This and That of Summer

I have random pictures from this summer I wanted to include in my blog from this summer. This summer has been great. John Thomas is at such a fun, easy age. He is talking basically in complete sentences, he can help out (get his milk out the fridge, climb in his car seat by himself, etc) and his personality is shinning through. He makes Tommy and I laugh everyday.  He is also very independent so some stuff does take a little longer allowing him to do it by himself, I also know it is important to let him. John Thomas is such a blessing to Tommy and I. We are praying God will bless us with more little kids soon. Until then this man gets all our attention :)

 

I love this picture! Our good friends, Brett, Jamie and Eli, moved from Iowa to about two from us this summer. The last time the boys were together they were about 4months old (JT) and 10months old (Eli). We are so excited to have them closer!!

The boys exploring the police station.

The boys got to watch the helicopter land and sit in it   

JT’s favorite babysitter, Alyssa.

 

JT and his friend, Cole. We took the boys to the water park, unfortunately we do not have any pictures because we were in the water the whole time :) 

 

Kennedy and I got some one on one time :)

Long walk through the woods, good for the soul

 

JT likes to take showers, like mommy and daddy,

but he still usually wants to finish with a bath too.

Playground with Cole

JT gets the say cheese (with a raisin in his mouth) part just not look at the camera part. 

“Preschool”

In Alabama we referred to it as Mom’s Morning Out but in Ohio it is called Preschool. John Thomas goes two mornings a week from 9:00-11:30 to preschool. He loves it! He is such a social little guy anyway so he gets excited to go play with his friends. I love him having a couple hours of structured activities too. And of course it is nice that I have a little bit of free time to run errands or meet up with friends for coffee :)

Showing off his new backpack

 

All the kids got to bring a stuff animal with them their first week of school. JT picked his monkey with a fishing pole.

 Walking my baby to schoolI’m excited to watch him learn and grow this year.

 

Preschool Interview Questions by Mommy

JT- what is your favorite color? Blue

JT- what is favorite cartoon? Mickey Mouse

JT- who is your best friend? Mommy :)))

JT- what is your favorite animal? Really big Dinosaur

JT- what is your favorite food? Watermelon

Cedar Point

We crammed everything we could into the last bit of summer and Little Tommy’s time with us.  After a couple days home from the beach we decided to take a long weekend to Cedar Point, an amusement park. We had a great time!! The park is set up great for families with different area throughout the park with little kids rides so we could be close to the big kids rides. Cedar Point always gives parent pass so after one parent waits in line, rides the ride the other parent gets to hop to the front of the line. I was able to watch John Thomas ride rides while the boys waited in line then Little Tommy was able to jump back in front of the line with me and ride again. We also stayed on the property so we were allowed in the park an hour early. We hit up the big rollar coaster without long lines and the second night even  closed the park down. JT was a trooper!

 

 

You can barely see JT’s head beside Tommy. He was such a daredevil! 

Fastest Rollar Coster in the country. 0-120mph in 4 seconds! And yes we all rode it :) JT is the skylift, he did not want me sitting beside him. 

So pretty

JT making phone calls. He looks so grown up here

This was the view while waiting in line for the rides. Perfect!

Beach

We were able to take a trip to the beach this summer. I am so thankful! I love the beach and had not been able to go in four years. My dream is to live at or close to the beach. John Thomas absolutely loved it too!When we would walk onto the beach John Thomas would say "Hi Beach" "Hi Sand" "Hi Water" "Hi Ocean" so cute. We had a great time and some of my family and best friend was able to join us which made it even better.

After a couple of flight delays we got in later than planned and decided to go have dinner at Baytown Wharf, where we were staying. Walking up we heard live music and I was excited to see it was one of my friends from college playing. I loved listening to Chad play in college and loved watching my son dance to him now. I also got to catch up with Chad during his break, perfect start to the vacation. 

First time seeing the beach

Early morning run on the beach

Playing on the beach

Little Tommy brought a friend with him to the beach. Ethan is over 6 feet tall so we though it would be funny to bury Ethan and JT beside each other

Big boys playing on the beach

Family Pictures

I told the boys to give me a funny picture, appartently JT thought I said scary 

Cousin love

 Seth checking out JT's hair, JT really did not know what to think of it