Family In Town

So of course we had to visit the zoo!

I'm pretty sure this was Austen's favorite thing there!

With his new BFF Uncle Sean
Watching the tigers

I love this pic! He looks so grown up!

He could not get over this giant iguana!

Riding the carousel.....he got so sick of me yelling for him to look over at me when he passed that he finally just gave me this look. He makes me laugh!

Silly gorrilla....Austen thought that was hilarious!

So after he took this picture....

He decided to do this.....totally unpromped too!

We had so much fun at the zoo. It was perfect weather and fun to be there with family!

The Greatest Show On Earth

When I heard the circus was coming I thought Austen was the perfect age and he would love it, so I couldn't resist buying tickets. Brian's family was in town and it was a fun way to spend an evening. Austen was so excited to go even though he had no idea what the circus was. I showed him some clips from youtube and after that he asked everyday if we could go to the circus.

When the day finally arrived he was super excited. We got there and of course we had to buy him a $22.00 sword.

And a $15.00 snow cone that came in this tiger mug......he loves the mug and drinks out of it daily.

The show was really fun and exciting.


Austen was mesmerized.

He especially loved the elephants.

Love this pic of him clapping!!!!

He also loved the tigers and he keeps pretending to be one since we left!

I'll spare you the hundreds of pictures I took of all the elephant tricks......and there were a lot.

This was the grand finale.

Austen had a blast even though it was a little long for him and he started to get tired and restless near the end.

Why, Why, Why

The good news is I now have a working computer....YAY!!!!

The bad news is that I haven't downloaded Picasa yet, so no blog pictures this post.

That doesn't mean you don't get an update though.

Here's what's been going on in Austen-land.....

He has decided to attach the question why to the end of everything I say.

It's definitely a patience tester!He even asks it after he asks me a question such as "Mom can I take this book with us?" Me "yes". Austen: "Why?"

So I'm sure how you can see that would get old really fast.

He's recovered from his cold and that means the whining is gone thank goodness.

One of the days he was sick he had a sore throat, so I did what any good mother would do and I gave him an otter pop for breakfast.

That was the worst idea ever because now every morning we have the otter pop battle.
He wants an otter pop for breakfast every single morning and he doesn't understand that it was just a special occasion not a regularly occurring thing.

Finally, today is the day we are going to the circus!

I showed Austen a clip from YouTube and he is beyond excited to go!!!

He will be so excited when I tell him it's Friday when he wakes up.

(He's been asking to go to the circus every day and I have been telling him not until Friday, so he'll get that Friday mean circus.)

I promise to take lots of pictures (if they let you).

Computer Update

My computer was supposed to be done yesterday, but due to an unforseen technical difficulty a part had to be sent back and now we have to wait for the new one to come.

SO, it's still going to be a while before I'm up and blogging again.

That sucks!

Don't worry, we aren't really doing anything fun lately.....Austen has a cold and has been super grumpy!

Houston....We Have A Problem

Our computer is fried.....literally.

Part of the cooling fan broke who knows how, or how long ago, but regardless.....it's fried and we need a new one.

Luckily my brother is a computer nerd, I mean GENIUS and he can build us a new one for way less money than we could buy retail.

Our computer should be up and running shortly and I will finally be able to post something new.

(My laptop is fickle and only lets me get on blogger ocasionally and I can't post pics, so hopefully the computer gets done soon!)

Another Sign That Austen's Growing Up

Austen has outgrown his highchair. He's actually been too big for it for a while now, but I was in denial. I finally realized that he needed a booster seat when it actually became painful to try to get him in and out of the highchair. I looked forever for a toddler booster seat that lets you buckle them in (a necessity for Austen since you litterally have to make him stop moving long enough to eat a complete meal) and I finally found one. I'm happy to say it's perfect and he loves being able to sit at the table with us when we eat. I asked him if that meant he was a big boy now and he said "no, I'm a big kid." Apparently that's a bigger deal to him than being a big boy. Anyway, here's a cute pic of him loving the new booster.

We're Still Enjoying The Wamth

It's still warm here, at least during the day, so we are soaking up every last bit of it that we can! Hope you're enjoying the day off, I know we will be!

More Lamenting

Not only is it getting darker earlier, but our beloved splash pool isn't open in the mornings anymore and after Mon it won't be open at all!!!

I am seriously sad about this!
Austen LOVES to go and it wears him out like nothing else.
I know I can't stop the cold weather from coming, but I just want it to stay warm for as LONG as possible! Austen is not an indoor kind of kid!

I Blinked And Summer's Over

I can NOT believe September is already here!!!!
Summer went by way too fast this year. We have been having so much fun doing all sorts of things. I thinks it's been so much fun because Austen is just at a FUN age!

One of the things I'm going to miss the most is our nightly family walk.
When Brian gets home from work we eat dinner as fast as we can and then we go wander around the neighborhood.
Austen usually collects rocks as we go, Sophie pees on everything, and somehow we seem to end up at Coldstone a lot. Not quite sure whose idea that is.....
(On a side note Austen insists on having shorts with pockets just so he can collect things. On our last walk his cargo shorts were so full of rocks that he could barely walk because his pants wouldn't stay up with all that extra weight.)

Here are my cute boys. Austen insisted that Brian wear his hat backwards too.

Austen likes to throw rocks into this fountain thing......and this is a pic of him going in for a kiss after all his rocks had been thrown.

Collecting more rocks for the pockets.