Children's Museum and Our Pool

This week we finally played out in the little pool we set up in the back yard!  We've been busy going to Cody Pool or out of town so this is the first time Grady got to play in it.  He loved it!  It has a sprinkler attachment that sprays water out of the top ring and he loved that part of it.  He stood there forever with all of his little cups and buckets filling them up and dumping them on himself. 

 

We also got to go to the Children's Museum in North Platte for the first time, which he also loved!  At first he just ran all over like crazy of course, but then after he checked everything out he calmed down and played with things for awhile.  Of course my little dancer loved the music room.  He also loved the car room where he could push cars down the ramp and race them.  He stood and did that for a long time.  He gets to be a little too agressive and destructive with some things, but for the most part he did really good!  He is starting to not be so crazy all the time, which is nice for his mom and dad!  :) 

I can't believe he will be 17 months old on Sunday!  He is growing so fast! 

SuMmEr FuN!!

OK.  This is a GIANT blog about our whole summer so far.  I'm taking the lazy way out (although I think this acutally might have taken more time and is harder) and putting it all in 1 long post.  We have done so many things!  We have travelled every single weekend this summer for 3 or 4 day weekends.  It has been really busy, but we've gotten to do some fun things!  Now we are at home this weekend but then leaving again on Tuesday to spend a week with Paul's family in Pender.  Should be a really fun week!  We love hanging out with our nephew's Luke and Isaac!  And, Grady loves it too!

This is our first day of summer!  Captian Adorable is eating his favorite (and pretty much only thing he eats) breakfast!  Pancakes!  and cereal too....

Making music with Dominic Deaver!  We love to go over and play with the Deaver boys!

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Grady's new favorite thing to do.  Run and hide under the TV in his toy room when we want him.  He especially does this when we want to change his diaper or when it is time to leave. He has such a funny personality!  He is alwasy running away and thinks he is HILARIOUS!

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Being a ham for the camera one afternoon!

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We went to the Rodeo during Nebraskaland Days!  Grady loved looking at the cows and horses and wanted them to come over so he could pet them!

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We went to the pool/waterpark in Hastings one day.  It was really fun!  We all loved it.  I think I loved it a little TOO much...  It was awesome!  I didn't take many pictures because we were too busy having fun in the water!  I especially loved the lazy river and water slides.  Grady did NOT like the wave pool.  Too scary!

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Our FAVORITE summer pastime is going to the POOL!  We have gone pretty much every day we can.  It is awesome.  Grady loved the water the first time we went, then the second time he fell when he was walking around the water and has been too scared to walk around.  He cries if he even stands by himself becuase he is too scared.  HOWEVER, after this weekend when we went to a different baby pool that was more shallow and he could feel more comfortable he was GREAT this week at the pool!  He walks around like crazy and plays with all the toys and isn't afraid anymore!  I really, really hope it stays that way!  Although he is still quite content to run around the grass area outside the pool also...

Here are some pictures of swimming with our friends!

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I want to be just like my Daddy!  He loves to put on Paul's hat and now that he sees Paul wearing a hat, he wants to wear one too!  He also wants to mow the lawn like Paul.  He can hardly stand it when he knows Paul is outside mowing.  He stands at the door and cries until I let him out and then runs right up to Paul and wants him to carry him while he mows. 

He is very into imitating EVERYTHING right now!  Every action is copied....watch out!  yikes!

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Playing at the Park!

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Over Memorial Weekend we went to Lincoln for some family things and got to hang out with friends too.  Gradyn and Madison got to play a lot!  We went to the Zoo, played outside, took a bath together and read bedtime stories together.  :)

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More playing at the Pool!

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We went to the Lincoln Children's Museum with Aunt Cassie, Grandma Doris, Isaac, & Luke.  It was a TON of fun!  Then we went to Pender and got to see cow's on the farm, go for a tractor ride, and play some more with Luke and Isaac! 

Grady got to spend the weekend on the dairy farm with Grandma and Grandpa while Andy, Cassie, Paul and I went to Kansas City for a run weekend!  He did awesome there and we had a great time too!

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More Traveling....  Grady and I went to Wichita with some of my family for the weekend.  My cousin Heather was back from Florida for the weekend and had a baby shower.  We rented a 12 passenger van and took off with 2 toddlers and 6 adults for a fun-filled family weekend!  Grady did very well on the long trip and it was awesome to see all the family we don't get to see very much!  :)

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This is Grady's first time on a mechanical horse.  He loved it and didn't want it to stop!  It was his treat for being "good" in Wal-mart!  ha! 

Also, Paul at swimming lessons with Grady.  We have been doing parent-child lessons every Monday and Wednesday night.  Grady does awesome!  He loves the water and can do everything they ask him to.  Paul has done it 1 time and I've done the rest.  I just happened to bring the camera the day Paul did it!  ha!