Sweet Summertime

Maybe more of a bittersweet...lots going on, and nice weather but for some reason I just can't talk my work into paying me to be home during these months...odd.

Caden is obsessed with trains. Loves, loves, loves balloons. Lives for our evening walks and loves to be outside...unless you get a good Thomas episode going for him then he'll sit on down for the whole thing. He's got great attention span-we even have a good routine of reading a few books before bed and he loves it. Sits through as many as we'll let him. I think we're going on week three of having to read The Little Blue Truck at least once. We've got that one memorized people.

Balloons and Thomas. These balloons have made it on a few car rides even, others...not so lucky.

 

 Stinking adorable. Melts my heart every time. Love these two so dang much.

 

 Watching the train on the way to daycare and beating up on daddy.

Gary and I went on a date night this past weekend. The last two we've done we tried to do something more interactive and both times it's been so fun. First we did dinner/bowling and this time we did dinner/All Stars. I took the challenge of seeing if I could survive in the batting cages. (this is a huge fear of him-playing ball in general. played on summer as a kid, got hit twice and was donzo. I flinch nearly every time I think somethings going to hit me.) The place only had fast pitch softball/baseball up and working. what. really!? almost backed out but stuck with it and hit TEN balls! It's a start...and it was fun, oddly enough. Scary, but fun.

Only snapped one quick selfie outside of Olive Garden. Sooo good. Best salad ever, best Bellini peach-raspberry iced tea and yummy pasta AND a cute date...love it.

 

After the cage of doom we played a round of mini golf and then hit up the games inside for a bit. Showered our abundance (ha.) of tickets on some little kid at the ticket counter-maybe it didn't make her day like I had hoped, but I'm hoping her level of prize options at least went up a little!) We need a Dave and Busters here. I think it would be awesome. I've only been once and a long time ago-but it's just something different and fun to do so I vote that someone builds one, puhleaze.

This weekend also had lots of sun so we busted out the kiddie pool. Caden needs his cousins to come play in it with him-which may be an issue due to space, so maybe one at a time...but I can't get him to get too crazy with it yet. Oh well, baby steps. Got some good relaxing time out there and kept it simple which is always fun.

 this gem is from my nephew Wesley's birthday party a few weeks ago-obviously not the kiddie pool:)

 I think Caden could fill and dump/pour buckets all.day.long if we let him. over, and over, and over...

 Coolest pool buddy out there.

Celebrated our cute little nephew Huck's first birthday, talked my mom into coming and sitting 'poolside' with me Sunday and Gary's parents 40th anniversary this weekend so got a good share of family time in for sure!

Next on our list is a Lee family reunion over the 4th of July...road trip!!!

Until then...