Memorial Day 2010

We spent our first Memorial Day in five years at home this year, and Silas had many firsts of his own!  Saturday was Silas' first trip to the beach.  That did not go very well.  He was overwhelmed by the whole environment, and just clung to Mom until we finally put him out of his misery and left, which is why we have no pictures of the day.  On Sunday, we decided to try something closer to home--the playground.  At first, Silas wasn't having any of it.  We put him in the swing, and he just screamed.  So, we took him out, and spent some time getting him to walk around and look at little things like mulch, bushes, leaves, etc...  Eventually, he calmed down enough to try the swing again and he loved it!  He would have stayed in there all day, but Mom was worried he might lose his breakfast.  :)

On Monday morning, we were visited by Brian's Aunt Mary and Uncle Phil.  Silas enjoyed showing off for them, and we had a nice lunch with them at Five Guys.  Unfortunately, Silas wouldn't sit still for any photos.  Later in the afternoon, after a nice long nap, Brian broke out the kiddie pool so we could start getting Silas acclimated to water.  He hated it at first, but again, after backing off and working up to it slowly, he eventually dropped his fears and we all had a blast!