Splash pad

My child loves water but wasn't a big fan of his first visit to the splash which was very suprising.  Maybe too many other people?  Maybe the new factor?  He finally went on it right before we left after he borrowed a bucket and filled it with water to water plants around the splash pad.  My child, the horticulturist:)

Pre-fun pictures with our little friend.  Oh to have a child that actually follows directions to smile at the camera!  Isn't she and her ballerina bathing suit adorable!

Big Rigs

Every Tuesday this summer, our library is having some fun free exhibit...some geared to children, adults or all ages.  The big rigs was fun for everyone!  They had a fire truck, police car, police motorcycle, ambulance, electric truck with the lifting thingy (technical, I know), a medical helicopter and Schwan's truck (with free treats!).  We got there shortly after it started but the crowds and humidity cut our visit short.  I think the best part was Cole finally wanting to try and making an absolute mess out of a popsicle:)

Driving the fire truck (woo woo) and trying to push entirely too many buttons

Sitting in the helicopter (hel-cop)

Cooling down with a popsicle (popsicker)

Post of pictures

I'm behind on blogging, so here are a few pictures to show what we've been doing....
We played with bubbles...

Had golf lessons with Dada...

Drove our car in the house...

Slept in the kennel (just pretending, I wish he fell asleep that easily!)

Wordless Wednesday

Zoo

Last Tuesday we went to the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco.  We figured we would go in May before it was insanely hot and too crowded from summer visitors plus Russell has off during the week right now so it worked perfect.  Several people have recommended this zoo over Houston (which is about the same distance for us) for being nice for toddlers and cheaper and easier to park.  I agree with all of those but would still like to go to Houston in the future to see if they have any different animals and to see the museum.  Cole loved all the big animals but wasn't feeling the fish/reptile exhibits (not sure if it was because it was dark or doesn't like snakes).  I truly felt like a parent because I wanted to stay in the aforementioned exhibits because they were air conditioned and then had flashbacks to my childhood and finally understood why my parents wanted to ride the haunted house and its a small world ride at Disney World so many times!  Ok, enough words and to the pictures (my fave, besides of my boys, is of Cole feeding the "big kitty" through the glass:)...

Rain!!!

This was from two weeks ago when we got our first good rain (more than an inch) in like six months, basically enough time for Cole to actually realize what rain is and say "ray".  I bet my aunt and uincle never thought the bird bath they gave us for Christmas several years ago would occupy a toddler for an hour!

Splashing the water...just a little wet so far...

Stomping in the mud puddle we created...

 

Giving mama the bird aka testing the water temperature...

Pretty much soaked!  I thought this was a neat picture because I actually captured the water droplets!

Paint the paper

I'm behind, again.  Quick recap - we were sick Mother's Day weekend and I am almost 30.  Ok, now that everyone is caught up, I'll show some pictures of the boy painting plus a few more posts of pictures showing what we have been up to.  Cole loves to paint.  He can say the word and run to where I keep the paints and paper super excited and then runs to the kitchen and pulls his chair out (which is now the painting chair as we sit in a regular sans booster seat...prefers sitting on his feet and he doesn't throw a fit so I gave in).  Once in the chair, I'm instructed what colors to put where and will be handed the paper when he's finished with a firm "done" spoken.  This time I had to repeatedly tell him to keep the paint on the paper...you'll see why!