Chef Austen's Dinner Party

Austen and Brian are huge fans of the t.v. show wipeout and they try to recreate the obstacles from the show in our family room.
It's Austen's favorite thing in the world!
One night after a wipeout session (which is why our couch is torn apart), Chef Austen decided to cook dinner for all his friends.

Friday Favorites

I have been a huge blogging slacker, but don't worry I have plenty of posts coming your way!
You are about to get bombarded with all the things we've been doing.
Unfortunately I haven't been taking as many pictures as usual, but I still have some good ones.
Here are my most recent favs!

We agreed to doggy sit my brothers super cute dog while they were away on vacation. I can't even tell you how much Austen loved having him here. He gave him the nickname of Gizzywizzy in the first 3o mins he was here. I mostly think he liked having a dog around that actually didn't bite when you pet him unlike our crazy child-hating dog.

This pic made the list because of the leg crossing. He crosses his legs like that all the time.....I even have an ultrasound picture of him doing that exact same pose.

This pic needs no caption.....it's just plain cute!

I don't know if he thinks he's gansta or what, but he insists on wearing his hat like that!

What Was I Thinking???

I've committed the cardinal blogging sin......

Last night we went somewhere new and super fun and I FORGOT my camera!
Actually we had a full day of fun and I didn't take one single picture.
I'm so fired!!!

Brian decided to take a random day off and Austen had LOTS of boy energy that he needed to get out so we headed over to the splash pool.
We were even joined by some cousins there and Austen had so much fun!

After a long nap we decided to go to Planet Play.
They have a huge dinner buffet and tons of arcade games along with mini golf, bowling, go karts, and a playground.
Needless to say Austen was having the time of his life running from game to game. He even kept telling Brian to go faster when they were driving in the go kart. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more, Brian or Austen, but we had so much fun!
I'm sure we'll be going again soon, and I will make sure to remember the camera!

Randomness

Austen is getting better at building potato head with the right parts in the right places and I have to admit it's a little sad.
I loved his creations that had no rhyme or reason.....well at least to me.

He loves to play in the backyard and pretend he is a worker.
He puts on his worker hat and does little jobs around the backyard.
He cracks me up!

The real reason for the post today is as follows.
We were out on the porch watching an epic rain storm when this conversation took place.
Austen: "Dad come over here and hold me."
Brian: didn't respond (shocking I know)
Austen: "Dad obey me."

We couldn't help but laugh, but I think it also scared us for our future a lot!

Playing At The Beach

We've been off playing, having fun, and enjoying the warm summer days which is my excuse for not blogging very frequently.
We've been enjoying the summer days so much that Austen's sleep schedule is so messed up he is never asleep before 10.
I'm going to have to get him back on sched soon, but in the mean time here are some cute pics of my boys at the beach.

Splash Pool

We have been spending a lot of time here!
In fact this is where we will be all day today!
Austen loves it and so do I because I don't have to worry about him as much as I do at the pool. He can pretty much do whatever he wants!
(Also, there are usually more kids there and he loves to make new friends!)

Dr. Austen

I have been having some issues lately with severe anxiety, so my Dad has been coming by quite frequently to assure me that I am in fact not going to die. Austen has had a little cough, so my Dad wore a mask on his last visit to make sure he didn't get any of our germs. Well, Austen of course watched intently to every single thing Grandpa did and has been practicing ever since.

Dr.'s Assistant (he insisted he have glasses and a mask too).

Dr. Austen