Adventures in Puddle Jumping

Today was a rainy day, meaning we got to stay inside and play most of the day... but fortunately there was a lull in the rain right after nap-time.  We found a variety of puddles, but there were only a couple of big puddles that hadn't drained yet.  Casey was in awe.  The first puddle he jumped into caused a big splash, all over himself- it kind of freaked him out a little and he said he was ready to go inside and change into clean clothes.  I talked him into staying out and getting wet and making a mess.  So he decided to try to splash mommy and kept kicking water in my direction.  Overall, we had a blasty-blast out in the puddles and eventually had to come inside to dump the water out of Casey's boots and get him some dry pants.  He loved it.

Adventures in Blogging

(A post completely by Casey)

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Room Adventures

Here's a couple pictures of my awesome room.  I helped mommy hang up my artwork and set up the train tracks.  We couldn't set up all of the train tracks in my room because we wouldn't even be able to walk in there. Sometimes I like to build a tower using my blocks, and then crash it on the tracks to let my trains crash into the debris... it's fun!  I have lots of books in my room and we read them every night.  I also have my own bathroom where I take bubble baths, and I have two potty's!  I have my little potty for potty training and a big potty with a Thomas the Tank Engine potty training seat... I'm getting really good at potty training and I only sleep in a diaper!   I am also learning how to shoot the BIG Nerf gun.  It's a lot of fun!

  

  

Adventures in Bunny Chasing

Summer nights.  Full of warmth, fireflies, and.... bunnies!  We have a very high population of bunnies around us and Casey and I always joke about trying to catch them.  So the last couple of nights Casey and I head out in the yard and try to sneak up on the bunnies.  Casey is starting to understand the idea of causing a distraction to get the bunny to turn and run towards me.  Using this method we almost caught a bunny tonight.  I sneak around the back of the bunny and try to stay concealed by the trees or a bush while Casey darts straight for the bunny laughing and shrieking the entire way.  The bunny was quick, and if I would have dove for it we could have caught it, but the bunny b-lined it for a row of shrubbery with no hope of finding him again.  I'm pretty sure he sleeps in the shrubs he disappeared into... so he may have stayed in there for the night.  Casey just kept saying, "That was so fun, mommy.  Chasing bunnies... hehehehe."

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Countdown Adventures

Today Casey and I made a craft to count down the days until LT gets home from Afghanistan.  We're both extremely excited... but Casey seemed to be pretty happy to be making a craft that involved paper, glue, and numbers.  It's not too much longer until LT is home, and Casey is doing awesome with his own battle of potty training! 

 In other exciting news: Casey is on day 4 of being a "big boy" and only wearing a diaper to sleep... and in four days he's only had 1 accident!

4th Adventures

The 4th of July last the entire weekend for Casey and me.  I've been house sitting for some friends and have had the luxury of having access to my own pool... so that's how the weekend started for us!  It was a hot weekend, so having the pool was fantastic.  On the third, we went to a local carnival and Casey got balloons, an "Ameri-flag", a rootbeer float, played with a lot of kids, and went on some carnival rides!  He had a blast!  All the kids at the park had "Ameri-flags", but I guarantee of all the kids under five, Casey was the only one that could tell you that the "Ameri-flag" has fifty stars and thirteen stripes!  Casey and two other boys started a parade around the perimeter of the playground, and then the other kids started joining in and it resulted in about fifteen children running in a circle waving their flags and shrieking with glee... it was awesome.  Casey and I ventured away from the playground to check out the carnival rides and Casey got to experience those.  He went on the "swings"... or a kids version of them and loved it.  Once the speed picked up on the ride, he looked like he either wanted to cry or scream with excitement... I have a feeling he'll like rollercoasters like mommy.  He also went into a bouncy house and then didn't want to get out when the carnie told him that his time was up... so I ended up climbing inside to retrieve the defiant two year old.

On the 4th we started our day at the pool and then came home and took a late nap.  Casey woke up around 5:40pm and told me, "Mommy, the sleep is all gone it's time to wake up" and we got out of bed and headed out to pick up some friends to head out for the fireworks show in Historic Halifax.  There was another carnival, and this time a boatload more people.  Our group of friends set up camp and we got Casey some red, white, and blue glow sticks and hung out while we waited for the fireworks show to start.   Casey's back was to the display when the first BOOM sounded.  Casey jumped onto the blanket with me and cuddled up to watch the show.  He shouted every color of firework that he saw and kept telling all of us that the fireworks were loud.  He giggled and shrieked and had a blast.  By the end of the night he was singing "Happy birthday to you.  Happy birthday, dear America.  Happy birthday to you!" and then he would chant, "USA USA USA!" (that chant he picked up during the World Cup games).