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!