Angela can levitate; we suspected it.

Max and Angela entertained us on the neighbors' trampoline.

Max on the trampoline

Max, Monkey and Grandpa shared a little couch time.

Grandpa did bath duty. Max was not excited to get his hair washed.

Pierce showed how it is done.

Max watches, but is not convinced.

Pierce grins and bears it.

Max distracts himself with whale and cup.

Max and Pierce relaxing after the scrubbing is done.

Mischievous Max

Max played hard and napped hard.

Guess where we're having dinner? Pierce offers a clue.

Usually Max just eats the cone, but today he tried it with a little ice cream--and showed us.

Just in case you couldn't tell what he was eating...

Still evaluating

He eventually committed.

Saturday we visited the Lane Motor Museum.

Pierce and Max liked the race cars in particular.

Is there a Harley in his future?

Max and Pierce liked the fold-wing tiger plane.

Pierce at Lane Motor Museum

Future pilots?

Max liked the rocket car.

And the big red race car.

Max found a smaller plane to try.

Pierce gave it a spin too.

Test pilot Pierce

Max climbs into a monster truck.

Ready to drive

Toy car line-up in the big indoor play area

Grandma snaps while Max and Pierce enjoy the big indoor playground.

Max gives one of the cars a try.

Max, Pierce and another visitor try out the play area.

Pierce and a new friend play at the garage. The boys seemed to like the small-car playground at least as much as the big cars.

Grandpa, Pierce and Max inspect a small car at the museum.

Pierce checks out the interior of another car.

There were more cars in the parking garage and room for Max to try out his new Ford GT.

Grandpa shows Pierce a photo of the amphibious car moving in the water.

On Sunday, we went to the Nashville Zoo and the meerkats were out to welcome us.

Pierce, Max and Grandpa study the meerkat studying them.

Pierce tries to get the meerkat's attention.

But the meerkat plays coy.

After going through the reptile exhibit, Grandma found the bird exhibit, which happened to have an adult sloth with a baby clinging to it climbing among the branches. Grandpa held up Max to take a look while Pierce studied them through his binoculars.

Max and Pierce watching the sloths

There were also flamingos.

Max, Pierce and flamingos

Max and Pierce watching a big stork

On the way back to the entrance, Pierce tried out the in-the-exhibit viewing spot at the meerkat exhibit.

The Pierce exhibit at the Nashville Zoo

On Monday, the Fourth of July, Pierce came home from visiting the Tardy's to say there was to be a parade in 15 minutes and could he please go with them to participate. The Tardys took Pierce and his bike and we took Max and his stroller and all went to the clubhouse where the parade was forming.

Emma Grace, Savannah, their cousins (in the background), Pierce, Max and Grandma get ready for the parade.

Pierce is ready to go.

And Max is just having a good time.

Waiting for the fire truck

Monkey, Max and Grandpa are ready to go.

Pierce and the Tardy Bunch

Oxford Glen Drive bikers

Pierce and friends

Still waiting for the fire truck

Grandpa tries to apply a little sunscreen to Max's nose; Max is not interested.

Pierce got a name tag for his bike.

Off to the assembly point

Firemen brought a big ladder truck.

Grandpa tries to point out something to Max.

Bikers get into position.

Getting ready to start

The big fire truck

Paraders assembled

Pierce gets a spot at the front of the line.

Grandpa and Max are somewhere a little farther back.

Everybody's ready to go.

...and the ladder fire truck takes off to lead the parade.

The parade route went around the turnabout and back down the street.

Coming back to the clubhouse, the parade members began to spread out a bit.

Grandma and Max try to keep up.

Pierce takes a break after the parade.

After a 'formal' Tardy family picture, Pierce 'photo bombs' the next one.

On the afternoon of the Fourth, we went to the Adventure Science Museum. It was hard to get a good photo of the boys because they were always moving.

Max, Pierce and Grandma at train exhibit at the science museum.

Grandma and Max take a ride on the Magic School Bus.

Max and Grandma on the bus

Max gives the gas to the transparent truck.

Pierce gets on board.

Pierce and Max on the invisible truck.

Pierce and Max at the science museum.

Angela and Seth returned from their trip on the evening of the Fourth and Seth immediately started the neighborhood fireworks display. Pierce and Dad shared a moment with sparklers at the end of the evening.