Pool Party

On one miserably hot Sunday we headed to Wal-Mart to purchase a pool.  Drew had a big time playing in the pool.  Unfortunately our backyard doesn't have a good flat area, so the pool was always lopsided. You can't have a good photo album of your child without the fabulous naked pictures...

Birthday Ride

We headed to Myrtle Beach for the day on Drew's second birthday.  I know--I'm a bad mom because I haven't thrown a BIG BASH for my child...Last year his birthday fell right at Easter time so we celebrated his birthday on Easter Sunday with all of my family.  This year we had headed to Texas and had a birthday party for Drew with Trey's Family as well as we headed to Beaufort and had a birthday party for Drew with my parents and my aunt and uncle visiting from Oregon. Myrtle Beach is a little over an hour and a half drive for us.  We loaded up in the car--made a stop at Dunkin Donuts along the way--Drew has loved doughnuts since he was ten months old.  (Not a normal food to feed to a ten month old-I know--but he really wanted one and he really liked it).  Here's a photo of him in doughnut heaven last year around his birthday.

So back to his birthday this year...Trey is a sucker for letting Drew ride these silly rides--at Walmart, at the mall, see Chuck E Cheese post below...What joy on my baby boy's face. I love you Drew!

Chuck-E-Cheese

Where a kid can be a kid! (And Dad's too!!!) Trey has been driving me insane wanting to go to Chuck E Cheese.  So, back in March I sent him and Drew with a mission to purchase a laptop at Best Buy and go to dinner.  Little did I know, Trey decided that they would go to Chuck E Cheese.  Drew had a blast--he was still awake at 10 o'clock p.m. when they arrived at home...

Since that evening we have gone two additional times...The first was a great Family experience--I loved playing Deal or No Deal.  The second was a not so great Family experience-too many people on a Saturday night. We left as soon as we got there--with Drew crying the whole way out the door. 

Summertime

This summer has been fabulous!  We've been to Lake Wateree one day for a great afternoon on the lake.  We were able to visit with Trey's cousins at Lake Norman for a nice four day Fourth of July holiday weekend.  Drew and I were suppose to be in Charleston for a week with my cousins, but the trip got cut short due to canceled airlines.  Drew got to spend part of a week in Beaufort with my parents. The weather has been hot-so it's been hard to want to be outside.  Our Sunday School class had a pool party this past Sunday.  Drew had a great time--he's not scared of the water at all!  I wanted to get him swimming lessons this summer, it just never happened.  We're heading to Beaufort tomorrow for a wedding and then Trey's parents will be here next week for a visit.  The house and office are coming together with the renovations almost complete-hurray!

We might even try to go to Lake Norman for Labor Day weekend--one last summer treat.  And we have a busy fall planned with football tailgating!