Driveway Artists!

We were able to get outside yesterday morning for a little driveway sidewalk chalk time! YAY! Needless to say I was excited about it. Although I didn't think through it all the way and wasn't thinking that Logan would end up covering his clothes in chalk. Oh well... live and learn and let a kid be a kid is what I have to say about that. :-) Logan had a TON of fun!

Daddy made a mini hopscotch area and showed Logan how to do it. Here is giving it a go! It was majorly cracking us up. (There is a video below for your enjoyment!)

Logan also found a dandelion on the edge of the driveway and I didn't even know he knew to blow the pieces off, but someone taught him and he was blowing with all his might! He kept calling it bubbles, but whatever works! (There is also a video of this below because the sound that goes with it is awesome! ha!)

Hope everyone enjoyed the heck out their weekends. I know we sure did! Last night Logan had a sleepover at my parents' house and of course had a great time! We went to a get together with some friends and that was loads of fun as well. This afternoon we have an anniversary party to go to for some new friends of ours and are very much looking forward to that. We will pick Logan up after his nap at my parents house and then need to head in to have dinner with my in-laws. A busy day ahead for sure!

Howell Balloon Fest!

At the beginning of the summer I made a mental list of things I wanted to do with Logan this summer. The list is long and I'm not sure we'll get to everything, but one of the big things was checked off the list tonight - HOT AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL! It was an impromptu outing with my brother's family in the town they live. We had originally planned to go to another one later in July, but the weather was pretty great today so we couldn't resist the invite! (THANKS KYLE AND SARAH!)

The little carnival portion was just okay as Logan and Piper weren't able to ride anything beyond the merry-go-round as they don't quite reach that 36" height requirement. They were troopers though! Then we ventured over to a grassy area to watch all the beautiful balloons take off! I've never seen so many so close before! Logan was clearly overwhelmed when we first got there - he had never been in such a big crowd before.

(Oh and I used to be one of those parents that thought parents who put a "child leash" on their toddler... uhm yeah - I think we may invest in one. Logan is a RUNNER - big time! As much as we try he isn't good at holding hands... although we'll keep at it for sure! We kept track of him just fine and between the few times he did hold hands and times on Daddy's shoulders he was about 90% content. It is just that 10% that really sucked!)

When we went to sit and watch the balloons take off Logan was not feeling the whole sit and watch. He would watch for a couple minute and then jump up and try to run around, but with so many people their wasn't much room. Daddy was smart though and took him further in the back where there was plenty of space to run wild! That made Logan very happy.

We left a little late and jut decided we would skip bath and just put him right in bed when we got home. We got stuck in construction on the way home and the 40 minute drive took close to 90. UGH! I fully expected Logan to fall asleep as per usual, but no - he was wide awake and taking it all in! Oh well. By the time we got home he was rather slap happy. We are usually SO good about his bed time, but sometimes no matter how much you try you just can't make it perfect. We will survive. It is just one night!

Hope you enjoy the pictures. Tomorrow I'm going to check another summer action item off my list. Sidewalk chalk in the driveway! Hopefully we can do it in the morning before it rains. I need to check the weather we may have to post pone. Either way - YAY SUMMER FUN!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Water Balloon Fight!!

On Saturday during nap time I filled up a ton of water balloons and Nathan filled up the little plastic pool. It was super hot out and I know how much Logan loves water so we figured it would be a win-win situation. We were right!

Logan had a GREAT time throwing the balloons on the deck and having them pop. He also enjoyed having me throw them near their feet and having them splash him. It was quite cute! He also enjoyed squeezing them til they popped as well. It was a great time all around. I still have a few hundred water balloons left and you best bet that we'll be doing this fun activity again soon!

Finger painting for Father's Day Gifts

In preparation for Father's Day we painted some frames for a gift for my dad. I had to run some errands so I thought I would put Nathan in charge of arts and crafts! I was happy when I returned home to find out that Nathan had taken a few pictures. He says that by the end Logan was COVERED in paint.... his arms, chest and belly were a mess of blue, gree and yellow.

I'm a big fan of letting kids be kids. I love watching Logan experience the joy of being a messy, curious, adventurous almost two-year old. Love him being able to learn through doing.

Enjoy the photos! More pictures from Father's Day weekend to come!

A hot summer day!

This weekend we were supposed to head down to Lima, OH to take our nephew's 1 year pictures, but the trip was cancelled. We missed seeing some of our favorite people, but a surprise weekend home was a GREAT treat! We have very few of them this summer.

Logan started our day off great by sleeping in until about 8:20! YIPEE!! It was going to be HOT today so I went out early and mowed the front and back yards so Nathan wouldn't have to worry about it later in the day. Then we played in the front for a bit. It was around 10:30 and already pretty warm out so we thought having popsicle on the deck would be a great idea!

Logan loved it! His two bottom canine teeth have popped through so this probably felt REALLY great on them.

We did most of our playing in the morning since it was going to be so warm. However, after dinner Logan REALLY wanted to go back outside. Thankfully there was a decent breeze so it wasn't entirely miserable. Logan was really enjoying digging in the soon to be taken down flower boxes.

Logan also really enjoys doing the "splits" - he doesn't quite get there, but he gets pretty low and then "stuck! stuck!" ha! Cracks us up - he either falls over or waits for us to come help him stand back up.

Logan really and I mean really enjoys climbing - he has for some time. He was showing off his skills on this fun climbing yard toy we are borrowing from a friend for the summer.

Nathan and I have a SUPER romantic night planned for again tonight. A repeat of last night. SHAMPOOING OUR CARPETS. You are jealous... I know. I don't blame you. ha!! But the family room looks GREAT! Can't wait to do the dining/living room carpets tonight. Good times!

Hope everyone had a great Saturday and have a blessed Sunday!

Nothing big...

Good Morning!

Not a ton going on right now. Just having some relaxing and hanging out just the three of us. The last few weeks we have been working around the house like crazy - going a mile a minute at every other point. Family stuff... Work stuff... House stuff...

So this week we have been kind of taking it easy and light on the work and more on the relaxing. Here are some snapshots from our phones from the past couple days.

Logan LOVES eating Daddy's cereal. It was too funny this weekend when he would see Daddy with his bowl and then yell, "SPOON!" and run into the kitchen, open his little silverware drawers. Then he runs back to Daddy's lap and chows down on his cereal. Especially his Lucky Charms - he steals the marsh mellows. Too funny to us.

Logan was helping me dig out the white rocks from hell. The few previous owners of our house just kept adding more and more and more white rocks to the landscaping. We were taking them out last year, but got everything done except one of the trees. Logan was a GREAT helper on Saturday.




Just cuteness - "cheeeeeeeese!"



We had our first corn on the cob of the season last week. We all looooooooove corn on the cob. So does Logan!

Logan was chilling yesterday on the walk with Grandma. He has a new Detroit Tigers hat that he was sporting all day. Super cute!

This weekend we are going to Lima, OH to visit Nathan's sister and her family. Should be fun!!

Planting with Daddy

Coming home from Cadillac we brought a large load of flowers and plants from Nathan's Grandma's perennial garden. I'm glad we were able to get most everything planted Monday morning as some MAJOR storms came through Monday afternoon/evening.

We don't let Logan loose in the front yard too often as he has a tendency to run for the road. A MAJOR no no. But with work to be done he thought he would be good and distracted. He was. He was helping Daddy so well that there wasn't much for Mommy to do... oh darn! He helped Daddy level out the 1200 pounds of new dirt we put in and also digging holes for the new plants to live. He did a great job and was good and dirty when he was finished!