Summah Time!

So Monday marked my first official day of summer vacation, I had classes the week before. Somehow I am more exhausted this week than last week! Watching that Connor boy all week on my own was not easy! The kid has endless amounts of energy. Ronnie drove to Western everyday this week to finish up his summer term and I sure did miss him and his help. So to pass the time I tried to get some activities so that Connor and I wouldn't drive each other crazy!

Monday was very low key, we just stayed at home and relaxed. On Tuesday we went to story time at the Wilsonville Library. It was really cute! It was our first time going, so I wasn't really sure what to expect. They read three books and in between each book we sang a song. Connor wandered around the whole time checking out the other kids and trying to take the book away from the storyteller. He did really enjoy the songs and he interacted well with the other little kids, which isn't always the case from my short tempered boy :) I plan on trying to make story time a weekly thing.

Thursday and Friday were fun, (maybe more for mommy than Connor) because on Thursday Kelly and Kalaya visited on and Friday Heather and baby Josie visited. I really talked up Kalaya's visit to Connor and told him she was going to come over and they were going to play together and Connor was going to share his toys. So we met them for lunch at Chipotle and Connor right away went to go give Kalaya a hug. However, wweet Kalaya was not ready to give Connor a hug! Denied! We had a nice lunch and then went to our house. Connor did really well the first 45 minutes Kalaya was there sharing his toys, but after that he was like "She is still here?" And then everything was "EEEEEEE, mine!" Ughh, I hate that phrase. Hopefully he will stop that soon. But they did end their playdate with a sweet hug and kiss. :)

Friday was easier for Connor because, well, Baby Josie doesn't do a whole lot since she is only four months old. Auntie Heather brought over a wading pool and Connor really enjoyed that and Heather and I enjoyed catching up and cooing at sweet Baby Josie.

So all in all, a successful, albiet tiring, first week of summer. Lucky for us, Daddy will be home with us from now on so we can really start going out on adventures!

Here are some pictures for you to enjoy of our summer thus far!

Finally, some sun!!

Umm, Kalaya, that is my lion!

GO DUCKS!!!

Time to mow!!

He melts my heart!

Ahhh, nothing better than a balloon and the great outdoors!

Summer, please don't go by too fast!

Mow?

Connor has a new obsession. Mowing the yard. Rain or shine. Everyday.

E-V-E-R-Y-D-A-Y.

At first he wanted to be held while mowing the lawn with Dada or Lito. Not an easy thing to do, he may be small, but 22 pounds can wear your arm out. Let's just say the lawn would mysteriously get mowed while Connor was away. So we bought Connor a little lawn mower hoping that give him the "fix" he needed. Like giving crack to an addict! The first day he was outside "mowing" for three and a half hours and cried his eyes out when we forced him to come inside to eat dinner. Then with this lovely Oregon spring we have been having, he didn't understand why he couldn't go outside to mow when it was pouring down rain.

So anytime we pass by through the garage and he catches a glimpse, he squeals in delight and asks "Mow? Mow?" And when the mowing is done at our house he is ready to go to Lito's house to mow his lawn.

At least now he no longer wants to be held the entire time and is content with pushing his mower around :)

The side walk needs to be mowed too ya know!

Here we go Lito!!

His little helper

Come on Lito, don't forget the backyard!

So sweet.

And one more random picture. This is what happens when laundry doesn't get done on the weekend

Please don't judge :)

The BIG slide!

One of the things I love most about living in Wilsonville is all the great parks we have here! Within one mile of our house there are three play structure parks and a nature park. Last week we decided to trek to the other side of town to our favorite park by the library. This park is so amazing, it has the best and more importantly free water park! It was a little too cold that day to go to the water park (I had to distract Connor as we were driving by it) but they also have a great play area too!
The park has a big hill that has a really wide slide. Connor and I have used this slide before, but one problem with it is that you don't actually slide very well. So people have brought little pieces of cardboard to really fly down the slide. It never even occurred to me when we went down that I would use one, I saw how fast those kids were going and I was not interested!

But Daddy came with us this time and he is far more adventurous than I am.

Yeah, that moment of whiplash at the end had me holding my breath too. But Connor couldn't get enough! He kept say "Otra", which in Spanish means "another"!

So otra they did!