Last weekend we trekked up to Louisville for my high school reunion. It's hard to believe I graduated 15 years ago!! Anyway, we made a weekend of it, visiting family and friends, which was a nice change of pace.
We went to Shepherdsville first, and the boys had a blast with the grandparents there. Lewis finally got the hang of driving his monster truck (the one he got for Christmas last year), but he still has some room for improvement. Pushing the pedal AND steering is a lot for our boy to take on at once, but it is immediate reinforcement for him to keep trying. He loves making it go.
Grandpa walking alongside.
Checking under the hood to make sure everything's looking good.
Of course, we had to take a video.
Lewis also really enjoyed playing with the stone people. They seem to be his favorite kind of people lately. There's no possibility of rejection with stone people which makes them easier to practice play skills on.
Owen had a good time too. He loved the swing. And when we went to the Reitmeyers, he enjoyed getting better aquainted with cousin Mallory. This week included several trips to the square like usual. Owen is still not quite ready to walk (he is trying to take a couple steps here or there), but he likes standing next to things, and especially fountains or anything involving water.
Last weekend, Sept. 12-13, was a fun one. On Saturday, we took the kids to Dinosaur World in Cave City, KY. It was dollar day for surrounding county residents, so we all got in for a grand total of $3. You can't beat that. It was a nice nature walk with a ton of fake dinosaurs as they might have been back in the day. Below is the T-rex.
Poor Owen was stuck in the stroller.
Justin and Lewis got to dig for 'fossils.' Lewis mostly liked playing in the sand.
The ride home.
On Sunday, Lewis and I got up at the crack of dawn to watch the balloons fly in at the Balloons, Tunes & BBQ event held in Bowling Green. We tried to go see the balloons last year, but went in the afternoon and there were no balloons present. It was disappointing! This year, we missed the crowd by going at 7 a.m., and it was amazing to see the balloons up close. Lewis loves regular balloons, so we were certain he would love great big balloons, and we were right.
The brown balloon was his favorite. He talks about it the most anyway.
It was such a pleasant time with just the two of us. Definitely worth getting up early to see Lewis so happy.
We took the boys to Jackson's Orchard last weekend for the apple festival. We mostly just went down the new Cider Slider. It is great! Lewis even went down by himself (cup in hand). We are looking forward to the pumpkins, but it was a nice break for Labor Day (aka Justin's first day off for a holiday in AGES!!).
We have been so busy! Please excuse the lack of bloggage as of late. I'm not sure where to start with the recap, so we'll just see where it goes! First, I will say that there have been some good developments in Lewis' world. He has been playing a lot outside since Justin built the shed a couple weeks ago. He will sit out there with his sidewalk chalk and trucks and play. He'll even play in the sand and get covered in dirt which is awesome! The best part is that I can see him from the kitchen, and he has been great about staying put so that we don't have to be out there with him every second. It is a nice development!!
Also, his pretend play continues to improve. On Sunday night, Owen screamed all through the church service (off and on) and so finally I went to check on him toward the end and was delighted to find Lewis giving 'medicine' (actually a little baby bottle) to three baby dolls! The girls said that he'd been playing with them for a long time and he was so excited about it. It cracked me up. He gets an antihistamine every night now, and fish oil, so we have a whole medicine routine that he is passing on to random babies. It's sweet!
The other fun thing is to hear him make pretend phone calls. He's been doing this a lot on his toy cell phone. They always start with "Hello!" followed by "ga ga ga" and end with "Okay, bye!" Every once in a while there is some additional funny language in there, and he even tries to take his calls outside on occassion, just like his daddy.
Owen is still moving toward walking and talking. He cruises well, but prefers crawling and does not like push toys at all. It may be a little while longer before he takes the plunge to really walk, but he is super mobile at home. It's everywhere that is trouble for him!! We can't have him crawling all over Bowling Green, so he gets pretty mad at us sometimes.
He is loving the TV lately, and loves to stand right in front of it, so we have actually started trapping him in a booster seat for our sanity's sake......but we took a video of him (before the trapping) where he's dancing during the boys' current favorite tune.
He's trying to say "spoon" and "blue" and when we ask him what a cat says he makes a nice high-pitch squeal. Here's some babbling outside in the swing.
Lewis hated this song when he first heard it.....now he is singing the "Silly Pizza Song" from his Signing Time videos. He sings about putting toppings on his pizza (which ironically he does not eat). Toppings include: apples, crackers, ice cream, bread, cereal and maybe more. He sings it all the time too, which is rather frustrating when we are trying to ask him a question or tell him something, but we're happy he's got all this stuff in his head and it is coming out somehow!
Of course, we had to take a video.
