Visiting the Gales

Our friends Bryan and Shelley and their sons Kyle and Trevor were back in town for a few days for Shelley's dad's 60th birthday, so we got to spend some time with them this weekend. Since we were there for an informal birthday party there were balloons, of course, including one bunch that was big enough to float a small child away -- or it would have been if it wasn't weighed down with a small sand bag. Evan thought the balloons were fine, but the sand bag (actually a balloon filled with sand) was the best! He loves to pick things up and put them down again (as I've mentioned before), and the sand bag was no exception:

Probably the only thing he likes more than the pick-up-and-drop game is walking around holding Mom or Dad's fingers. He's just starting to cruise around holding onto furniture, but give him a pair of fingers to grab and there's no stopping him:

Actually, I guess the owner of the fingers could choose to stop moving and he'd be out of luck, but why would anyone want to do that? He has such a great time doing it that helping him practice walking is fun for the whole family! And as you might be able to tell from his strong list in the picture, he's still got some practicing to do before he's ready to head out on his own.