Summer Fun

The summer has barely even begun and it seems Christian has more to do than me! His last day of school was on Friday and they had a little water park day. Parents were not aloud because kids might get mad if we came and left them again. He had a blast and came home a tired guy. He does not start summer school until the end of June so I have four weeks to entertain him daily. He started swim lessons (ISR), and has play dates with kids from school and I just bought him one of those bouncy water slides that blow up real big. I can not wait for it to come because that is going to be his entertainment for the summer! We also just got approved to put a swing set in our backyard. Yeah, I know it so annoying that our neighborhood has all these rules. However, I think our house is going to be the play place for the summer for Christian and all his little friends! On top of that we have the pool to go to everyday! I am worn out just thinking about all the things we have going on.
Just May and here are some things we have been up to... Some of our best friends Sam and Jana have a little girl Malerie. I must say that Christian is quite taken by her and thinks she hung the moon. We went over one day to play, but the pool was a little cold so they played in the sprinkler. It did not take much coaxing from Malerie to get Christian to play. The water sprinkler had a cone on top that would shoot into the air and water would go everywhere. By the end Christian was running the show and Malerie had taught him how to work all the controls. With Christian at the controls, Malerie showed him how to jump and play in the sprinkler. It was adorable how he just loves Malerie. He calls her Mal Mal and gives her hugs and kisses. If you know Christian at all, then you would know those are not given out to just anybody!

Then we had Nene and Poppy come to town for cousin Bennett's 1st Birthday. Do Dah Day was that weekend so we packed up all the children ( Christian, Jetta and Foster) and headed to the park. Do Dah Day is a play day at the park for all the dogs in Birmingham and all the proceeds go to the Humane Society. I knew from the beginning that this would not be such a good idea, but Brian swore it would not be a problem. Jetta our lab can be a little unpredictable and within a matter of 20 minutes after we got to the park she had already been in two fights!!! Yeah...great idea Brian! My sister had also come to visit from Indianapolis so she was with us to help with one of the children! Christian adores her so she had the most important child to watch after and take care of that morning. We met up with Nene, Poppy, Julie, Steve, Bennett and of course Spence. The whole clan was at the park and the fun was about to begin. The dog parade started at 11:00 so we all just hung out until then. I took some shots of all the kids ( the four legged ones) and some other fun things going on around us. Christian loved all the dogs and you would not believe what people do to their dogs. They dress them up and even paint them colors. We saw a PINK dog? They put food coloring on these poor animals....that is crazy! The parade was fun to watch and they even had a groundhog! We stayed around for awhile and Christian ran around and just wore himself out playing and enjoyed some shaved ice with his Aunt Heather. We had to get him because it was time for a nap and we had a big night ahead of us. Bennett's birthday party was that evening and we wanted to be fresh and in a good mood. That evening we packed up and went over to celebrate Bennett's 1st birthday! I can not believe she is going to be 1 year old. It is crazy how quick they grow up. It is also so exciting to be having two new additions to the family this fall. One more girl and one more boy added to the clan! I believe God knew what he was doing by continuously giving Julie and Brian opposite sex children. I do not know if I could withstand the competition between those two if it were any different! Bennett is as cute as ever and looked like an angel in her birthday outfit! I love to watch her and Christian interact now that they are older and able too. Now the fun begins as their personalities come out and they learn to share or in Christian's case not share! He is in the stage where everything is mine, mine and mine! We had to keep him away from Bennett's gifts all night. The party was perfect and Bennett was just an adorable birthday girl!