End of Summer!

Ok, I got a little behind, but I will catch you up! Summer is pretty much over for us. I don't start school until September 9th, but we are laying low this week to prepare me (hopefully) for getting up and being ready for school at 8:15am. Sam would have no trouble, but I have been sleeping till 8am the past few weeks! Mommy and Daddy say I need to teach Sam how to do that :)

Here we are on the last day of swimming lessons. Sam "passed", but we use that term loosely. See below pictures for why I say that.  I didn't pass, but I can't move to the next level until I am 6 so that was ok! I could do all the skills with help, but now I need to work on them independently.

Mommy and Sam with his "report card".

Here I am at the beginning of my class...

We got to play on the slides since it was the last day!

Sam made it about halfway through. He didn't want to go down the slides or play with toys. This is what he did instead...warmed up on Daddy and listened to music.

Our class played, "What time is it Mr. Fox?". I had never played and REALLY liked it. Look how I am standing the farthest back from all the classes. That fox idea kind of made me nervous!

Sam and I have 2 pools set up for swimming. Mommy calls this one the "hot tub". This is the only one Sam will go in, and I join him when I need to warm up from mine.

We went to a new Splash Park when Mommy was off work on Thursday afternoon. We had lots of fun...for about 10 minutes. Then we both got tired and cranky. It was a really cool splash park though, and the water was a bit warmer than the one in Middleton!

I got my Halloween costume for this year already! Costco had a bunch of superheroes, and I picked Captain America. Here's to hoping it is still in one piece by Halloween. I've been wearing it everyday multiple times for the 3 days I have had it.

Sam and I were dressed nice so Mommy tried to get a picture. Hmmm, I think you need to try harder Mommy. At least Sam's Nuk matches his shirt. Mommy didn't pick the best time to try to get Sam without a Nuk.

Am I handsome or what? Not sure what this face was all about :)

We had a Cookout with the Grandmas and Grandpas and Uncle Jay and Aunt Amanda. I got to play some board games.

Sam did some cooking when he woke up from his nap...

Belle was at the party, and Sam and I both just love her! She is such a cute little dog.

Monday we went to the park since it was nice and cool. Sam had to drive the vroom, vroom.

He liked these too! I was so busy running and "exploring" that Mommy couldn't get any good pictures of me!

Next week will be back to school pictures!

One of the BEST weekends!

Sam and I had a great weekend! Before I brief on that, here are a few random pictures...

Thor riding his bike...

The terror of Beech Ct. Sam has no fear when it comes to vehicles. He will get in this little car and let it roll down the driveway. He also loves to do backward donuts. Mommy says that when he is 16, he will be walking and not driving!

This is from last week when we went to Bouncy Town. Sam wasn't a fan of the inflatables, but he loved this little house!

I, on the other hand, loved the inflatables. It was hard for Mommy to get an unblurry picture of me!

This was Sam's other favorite part, the "roller coaster". I had to try it out too.

This past week, I had Bible School. This was the first year I could go, and I had a great time!

Mommy caught this picture while they were in the car. Too bad there is no audio/video. I was strutting

and just jabbering away!

Friday was Daddy's birthday so we went to the park that night. Sam wants to do whatever I do...but he's just a little too small sometimes.

He does like to figure a situation out on his own though!

I had a great time trying out everything and running around.

Saturday, Mommy, Uncle Jay and Aunt Amanda took us boys to the farmers' market in Madison. We did great (as long as Mommy was carrying Sam and I was in Sam's stroller).

Here we are taking a lunch break on the lawn of the Capitol....Ian's Pizza, yum!

We went to the splash park after the farmers' market. Again, Sam had to do what I did!

Uncle Jay was nice and pushed us!

I got pretty wet at the splash park this time. Sam still wasn't interested. Sam + cold water does not mix!

Saturday night I got to try out my new pool. It's great!

Sam had fun playing from the side!

Sam is Daddy's little helper. Any project Daddy has, Sam wants to help!

Sunday we got to go to a waterpark in Milwaukee. G&G Hyland stayed there and gave us their wristbands. We had SO MUCH FUN! The water in this pool was like bath water. This is where Sam preferred to spend his time. He was back to his normal self in this water and not the crying little boy he is in cold swim lessons.

Daddy and I rode the slide with the "canoe".

I went down a super fast slide. I turned myself around at the end so that I wouldn't get my face wet. I still don't like that!

I went down this slide a lot of times!

Afterward, we had to go to Noodles to eat lunch. We were STARVING!

On the way back home, I was in charge of the GPS.

Sam couldn't take it and had to catch a nap!

Belle came over Sunday night to see our house. I got to hold her. She was a little scared, but she was also very excited!

What a great week/weekend!

Swimming and New Puppy!

Sam and I have been taking swimming lessons for the past 2 weeks. I really like it...Sam, not so much! It hasn't helped that the weather has been in the low to mid 70's. It's a little chilly to go swimming.

Here I am with my class (4 kids)...

This is Sam's face for much of the lesson, unless they are jumping off the wall (he really likes that).

Swimming...

 Grandma and Grandpa Rikli got a new puppy! Sam LOVES her. Her name is Belle.

Isn't she tiny?!

 Saturday we had a busy day! I had tennis lessons and then we went to G&G Hyland's house to get ready to go to a party at cousin Liz's house. I had a great time playing. Here we are doing Duck, Duck, Goose. Then we had to come back to Sun Prairie for the library pool party. I had fun playing in the water with Daddy. Sam wasn't having anything to do with the pool (he kept trying to make a run for the locker room to leave) so Mommy took him in the sand/play area they have at the pool, and he would have stayed there for hours!