A Messy, Fun, Day

 

Today JV wanted to do "projects".  I found a cute candy cane craft at No Time For Flashcards.  Since we were downstairs I simplified it a bit and here's what we got:

 

JV wasn't ready to stop gluing after finishing his candy cane so I gave him a gingerbread man pattern that was too small for another project, a couple pieces of left over scrapbooking paper, and the glue bottle.  

 Above:  He is gluing a "hat" onto the Gingerbread man

Below: He is applying glue from each side of the table. 

 Next he wanted to play with his Lego's so we cleaned up the crafts and brought his box of Lego's downstairs.  I set it up and then went to the computer to order Christmas presents.  He was happily content for at least 20 minutes.  I think it's safe to say his attention span is getting longer!

Nice work!  This "baby" has a house.

Because he has been reluctant to take a bath lately, I persuaded him into the tub with colored shaving cream that he could paint the walls with.  

He also painted his body.

 "Yellow!"

Look at that focus.

Night night Tally the Elf!



"It's Raining!"

After telling Jackson that we were going to play in the water, he was more than happy to put on his swim trunks and run outside, but once he saw me pulling the sprinkler out he hesitated.  I had him sit on the stairs and told him that I would make it 'little'.  After getting the water just the right height, I persuaded him to get wet by telling him "it's raining!' and sticking my feet in.  It wasn't long before he was running in and out and asking for more (bigger) water.

Here he is washing rocks:

The water splashed him, but he didn't seem to mind.

Moving rocks from cup to cup:

Pouring water into the cups.  Later he would drink from it too.

Forget the cups.  I'll just drink from the sprinkler!

What a face!

Run!  Here he is yelling "run" and then running through the 'rain':

Look what I can do.

Time for another drink.

Another warm day = another fun day in Minnesota!

Checking off the bucketlist: Go Fishing

After July 4th dinner, we decided to go fishing.  JV's favorite way to get there, or anywhere, is by bike.  So that's just what we did.

In the bike trailer and ready to go:

BV testing out JV' rod:

JV's favorite part of fishing is reeling...

Sitting on "my rock".

 Here JV is interested in the fish, but doesn't want to get too close:

 Mama likes to fish too!

 My favorite picture:

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Checking off the bucket list: Splash Pad

It's not often in Minnesota that you need to be in the water before noon, but today was an exception.  In fact the last week and the up coming week are exceptions.  It feels more like North Carolina weather honestly.  When we left the house the car temp. read 85 degrees, and by the time we arrived, it had shot up to 91 degrees in just 20 mins and it's only going to get warmer!  But no complaining here, we love the hot weather and being outdoors at places like the Prairie Park Splash Pad.

This was one of the things on our Summer 2012 Bucket List.  I almost didn't go after our weekend of being in the sun, but after seeing how much fun JV had, I'm glad we didn't miss this opportunity.  Here are a few pictures from our very 1st splash pad trip...



Having a little water between sprinklers:



"Holler!"  His newest espression when he's excited:

"Wash your hands." Another favorite activity of JV.

 JV isn't afraid of water even the slightest.  Here he is pretending that its "raining."