Castle

Arthur so enjoyed this castle when we went to Ikea, that we got it for him.  Here he is trying it out.

Directorial Debut

Arthur wanted to use the video camera.  He grabbed it and started recording.  Here is his first video, which he also stars in.

Mirror self recognition, take one

This is the classic test of self recognition.  You surreptitiously put a sticker on children's heads and let them look in the mirror.  Then you see if they realize the sticker is on their own head. Do they try to take off the sticker? Do they realize the person in the mirror is them?

Well, for Arthur, not yet.

On average children do this around 18 months, so he's still on track.

Arthur vs the seagulls

Playing at the ocean

Just playing at the beach.

Fish video

Here is Arthur's first fish.

Summer Trips Video - Driving the Boat

I have a few posts planned with videos from our summer trips.  Here is the  first one from Wisconsin and Arthur driving the big boat.

Marietta

After a visit to our favorite Australian bakery, we stopped by the park and Art museum in Marietta.  The park had a neat train playground set.  The art museum was small, but we were the only ones there so we got to see everything. 

Splashing

After the scavenger hunt Arthur (and Daddy) played at the splashpad in the park.

Piedmont Park Challenge

We went on a scavenger hunt through the big park in town.  Here are some of the stops along the way.

Water Baby

Here are a few miscellaneous pictures of Arthur in the water on our trip.

Timucuan Preserve

On the way back up through Florida we drove through a historical and natural preserve.  Here are pictures from one of the historic resorts in the area.  

Right after this he licked this post

Fort 3

Here is our final fort post from our trip. This one, Fort Clinch, was a civil war era US fort.  We didn't get to go inside b/c we arrived too late.  But the views of the ocean were very pretty. It also had an amazingly shelly beach.

Another Fort!

We also visited the Florida coast, which let Arthur pick up his 11th state.  This is a picture from Fort Caroline which was established by the French and wiped out by the Spanish.  

Fort Frederica

We got a new national park stamp on our visit to the coast at Fort Frederica on St. Simons Island. This was a British fort and town from the 1700s.  There were some ruins of the original buildings on the site.  Arthur was a little tired during our visit. In the bottom picture he is taking a break to play with grass.

Gorilla

Arthur took a quiz at our zoo on which of the gorillas he is most like.   Here are the results.