a random smattering

of photos and a few videos is all this post is about (because I just don't have the energy to write much of anything substantial at this point!).  

Augie is into stacking things

but doesn't have a lot of patience when his fine motor skills inhibit the stacking...here he's asking for help

he's recently learned to climb onto the couch..oh joy

sometimes he is hard to entertain and great lengths have to be gone to (for the uninitiated, that is a kiddie barf bowl on Mick's head).  note the lack of amusement on Augie's face.  I, however, found this photo incredibly amusing when it came through on a text message in the midst of a meeting at work.

never minding the fact that climbing is a new skill, it's imperative to carry an object in one hand (like a toy garden rake) which makes the act of climbing just that much more challenging

and, of course, one must descend the stairs of one's fort with garden rake in hand 

he also helped me sweep the back patio

climbing onto the couch quickly morphed into climbing ladders.  somehow.  One minute I was hanging lights out back and the next minute Augie was coming up the other side of the ladder!

the "I want your phone" face

Augie and Jasper taking a ride at the local supermarket

we just never know when the urge to dish out a cuddle is going to get the better of Augie.  this day he had several of them while getting a shoulder ride.  

here we're having some fun with our toy tractors.  

nearly too busy to answer silly animal-sounds questions but still managing a response

here's my shoes...and, since you asked, here's my tummy!  

While he loves pointing out his shoes, and our shoes, it is an absolute exercise in trauma when we try to put them on.  He loves talking about them but hates wearing them!!