in DC. Jase had been looking forward to this trip all week and it was worth all the anticipation. We couldn't had asked for better weather, either. We started our trip out looking at the lions and tigers and monkeys. Then we headed over to the reptile house. I think Jase had more fun there than anywhere. It wasn't crowed inside so he was able to run around more freely and had his face pressed up against the glass of every aquarium. His favorite animals in there were the turtles. There was one tank full of a bunch of small underwater turtles and they kept swimming right up to him. There was also a tank of these huge tortoises that were over 50 years old.

When we exited the reptile house we had to go through this bug/butterfly room. Jase was a little overwhelmed of the huge, fake bug hanging from the ceiling. I think he thought it was real.

In the invertebrate house there was beautiful coral and salt water tanks. Jase was very confused, though, cause he was wanting to know where the animals were. He didn't know that they where the living thing we were supposed to be looking at.

After that we sat down for lunch at the Mane Restaurant where he pigged out on his animal shaped chicken nuggets, making sure he ate the heads off of all of them before he ate the bodies. Such a boy!

After lunch we went to see the orangutans. A zoo employee had a model of an orangutan foot and told Jase all about how they use their feet to grip on to trees and swing around.

One of the most entertaining animals was the seal. He was perched on a rock and looked to be tickling himself all over with his tail.

Most of the animals were out and about and Jase had no problem seeing them. The bald eagle, however, was hard for him to see. And it really is a shame cause they were just beautiful!

Outside of the rest room was a really cool mural. Jase loved the "fish dolphins"! He was so excited cause he got to touch them! He's is so silly!

We ended the trip in the Safari with the zebras and cheetah. It was funny cause one minute he was calling the zebras "zebras" and the next minute he was calling them "black and white horses."

Even after we got home all he wanted to do was look at the zoo map. He even chased Henny around the house telling her all the animals he saw. And when I put him to bed he wanted to say a special prayer for the zoo animals.

Prayers

I know I've posted a video of Jase saying his prayers before, but I am just amazed at how well he can say them now by himself. He knew he was being video taped so he was acting up. He usually does even better than this. Gosh, he is growing up so fast!

Crab! Crab! Crab!....

We had our first bushel of crabs today and they were Mmm, Mmm good! Jase had just as much fun playing with the crabs as we did eating them. He also got a special treat with his dinner...hence the chocolate icecream all over his face.

Right after I turned the video off, he started making the crab dance. It was so funny. Here are some pictures, too, of him playing with his crab.

George Who???