Summer Break - Week #1

Last week was my first week of summer vacation! We had great weather and lots of fun!

Monday we went to story time at the Avon library. Jennifer took the kids to at least one story time a week at various libraries during the year so I let her keep signing Parker up! I like that he gets to socialize with other kids and it's fun to go to! After we went to the library we stopped in at the park in Avon and played until it started to sprinkle. Then Parker and I headed to Pizza King (choo choo pizza). Then Parker took a three and a half hour nap! Apparently I wore him out on our first day off!

What better way to start vacation than with two bowls of cereal?!

lovin on Lucy

Enjoying the songs & dancing at story time

Tuesday we met the girls on my team for lunch to celebrate Augusta's & Melissa's birthdays! Then we had popsicles and Parker invented his own popsicle holder from our firewood. 

his personal popsicle holder

Wednesday we went to the neighborhood pool and swam! It was so nice to not have to clean or maintain the pool...I could just relax! Parker had the toddler pool to himself and the weather was perfect!

snazzy new swim shorts

Thursday we went to Hummel Park in Plainfield! We played on the playground & splash pad. Then we had a picnic and played at the creek!

Clint's job is on four ten hour days so he is off on Fridays this summer! Last Friday he finished up the fence so Parker and I met Jennifer and Ady at Skyzone in Plainfield. He had so much fun jumping!

Over the weekend we played outside, got a haircut, ate popsicles, went to some garage sales, played at the pool, and took some nice naps!

Sure! Let's have a picnic in the garage!

fresh hair cut!

He loves brushing his teeth with his new powered Spiderman toothbrush!

I also had one school related job I wanted to do this summer: level my classroom library! I managed to get it all done in the first week since he napped pretty well! I wasn't looking forward to lugging all my books home but I was glad to do it from home instead of going into my classroom. I didn't count how many books I had but let's just say it was A LOT! Parker obviously helped look through them!

I'd say that was an awesome way to start summer vacation!

Mini & Me Weekend

Clint left for Michigan Friday morning to spend the weekend with his friends at a race so Parker and I had the weekend to ourselves!

Friday I picked him up from Grandma & Grandpa Reed's and we played with Zoe and relaxed. He woke up around 10:30 and wouldn't go back to sleep so we snuggled in bed together! He must not have wanted mommy to sleep alone :)

Saturday we met Hilary around 10 and headed to the Children's Museum! We played for a couple hours and then had lunch. He was so excited to dip his food in ketchup! Then we went and played for a couple more hours! He had so much fun! 

He passed out as soon as he got in the car and then stayed asleep once we got home. I was a little tired so I laid down with him on the couch and took a short nap. He however kept sleeping! He took a 2.5 hour nap! and let me remind you that he only takes two thirty minute naps a day normally! 

After he was refreshed (and Hilary too) he had a snack (which Zoe got half of) and then we walked around the neighborhood picking the old dandelions and blowing them, picking up rocks and sticks, and laying in the grass. Then we went to El Meson for dinner! He loves the beans and rice! He also enjoys eating chips and salsa now that he knows how to dip them! 

He decided to be a major maniac and acted crazy the whole time we were there....note to self: never take him out after a two and a half hour nap!

Scotty and Hilary read him bunches of books before bedtime.

Sunday morning we woke up and went to Panera for breakfast. We go to Panera on Sunday mornings almost every week. He almost always behaves perfectly. Well, someone decided they were still going to be a maniac! He sat in his high chair for about 5 minutes. Then he kept standing up because the seat belts never can hold him in! So I held him...then put him in a chair...then held him...then he finally wiggled away and stared out the window at the cars on Rockville Rd. Finally I packed us up because wild man was too much for me! Then we went to the grocery store for a few things and he was much better behaved :)

Later today we went to Hummel Park because the weather finally cleared somewhat! He wasn't really feeling the playground but he was super excited to use his new scoop and bucket at the creek! He filled his bucket with water and rocks, threw a bajillion rocks, and splashed both of us. We stopped by the splash pad for a few and then made our way to the car after picking up every leaf we could find.

(don't mind the naked baby booty)

On the way home we stopped for ice cream! Once we got home Parker had to feed Zoe (because he is obsessed with feeding her!). Clint got home about 6 and by then Parker was pretty wore out! We had dinner and he had a bath and was out! Too much fun this weekend!

Ellis Park

We took a little trip to Ellis Park this evening...which is in Danville. As kids, my mom took us there often and it is still a pretty neat park. Clint had never been there so we will have to go back and check out the trails. I took my camera along and tried out some of the features because I have had this camera for about two years and haven't really taken the time to figure it out yet. One of the many blogs I follow had some pointers to improve your photos with a few different features so I thought I would try a few. I have a Nikon J1 which isn't quite a DSLR but has more features than a traditional point and shoot camera. 

Since we went after dinner there weren't very many people there and it was really nice having more to space to play!