library visit

I took Bryce to the library for story time today. He had a lot of fun and he was very well behaved. They had carpet squares set up in a circle around the room and Bryce was excited to sit on a turtle carpet. I was worried that he wouldn't sit still and would try to wander around the room, especially since other kids were. However, he sat great until the very end and I let him get up and dance to the songs.

Once he got up, he found a whale carpet to sit on in the middle of the circle. I was kind of glad he did that because I didn't really want to go out in the middle of the circle to take his picture when he was sitting on his turtle carpet like a good boy!

When story time was over, we went out into the library and did a puzzle, picked out a few books to check out, read a few books, and played with the toys.

Bryce was excited to read the Spot book on the way home. We don't have any Spot books at home, but Kelly must have had some because as soon as he saw the book on the shelf, he yelled Spot. Guess we'll have to get some of our own.

And not a minute later, I looked back and Bryce was asleep. I considered laying him in his crib when I got home but he never stays asleep so I sat down on the sofa thinking he would wake up any minute. Turns out we both got a great nap on the sofa since he slept for an hour and a half.

our day

It's day 3 of summer vacation and we haven't slowed down yet. We had a picnic lunch at Nana's office today. Bryce enjoyed sharing Nana's bologna sandwich with her, too.

Bryce has not been the best napper these days so I have been playing around with his nap schedule. We went back to the normal routine today and he took a great morning nap, but he refused to take an afternoon nap. After an hour of him playing in his crib and a bit of crying, I tried to get him to nap with me and he wasn't having any part of it. I have been trying to let Bryce play outside in the mornings since it is SO hot here this week. We just had to get outside this afternoon so we filled up the pool and went for a swim.

He took some time out of his swimming to water Jason's blackberries. I'm not sure they are going to make it through this heat wave.

I wish life was as easy as eating on the floor and making a million trips to the pool to fill a watering can, but it's not! As our buyers/renters prepare to move out this weekend, Jason and I are feeling the weight of this debacle. We're not worried about the money (for now), but the potential to actually sell the house again, under the current circumstance (torn up front yard and little hope of growing grass in the summer heat). I know "this too shall pass", but sooner rather than later would be better!

busy first day of summer

I was inspired by Kelly over at Kelly's Korner so I decided to copy her idea for a blog post today. My first day of summer has been a busy one. I think I got carried away last night when I was making my to-do list, but I was just so excited to finally have time to do some of the things that have been backing up on me.

Other than the fact that Bryce didn't get much play time today, the list was very "doable". However I don't think I can go at this speed all summer and I don't really want to. I want Bryce's days to be filled with playing and learning rather than riding in the car from stop to stop so I can get a to-do list checked off.

I managed to complete everything on the list except the laundry. I have done 2-3 loads, but I just can't seem to get caught up this week. I usually do all the laundry on Sunday and it works out fine. However, we are dirtying up more things since we are working at VBS this week so it's understandable. Tomorrow will probably be just as busy since it's Jason's birthday, but hopefully next week once VBS is over we can relax a little. Hope everyone had a great first day of summer.

summer vacation is here

Donuts are a food group in Bryce's world. They have taken the place of vegetables! We went to the bakery on Thursday to get an early birthday cake for Jason and Bryce continued to ask for a "nut-nut", so I gave in. Here he is enjoying his treat once we got in the car.

Bryce wakes up saying "chalk", "B", "chalk", "B"....you get the point. Here he is one morning trying to write his name on the driveway.

We had a wonderful night out last night. Our friends Justin and Beth (she is in blue) just celebrated their 1st anniversary. His parents had the wedding party over last night for a delicious dinner. It was a great time. Bryce spent the night at my parents house last night (it was only his 2nd night away from home).

We met for breakfast this morning when we picked up Bryce.

Bryce took a bath in blue water tonight. I bought some bath tablets to color his water. I'm not sure he really noticed it. He still just loves the bubbles.

Jason was squirting Bryce with one of his toys and it made for some sweet smiles!

Bryce kept saying "mouth" so Jason tried to squirt it in his mouth. I think I got it in this shot!

I'm sad to say that I didn't get a picture of Jason and Bryce this Father's Day. I had intended to, but it kept slipping my mind. Hopefully I will get one next year and that will be the only gap in our Father's Day photo documentation. Happy Father's Day, Jase. Bryce and I love you very much. Thanks for being such a great daddy and husband.

update

Jason and I are still going strong on our Biggest Loser diet. I lost 1.6 pounds last week and Jason lost .6 pounds. I have lost 7.8 of the 8 pounds I wanted to lose. Once I get to my first goal weight, I have 10 pounds left that I have gained and lost since high school. I'm hoping to get back to the gym when school is out and tone up some areas rather than lose anymore weight. My biggest fear about the gym is dropping Bryce off at the Kid Zone. I know he's going to scream bloody murder the first time, but hopefully he'll get used to it because I need to get our money's worth.

