Photo Night with the Dogs

Zander decided it was time to take some new photos of the dogs. We had a fun night and the dogs did a good job of participating.

Fun at Bed Time

Last night Zander helped my put the clean sheets back on his bed, he is in the stage that he loves to be a "Good Helper". He was very particular about how he wanted the animals and pillows set up, even to the turning down of his sheets.

After finishing setting up the bed to his specifications

We decided to have a little fun

Our Visit to Farm Town

Zander and Mom took a little trip to see Grandma Roxanne and Dan in Dallas Wisconsin, population 358. It was a very little town and Zander gave it the name of "Farm Town". We were able to visit 2 different cow farms, at the big farm Zander was able to go out to the fields in the big tractor to spread the manure. When they got back he had told the driver that he and his mom were visiting farm town and that we live on earth. He was able to experience a lot, from bringing the cows in to be milked, and even seeing the couple week old baby calves.
We had a fantastic time and made some wonderful memories of our visit with Grandma and Dan

Fun in the Dirt

Jake arranged for us to try out the buggy in the dunes. I have not been a real fan of the four wheeler so he thought we would give this a try. We had a blast, Zander and I took the buggy, after Jake gave us a few tips and we enjoyed it. Zander loved having the control with his hand signals thumbs up(faster), thumbs down(slower), and flat hand (stop). It was fun to spend the day with my boys and most of all to have fun with Jake and what he really enjoys.

Now we just have to figure out how to get one of our own.

Thanks Scott!

Zander Snorkels in Belize

After weeks of swim lessons with Alex, who is a great swim instructor, and snorkel practice with dad in the pool, we headed for Belize. I have to admit he was the best dressed little snorkeler there. Upon arriving in Belize Jake and I each took Z for a little shore snorkeling and he did good, but there was not a lot to see, so he lasted about 15 minutes each time. Jake arranged for a snorkel boat ride out to Hol Chan Marine Reserve, and it was a perfect place to put his skills to the test.
We started out in water that was only about 4 feet deep and started our swim, Zander kept his face straight down not moving a bit, holding dads hand on one side and moms on the other. After about 10 minutes he started to wave at the fish, we had to move his chin for him to realize he could look around a little bit. Then we swam over a Green Moray Eel and his grip got even tighter, still his head did not come out of the water. After seeing some Barracuda and some schools of fish we got to about 30 feet of water and he finally stopped, I think we both thought he was scared, he only stopped to tell us he saw an Eel. We continued for another 25 minutes and saw crabs, coral, Parrot fish and more. Upon arriving at the boat he said "We can't stop I did not see a turtle yet". So the the grasses we went to find the turtle, sure enough he saw his first turtle.
From that site we headed to SharkRay alley, as soon as the boat stopped there where 4 nurse sharks and lots of Rays right at the boat, Z wanted to watch safely from the boat. The divemaster was awesome, he brought one of each up close for Z to touch, however he was fine with just looking.
What a great family memory we had in the waters of Belize, we look forward to many more.

3 Years Later on the same Beach in Belize

We are back at Ramons Village in San Pedro, Belize. I remembered this photo of Z that we took of him on the beach when we were here last time, so of course we needed to do a current version. Wow, he has changed a lot in 3 years, however Belize has not changed so much.

Lovin' the Beach, originally uploaded by The Zouns.

Zander turns 4

We had Zander's birthday at MyGym and they put on one great party.

It was non-stop activity, ball pitts, slides, climbing walls, bubbles, zip lines and more. The kids were having such a great time they stopped long enough to blow out the candles and have a bite or two of cake and they were right back to playing on the gym.

Thanks to all of you who joined us, it was a Fantastic Celebration!