This is what having a family is all about! I love spending time with Dave and Luke doing things we love. If it were up to me we would take a vacation at least once a month. This month we had three mini vacations, first Eagle River, then Minoqua, then Sheboygan. We spent time with both of our extended families.
Luke has always been a nature boy. He took to the northwoods quite naturally. He is already blazing trails walking through the underbrush, identifying rocks, floating sticks, talking to ducks, and surviving a bear visit. When camping we had a black bear come to visit and eat our peanut butter and trial mix on two nights. The bear ripped into the tent right next to where Luke was sleeping. After opening the tent the bear pushed a sealed and locked plastic bin out into the woods and stole the sweets. The bear was caught later that week.
Here are some photos of our three trips.
Luke is becoming more playful. He is interacting with his environment in many new ways. He is very busying walking from room to room. He enjoys pushing boxes or his toy bin around on the floor. When that gets boring he will push his high chair all the way across the kitchen (even though it is twice as tall as Luke). He likes to open up doors and extract their contents. Luke pulls cords from there outlets - it doesn't matter if its a light, a computer, or a working hair dryer. He likes to bang on glass coffee tables, with a new added twist of using a large, heavy, plastic block. 
