We've had several developments at our house over the last week.
But the most important: Louie started walking, baby steps . . . .
Dan took the kids to the Mall of America yesterday, they were playing in LegoLand. Emily was being very clingy and shy, Louie was off and running.
He is very good at standing up by himself in the middle of the floor, even with toys in hand. Yesterday, he decided to take more than his usual two step. He took seven at the Mall.
Last night when I got home from work, he took 10 steps across the living room floor. He wants so badly to walk and be up and off the floor.
To Dan and I, it just means more trouble. The little bugger is very crafty, he knows that anything that moves can be pushed up to something and make it easier to climb up it.
He climbed in the doll cradle and up on to the little kitchen cupboard last night! He also likes to stand on top of the kiddy table in Emily's room and try to look out the windows.
He really has no fear. Last week, he moved the activity table across the room and tried to climb into the curio cabinet in the living room, he wanted a closer look at Claire's fish that we were babysitting.
We'll post some new pictures shortly.
Larsmont is located just south of Two Harbors on Hwy 61. It is a beautiful place. We really enjoyed the amenities there, especially the nightly smores at the lodge and the fires down by the lake each evening. The first two nights, there were some amazing moon rises over Lake Superior. 
Dan and I took Emily on the Duluth Scenic Railway, her first train ride. It went to Two Harbors for the afternoon, we took the train back to the resort. We also went to the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth. The kids really had fun there, Emily and Louie especially liked the tank with the river otters in it. 
Drewman really enjoyed toasting his own marshmellows for the smores. Jared enjoyed eating them. 
Grandma Conrad’s Rhubarb Cake
5 months ago
