Fair Time in Washington County

Watching the ducks swim.

All the boys run for the fire truck. I was so glad to see Hunter got the drivers seat!

Girls run for the cute VW bug!

The only roller coaster I will ever ride! And we were the only ones on it!

It wouldn't be the Washington County Fair if it didn't have about 100000000000 tractors!

Jet Ski's

One of his good friends, Adam, sharing a ride on the 4 wheelers.

He did everything he could so to try and not smile. It was the funniest thing!

Lucas LOVED the fair. Who am I kidding, Lucas loves any social situation where he gets lots of attention! Oh yea, and the lights, and the loud noises, and the bunches and bunches of kids. The merry go round was his first fair ride.

No, we do not need a bunny rabbit to take care of at our house.

David...not so much a fan of the fair, but he was a good sport to go!

Petting the donkey. He really wanted to ride it!

Okay, there really isn't much to say about the fair here. It is small and cost a small fortune to go. Hunter LOVES, LOVES it. I am ashamed to say we actually took him twice! Once as a family and then we took Chloe and Jenny. Of course he loves the rides or ride-ens and he calls them and the petting zoo. It wasn't so long ago that little Hunter wouldn't touch or even look at a strange animal...well now he is all over them. He loved the snakes, the spiders, wanted to pet everything and even wanted to pick up a mouse! Enjoy the pics, we all really enjoyed this little fair!

School Starts!

Just look at the difference each year makes!

Last year heading out for the 2-3 year old classroom.

2008. The first year we moved here and Hunter was just 13 months old. My how does the time fly!

2010! Being cheesy for the camera as ususal these days! Now we are into superheroes and rescue people and of couse Lightening McQueen! I was trying to get him to smile and wave and this was the best shot I got. What a ham I have on my hands these days.

Hunter is in the 3-4 year old classroom and goes 3 days a week. He really loves his new teachers and all of his old and new friends. We are really glad that our neighbor is in his class this year. She and Hunter are pals and he looks forward to seeing her each day. This year they have the option to participate in a Spanish lesson. It is once a week and it is so funny to hear him repeat the words. I try to encourage this conversation at home and he promptly tells me, "mommy, quit talking like that!"

Haircut

These 2 pics are the AFTER haircut. Yes, I did cut his hair in the exersaucer! This child is a wild one and I don't think David could have held him down. I have learned through the years working with kids that those things you don't want to do or that may be hard to do you do very quickly! So I just held up the mohawk and snipped!

The rest of these pics are some BEFORE haircut photos. Yes, he is eating or should I say sucking on a piece of watermelon. He goes crazy over our food so I just decided to give him some and he loved it!

Here the comb over doesn't look so bad.

Great shot of the mohawk landing pad! You could pull it down to the tip of his nose by the time I cut it!

Okay, I know I say this every time I start to blog but I am SO BUSY!! The days go by so fast and then before I have time to blink a whole month has passed me by. So, I am going to do my best and hit the highlights of what has been going on around here. First, I want to start with Lucas's first haircut! We all know he was blessed with a head full of spikey hair so as he grew the mohawk got thicker and the rest of the fro got thinner. It didn't take long before we had a nice comb over that could be brushed down to the tip of his nose. I decided to cut it. At first I wasn't so sure it looked better...but it certainly didn't look worse! And now, a month later, it has grown in so much better... so now I can say I was glad that I did it!

Birthday Party!

Having fun playing with his super duper stomp rocket!

Miss Aubrey. She is one of our neighbors and Hunter just adores her. This summer they got together and played once a week. We are so glad she will be joining Hunter's preschool class this year.

Hunter's favorite part of the party! Opening the presents!

Having some cake with Papa.

Hunter and David's birthday cake!

Hunter's Birthday

Hunter opening his birthday presents from us his birthday morning. He was so excited to have the Fireman Sam fire station and figurines. For those of you who don't know Fireman Sam, here is the skinny on it. This is Hunter's favorite SPROUT cartoon. They are a 10 minute show based around Fireman Sam helping folks out around the town of PontyPandy. This cartoon in based in the UK so let's just say the shipping for these toys was more expensive than the toys themselves. He plays and plays with these toys for hours and it has been fun watching his imagination grow and grow. David and I can't quite understand why he enjoys this program so much, we would like to think he enjoys helping other people in need. Who knows, next year he will be into something completely different!

Birthday cupcake on his birthday night with the family. No, he didn't eat the whole thing, he did manage to lick off every bit of icing. That is the best part anyway, right?

Look how I've grown!

Lucas milestones

I forgot to mention that Lucas reached some pretty amazing milestones during our rompus around AI.

1. He started to laugh and Aunt Noelle was one of the first to get him to do it out loud!
2. He can now roll both ways to get where he wants to go
3. He can really push up on his arms and hold his head way up...he is a nosy baby
4. And he is starting to push up on his knees and scoot with his feet!

Boy, the time sure flies. And to think next year he will be running around with the rest of them.