Daddy's Home!!

"yellow" is still growing!!

Today was so hot that Sean and I did not do much outdoors. We went to buy Sean some new bathing suits and then went to the grocery store. All of this was done in the morning before it was too hot.

After his nap, we went outside and played a little bit and it was still hot at 5pm!! There was a slight breeze and I told Sean my usual saying about the leaves dancing and he asked me, "who are they dancing with?", "do trees talk?" He is very curious about everything. Then, to our surprise, Kenny walked into the backyard. Kenny home from work early or not working at night is a rare event. We were both glad to see him. We showed Daddy how we water our plants and I spied a frog in one of my plants. Sean was amazed and kept wanting to touch it. Last week, he cried when he saw a frog.

Right now, Kenny and Sean are watching "The Lion King" and I don't hear any noise, so they both might be asleep which would be odd for Sean since he slept until 4 this afternoon. I better go check...I have a feeling that Kenny is asleep and Sean is awake :).

Summer Fun

waving to passerbys
let's see if I can get more in with hands

maybe sipping will work

giving the spoon a try

swinging with cousin Ashley

Poor baby, Sean and I had a busy day of errands which are no fun for either of us. Abby's 1st dance recital is tomorrow and we had to get her gifts, drive by the theater so that I know where it is located, pick up Kenny's dry cleaning, have the car detailed and run by Nanny's to pick up the tickets. We also stopped by K-Mart to get another plant for my patio. I have promised him that when he wakes up, we will go outside and play and he can help me destroy the "ant pilts" and water the plants.

Sean did enjoy pointing out to me every truck that he saw as I was driving. He can tell the difference between a cement truck, a dump truck, a garbage truck and a tow truck. He's a smart fella!!

After his nap, we had went to visit cousin Ashley who was with Maw Maw. Nanny was with Abby at her dance rehearsal. Sean and Ashley played outside for awhile and had a good time. Then, I took Sean to get his 1st sno-ball. Yes, that's right, he's 3 and hasn't had a sno-ball, yet. I always want to capture his "firsts"on camera and wanted Kenny to be with us. Kenny is usually home on Sundays and the sno-ball stands are closed. So, I took my baby to get one today. I could tell that Kenny was upset that he missed it, but I got it all on my camera.

Ants and Frogs

"I don't want to see the frog"
the frog that no one wanted to touch

After Kenny had worked so hard on cleaning the patio, I decided to go to Lowe's this morning with Sean to get some plant holders and seeds. We came home and we planted some new plants that we will watch grow and Sean "helped" me clean some of our vinyl siding on the patio. We both wound up soaked in water, but Sean had fun and I was pleased with the way the patio is shaping up. I had also bought a plant that is already grown and had set it on the center of the patio table. Sean must have not seen me do this, because when we came back outside this evening, he said with his eyes wide, "it grew, mommy"! I had to laugh. I told him, "no baby, that was already grown and we have to wait and watch for our other plants to grow." I know that he'll have a lot of fun watering the plants and looking for them to grow.

We did encounter a lot of "ant pilts". Sean and I both got some bites :(. His curiosity got the better of him (which it always does) and he took his foot and touched the pile, just enough for the ants to come out and bite us both.

Before the rain came, we saw a frog. We see many of those because of where we live and Sean has never been afraid, but today he wanted nothing to do with it. Here are some pics.

All By Myself

just finished planting "yellow"
finally smiled at me

"All by myself" is a popular phrase that Sean says, now. Yesterday, I told him that if he took a nap, he could play with his fishing game. Well, he didn't get to play with it, so the first words out of his mouth this morning, were "I play fishin' game all by myself". We got out of bed and I got it for him and he did play by himself, but got angry when he couldn't catch all of the fish!

After we got dresssed, we went outside to plant Sean's sunflower which he named, "yellow". He doesn't even know what a sunflower looks like, so I was surprised when he picked that name. He got to use his shovel and mix the mud, put the seed in and then water the plant.

He has been wanting to see a "honey" bird, so badly, but we haven't seen any, yet. I let him help me put more food into the feeder, and of course, he wanted to do this by himself. Then, we went to the local nursery and got a plant that attracts hummingbirds, so hopefully, he'll see one soon. He finally took a nap without any fighting, so he should be in a good mood for t-ball, tonight. After his nap, we're going out to look for "honey" birds!!