Moving Blog Hosts

 

I don't know if anyone still checks this, but just in case they do....I thought I'd let you know that I've switched hosts.  I can't figure out what is causing the picture problem and blogger doesn't seem to be able to help, so I've switched to wordpress.  My new blog home is www.raisingtheabarr.wordpress.com

 

so please visit us there.

Have You Missed Us

 

I haven't blogged in forever, but it's only partially my fault.  Something is wrong with blogger and it hasn't been letting me upload pictures for a whole week.  I have no idea what to do since I'm not the most technically savvy person in the world and their tech support isn't wanting to respond to my requests for help.  I figured I'd just give a written update with no pictures.....better than nothing I guess.

 

 

Austen is so much fun right now!  I have to say that I have loved all of his stages for different reasons, but this one has to be the most fun!  He is funny and so sweet and appreciative.  I seriously can't get enough of him right now.  He is starting to make jokes and they are actually quite clever.  He loves to make me laugh and if I am upset about anything he takes me into the bathroom for a talk.  He'll ask me to tell him how I'm feeling......a future psychiatrist?

 

He's starting to write letters and he still loves to memorize books and read them back to me.  He starts pre-school in a week and he is super excited.  He asks me pretty much every day when he can go back.

 

He still loves Legos and he absolutely HATES it when I have him try on new clothes.  I have a bunch of stuff for him for when the weather turns cold and I needed to make sure they were going to be big enough, but he was having none of it.  He especially hates the tags!

 

 

We haven't been doing as much on the bucket list lately....I'd better get serious about that considering summer is almost over.  Hopefully I can post pictures soon so you can see what we have been up to.

We Made The Blog

I am such a nerd, I know, but our wedding pictures made the photographers blog!

Here is a link if you care to see. www.rebekahwestover.blogspot.com

Summer Bucket List: Go To A Water Park

We took Austen to Cowabunga Bay last weekend.  It is a super fun water park that is perfect for a child his age that can't fully swim on his own yet.  The slides don't end in a pool, so it was perfect for him.  He could go on almost every ride and he had a blast!  I did too....it was really fun.

It was just a big maze of water stuff, bridges, and slides.

Austen loved it and didn't want to leave!

More Summer Fun

We have been having so much fun this summer!  One evening last week, Brian decided we should go to Wheeler Farm after work and it was perfect.  It was cool and not a lot of people were there.  We took bread and carrots for the animals to eat.  Austen loves to feed them and kept trying to get geese to eat out of his hand.  This didn't work so well when he tried it with the chickens.....one of them bit his thumb and even drew blood!

Trying to get a goose up close and personal...

Then it started honking REALLY loud!

It's Not An Obsession Unless I Post About It More Than Once

Remember a few posts back when I said my boys were obsessed with Legos?  Well here is more proof.  It's pretty much their favorite pastime!

This pic is courtesy of Austen (sometimes I go through my camera and find these little gems....he takes pictures of stuff and lately it's his lego creations)

How cute is this?!?!

And P.S. I am done with this semester of school!!! YAY!!! Now I have time for important things like blogging!

Summer Bucket List: Evening Family Walks

Don't worry....I'm still alive, I've just been super busy with finals this week.  I only have one final left and it's tomorrow evening and then I'm done with summer semester!!!  To celebrate I'm going to get crazy and vacuum and mop the house!  I may even sleep in if I'm feeling really wild.

In between class and homework, we've still been managing to knock items off the bucket list.  We have been going for plenty of evening walks which are seriously my favorite!  We went down to a trail by the river a few days ago and had a blast.  Austen wanted to bring his scooter to ride, so he was cruising along the trail ahead of us for most of the way.

We of course have to stop and throw rocks in the river.

And go exploring.

Unfortunately this outing didn't end so well for Austen.  He was walking by a picnic table and got stung by a yellow jacket (or a yellow jackpot as Austen likes to call it).  It got him through his sock, so I don't think it was as bad as it could have been, but he was pretty hurt.  It got pretty swollen, but at least we discovered he isn't allergic!

Summer Thunderstorm

We have had some awesome weather this July.  It has been a little cooler some days and even included some fun thunderstorms.  Austen got all his rain gear on to enjoy the warm rain.

Splashing in puddles with daddy

His mini umbrella which he calls a drizzle stick (curtesy of Brian)

Lego Obsession

Brian has apparently been waiting his whole life to play with Legos.  Luckily for him Austen really loves them as well, so now Brian has an excuse to go out and buy tons of Legos to come home and build.  I'm not sure who likes it more Austen, or Brian, but I think Brian.....

He actually gets mad when Austen takes one little part off the completed project and has considered super gluing them together.

This is what they have been doing every evening when Brian gets home from work......Austen would rather do this than go to the playground!

Summer Bucket List: Planet Play

We went to Planet Play last weekend for family day and it just so happens it's also on our bucket list.  Two birds one stone!

Yesterday someone anonymously left me a comment demanding more pictures, so here you go, this post is picture overload!  I am officially that crazy mom that doesn't have fun and play with her kid, I just sit there and take a thousand pictures.  We had so much fun....Austen told me that he never wanted to leave and he even wanted to sleep there!

Playing the arcades

Driving a car

I just love this face!

This is by far one of his favorite games there...he's pretty good at it and even had a bunch of boys standing around watching him play.

Racing Daddy

We had to take a break to eat....he loves the jello and rice crispy treats!

Daddy and Austen on the race cars.....it's blurry cause they were going so fast!

He found an arcade game that gives out candy which he had to eat immediately

Mini golf

The mini golf didn't last long....he was more interested in climbing in and on all the obstacles

I love this face....we told him to act scared

I'm Still Here

Don't worry, we're still here.  I have been way too busy to post anything new.  In a 48 hour period, I had two tests and now two papers due.....so for today, I will be sitting in front of my computer trying to get it all done.  I only have two and a half weeks left!! (for this semester anyway)

Summer Bucket List: Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum just re-opened in it's new building, so we decided to visit.  I have to say that I loved it, but I think it was a little too much for Austen......it's definitely not geared towards little kids.  He mostly just ran through the whole thing except the dinos.

This dino looks pretty scary, but when you drop money in it's mouth it sings to you, so Austen loved it.

Stepping in a huge dino footprint.

They have this cool floor that is glass and you can walk over the fossils that are in sand.  The picture doesn't do it justice....it was cool.

Loving the triceratops model.

And the huge dino that reached all the way up to the ceiling.

Being a paleontologist.....yes, those were his exact words.

Checking out the elk and cougar.

And a wolf.