I Love a Rainy Day

Our end of summer monsoon season seems to be longer and wetter than usual.
No complaints from me, as I welcome the change in weather.

I've positioned our Little Tikes sink under the corner of our patio cover so that it fills up with water for Henry.  Every time I open the sliding glass door and let him outside he makes a bee line for the sink to splash and splash.  It's his happy place.

Sunday Morning

 I had to snap a few photos of my boys before church today before they get any bigger.

Jasper just turned 6. 

Henry just turned 10 months.

I think Henry looks like he is up to something in this photo.

Jasper just knows that he is going to lose a tooth at any moment, so I guess I should be grateful that he is showing so many teeth in this photo.  It may be the last one I take before he gets a visit from the Tooth Fairy.

 When Henry was a newborn he had wispy, fluffy hair.  Like baby chicken feathers.  It seems to have come back and I couldn't be happier about it.

  Jasper loves Henry SO MUCH!

Jasper is growing up so fast.  Too fast for me.

Yes, Henry is always drooling.  He has his 2 bottom teeth in, and 1 tooth on top.

I figured out that if I put an IKEA Lack side table in front of Henry it keeps him somewhat contained and entertained so I can snap a photo of him.  

Of course he crawls under it and around it.  He also loves to open and close the front door.

Jasper's Birthday Lunch at School - Age 6

At Jasper's school the parents can come and bring their child a special lunch and eat with them on their birthday.

Since McDonald's is not my favorite, we opted to get a pepperoni Domino's Pizza and bring that in with some applesauce cups and a Vitamin Water fruit punch drinks.

I bought sugar cookies with sprinkles for Jasper to share with his class for a birthday treat, and I brought a few extra of those to lunch too.

Henry came with us and was the hit of the lunchroom.  We ate with Evan Gornichec (who is in 3rd grade) and Jasper's friend Gunnar from his class (because Gunnar didn't have a lunch today.)  

1st and 3rd grades eat lunch from 12:00 - 12:20 PM, and Jasper loves it when he can find Evan and eat with him.  They have recess at 11:45 AM, and then lunch.  The lunchroom is PACKED, as in the school staff have to help people find a seat.  Kind of crazy!

 

Jasper's teacher gave him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY bracelet (which he wore to bed tonight) and a special star sticker saying that it was his birthday.

Happy 6th Birthday Jasper!

 

Summer 2013: Last Day to Swim at the Black Mountain Rec Center

 We have a tradition to go to the Black Mountain Rec. Center near our house the last day it is open.  We stayed until the pool closed and Jasper was the last one down the big waterslide for the summer.  Henry was a splashing maniac.



It has been raining on and off all weekend. The weather was so nice and overcast and the water was warm. I wished we could go there every day with weather like that. There were more lifeguards on duty than people swimming due to the weather. We almost had the place to ourselves.  We loved it! .

Good times and fun memories with my boys.



Jasper likes to crawl inside the ring of water made by this water feature and pretend he is trapped by laser beams.  Silly boy.


Henry likes to crawl around the beach entry area.  Sometimes he goes out too deep and I have to grab him when he goes out so far that he's crawling through water as high as his head.


Even though Jasper loves the big waterslide, he still has some fun in the kiddie zone.
Henry LOVES all the water features and wanted to try and grab the water coming out of the colorful pipes.


For most of the time Jasper was the only person going down the big waterslide.
The lifeguards were having a lot of fun with him and being silly.

Jasper had fun going down the kiddie slide too.

Henry keeping watch before he go in the water.  He always stands up in his stroller.  I honestly don't know if he knows that he's supposed to sit in it.

Here are a few videos from our time at the pool.