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