In other news, it looks like the sale of the old house is a "no-go" with the current buyers. It doesn't look like the new well, testing, and inspections will be done in time for the June 30 closing our buyers needed in order to get the tax credit. As of right now, we are fairly certain we will be putting the house back on the market July 1. I worry about how the front yard will "show" once they dig up my flower bed/yard to dig a new well. My hope is that the house won't sit on the market as long this time as it did last time. We're just going to take it one day at time from here.

I hope to post a hula hoop video of Bryce soon.

just like daddy

Jason bought more goose decoys yesterday. And as usual, the box provided more entertainment for Bryce than the contents of the box.

The bubble wrap is fun for kids of all ages. I'm not sure if Jason or Bryce had more fun with it!

I just had to add this picture because it cracks me up!

Bryce decided today that the goose decoys were really more fun than the box. Jason is trying very hard to mold Bryce into a goose enthusiast like himself.

Jason was very excited that he asked Bryce to look at the camera and smile and he actually did it.

Can you see Bryce peeking through? He loves it when you come up to the opening and scare him while he is crawling through the tunnel.

Hope everyone had a great weekend. I only have 5 more days of school and I couldn't be more thrilled. If anyone is interested in a house update, we are down to the wire. The new well should be dug at the old house next week and the samples should be back in time for closing. However, we aren't getting much from our buyers end and they don't have a closing date set (which has to be before June 30) and Jason doesn't have much confidence that closing will even happen. If we don't close with these buyers by June 30, it's back to square one and we will be putting the house back on the market. Please pray that everything will work out with these buyers and we can finally move on from this phase of our lives.

for the birds

I put the water table away last weekend after we got a pool, but I felt like I had wasted my money since we only used it for a short time. Jason had the brilliant idea of putting bird seed in it.

We tested it out tonight and Bryce really liked it. I think he liked how it felt on his hands. We thought maybe bird seed wouldn't be as messy as sand and a little easier to clean up.

He quickly learned what to do with it. He didn't even try putting it in his mouth!

catching up

Jason and I weighed in on Monday. I lost. I lost weight, but I also was not the winner this week. I only lost .2 pounds and Jason lost .4 pounds. At least nobody gained weight!

Bryce looked so cute with his legs hanging out of the gate. Of course by the time I got back to him with the camera, he had moved and this is all I got.

Bryce enjoyed wearing Jason's softball gloves at the game the other night. We're going to see Nutzy and the Flying Squirrels tomorrow night. Bryce can't wait!

We had dinner at Kelly and Dave's last night for Dave's birthday.

Vickie brought this hat back from Cancun.

Bryce went to the "mump" (dump) in the truck with Da Da tonight. I think he looked forward to it all day.

Bryce was feeling much better today. He was running a fever last night. We think it was teething related. He is currently getting 4 top teeth (2 molars, and 2 others....I don't know what they are). I only have 7 more days of school and I can't wait to be home with Bryce for 2 months!

weekend fun

You're not qualified to drive an airplane without your aviators!

We went to Relay for Life on Saturday night. The weather was very hot, but the company was nice. Right about the time dinner was ready, a storm blew in and everyone had to go inside the high school where the event was being held. Bryce helped Jason eat his pie while we waited for the storm to blow over!

We got Bryce a pool this morning. We had an inflatable pool last year, but it became the ball pit in the play room. I wasn't sure how well the inflatable pool with the built in slide would work, so we went with the hard plastic old school pool. Bryce had a ton of fun going down the slide with Nana.

Bryce had a little hat hair!

we need a pool

Bryce has found a new use for the water table. He is no longer content standing around the table and playing with the toys. Today he decided he was going to go for a swim. He climbed right in all by himself!

He hates getting his face wet in the bath tub when I rinse out the shampoo, but he could care less when he pours water all over his head.

There is a small slide in the table for the toy animals to go down. Bryce thinks it's for him. He sits in the top level of the table (like he was in the first picture) then he holds on and moves down to the lower part of the table and says "weee" (like he's sliding). It's so cute, but I've got to get him a real pool with a real slide.

Getting a refreshing drink of water! It is HOT today.