Dylan Schmit Restaurant

Tonight was the grand opening of Dylan Schmit Restaurant. Mom and Dad were the cooks and Dylan was the host and server. Our first guests were Grandma and Grandpa. Dylan was an excellent host and server. He greeted our guest and took them into our lounge (aka the family room). Dylan took drink orders and he even wrote them down to be sure he got them right. We dined on delicious food and even made our own ice cream for dessert. The service was so good that Grandma and Grandpa left a generous $1 tip for Dylan and gave our restaurant very positive feedback on the comment card. It was a successful grand opening!!! We look forward to many more special evening.

Dylan is just about to finish up 4 weeks of swim lessons. He looks forward to them each day and his favorite statement in the pool is "watch this!". There are 4/5 kids in the class and the teacher takes time doing different exercises with each child. While the teacher is trying to work with the other kids Dylan will say, "Teacher, watch this.". He is definitely an BIG attention hog.



While he wasn't practicing his swimming skills, he enjoyed splashing the other kids and swimming really far away from the stairs (where they were supposed to sit and wait for their turn). There was one "bummer" day when Dylan had to leave early because he kept splashing the other kids and kept swimming too far from the stairs when the teacher asked him not to. It was sad, but he used his listening ear a little better after that.




Chloe was in one of the sessions and the two of them had fun together. This is a shot of them showering after swimming and Dylan had just peed on Chloe. I don't think either of them realized that it happened, but Lindsey and I noticed and had a good laugh!

Space for Taylor

I feel like a broken record. I am constantly saying, "Dylan give her space", "Dylan don't squish her", "Dylan be gently with her". He loves her so much that he always wants to be squished up against her. If she is laying on the ground, he wants to lay right next to her (he gets so closer that pushes her over). If she is sitting up, he will sit behind her and hug her. I love that he loves her so much, but poor Taylor has no personal space when he is around. Taylor isn't great at teaching him to give her space. Most of the time she starts cracking up when he starts getting close. It isn't until she gets squished that she starts crying. Here are some pics of Dylan loving his sister =)

Anniversary in Whistler!

Bryan and I were able to get away and spend the weekend in Whistler to celebrate our 8 year anniversary (can't believe it's been 8 years!).

Big, big thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Willett for watching the kids and giving us a gift certificate that we could use for the hotel and ZipTrek tour!! It was Taylor's first night without Mommy and it was no problem. Maybe we should get away more often :-)

We had an awesome time just relaxing and enjoying Whistler. There was actually way more stuff going on in Whistler during the summer than I thought there would be. Like I said, we did a zip line tour which was really fun. We did 5 zip lines that ran between huge trees in Whistler's rain forest and over the river running between two mountains.




We also got lucky and were there during Crankworx, a huge mountain bike competition. There was all sorts of stuff going on each day, but the best was the Slope Style competition. These guys were doing back flips and going off huge jumps...it was pretty crazy and real fun to watch up close.





On our last day we took the Gondola and a chair up to the peak of Whistler mountain and did a little hiking. It's pretty cool seeing the mountain without all the snow and the views were incredible.

Dylan's Bike Tricks

Dylan's newest passion...riding his bike. Up to this point he has had difficulty pedaling anything with wheels. I thought it would be a few years before he started riding his bike but last week he started riding and now he won't stop. The first thing he asks in the morning is if he can go out and ride his bike. He has been averaging 2 hours of riding a day. He loves it!!! His latest thing is to show us his tricks. This video highests some of his favorite tricks. It is too cute!!! I'm glad we missed video taping when I asked him to try taking both hands off the handle bar. It didn't end too well =).

The Obsession Continues...One Year Later

It was a little over a year since Dylan's fireman obsession started. It all started when I Bryan and I were in D.C. visiting Jeff and Tracy and Dylan was staying with Grandma and Grandpa. He watched a video at their house about firemen and fire trucks and he has been obsessed from that point on. Dylan talks about firemen all the time and how he is going to be one when he grows up. He asks me if I will visit him at the fire house when he is a fireman. When I say "yes, I would love to visit you" he tells me that he will give me fireman badge sticker and he will let me sit in the fire truck and ambulance. It is super cute! He can't wait till the day he can drive a fire truck. I've told him that he has to drive a car for 2 years before he can drive a fire truck (I'm assuming you can't be a firemen until you are 18) and he is totally bummed.

Today we went to a water day at the Issaquah Community Center. A fire truck came and sprayed water out of the pumper truck. Dylan was in awe and he had a lot of fun running through the water. The firemen stayed for while to talk with the kids and Dylan totally clammed up. He thinks they are so cool, but he just stares at them and doesn't say anything. It is so funny!

Liz and Eric's Wedding

We had a great time at Auntie Lizzy and Uncle Eric's wedding in July. It was awesome to have so many friends and family in town and to introduce the two newest members of the family.

Taylor and Andrew really seemed to hit it off and it was fun to watch them get to know each other. They also seemed to enjoy all the attention they were getting from their grandparents and great grandmothers.

Dylan was the ring bearer and did a great job. He even stood at the altar with the rest of the wedding party for at least 20 minutes! He didn't really stand still, and there may have been a destroyed boutonniere involved, but what can you expect :-)