Red Popsicle Juice and Sand....Ugh

being cute
the popsicle

The first thing Sean asked me this morning was to ride the tractor. I should have known that with his sharp memory, he wouldn't have forgotten how the rain messed up his tractor ride last night. I told him that he had school today, but could sit on the tractor and that he could ride it when Daddy comes home.

Sean had school today, so he napped pretty quickly when we got home. After his nap, we had our usual afternoon snack and then we headed for the backyard. Already in mid-May it is extremely hot which makes it pretty miserable outside unless you are in water. So when Sean started to get red faced, I got out the worm sprinkler. He didn't want to run through it today, but instead enjoyed sitting in the middle of it and taking one of the worm "arms" and spraying it himself. Since we were still hot, I got some popsicles. We both chose red. I had no idea that the popsicle juice stains. Sean's hands were dark red and so were my knees and arms (thank you, Sean :)). It was so relaxing to sit back in the patio chair that I didn't notice Sean grab his Moon Sand. He thought it would be fun to dump it on his head, shovel it into his bathing suit and pour it all over his body. Now, I had a little boy covered in red popsicle and white sand! He had fun, which made the scrub down bath he had worth it.

During the sand pouring, Sean noticed a familiar sound, a tractor!! We went to the front yard and he sat on my lap as we watched a tractor spread some dirt where a new house is going to be built. Sean loved it. He waved to the construction worker and then to my surprise, gave him the thumbs up sign!! It was so cute! He asked if he could help and I told him that when he gets bigger, he can help. He told me, "I need to be big and strong to work the tractor".

After his bath, Kenny came home and Sean couldn't wait to tell his Daddy about the tractor!!

My Dream Come True

drinking his 1st rain water

playing in his sand before the rain

Today was a school day for Sean. When, I picked him up, his teacher asked if I could bring some underwear and extra clothes for him on Thursday, as they are going to attempt to get him to potty. I wish them the best of luck! The last time they put him on the potty, he cried and when I try to put him on, he tells me "no". I'll be a nervous wreck Thurs. morning.

After school, Sean took his nap and then when he woke up, I gave him our usual afternoon snack of popcorn. It's become a type of ritual with us and he loves it!

We went outside and watered "yellow", who is sprouting nicely, by the way and then we played with his moon sand. I noticed the sky was getting dark and was thinking how nice it would be if there was a light rain, so Sean and I could play in it, as we have never done this before. It did become very windy and I had Sean watch the leaves "dance" and I showed him how to put his arms out and spin in the wind. We blew some bubbles, but when the liquid got in his eyes because of the wind, we stopped and went inside.

After dinner, I noticed that God had answered my thoughts. It was raining and it was perfect! It was just heavy enough and there was no lightening. I grabbed the camera and we ran outside. I chased Sean around the yard and we laughed and laughed. Then, we went out front to jump in some puddles. I had always dreamed of doing this with my child, and I got to do it!! Kenny happened to pull up from work and he said it brought such a big smile to his face to see his son and wife having so much fun. Thank you, God for this wonderful day!