Pushin' and Workin'

The other night as Joe and I were weeding the garden, Beau decided to push his tractor around the backyard.  It is so sweet to hear him make his "tractor" noises and to be entertained with just one toy.  All I could think about was how bad his back had to hurt after bending over all that time!

Perfect Day for Swimming

Yesterday, I took Beau and Banx to my mom's to go swimming.  It was such a warm, humid day, I needed to get the kids in the water!  They both loved the pool and especially taking a Popsicle break in their own mini loungers :)

Mini-Putt for the First Time

Last night, Clint and Tara invited us to go mini-putting with them.  We were exciting to go because Beau had never been before.  After Joe grilled a delicious supper for us, we headed on out to Vennard.  Beau didn't know what to think at first.  There were so many holes with neat designs, you could see the wheels turning in his head it seemed.  With a little help from all of us, Beau did great hitting the ball!  Except one minor thing, he thought he was able then to go and hit everyone else's ball.  When Beau couldn't get his ball to go in the hole, he gave up and went and picked up his ball, then placed it in the hole.  What a smart thinker :)

Such a Boy!

 

Beau is such a boy!  And by this I mean that he is ALWAYS wanting to be outside.  He plays so rough with his toys, we finally just put some outside so he gets the best of both worlds---having toys and being outside.  I semi-joke saying we will have four boys someday...I cannot even imagine what my house would look like if that were the case! :)

Enjoying Summer

Now that school has been out a couple of weeks, Beau and I are finally adjusted to summer.  It was hard going from working all day long, to being with Beau 24/7.  I do not mean this is hard as in I cannot take care or do not want to take care of my son; this is hard because he has become very needy of me and will not leave my side!  We finally are back to normal and he has adjusted well.  I think he just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to leave him :)  As much as I LOVE my job, and I truly do, getting these three months of one-on-one time in the summer with Beau is amazing.  I love being able to play all day, take him swimming, to the park, or just cuddle during nap times.  I also started potty training Beau, and being there for the first time when he ASKS to go potty was a special moment for me as his mom.  It really is the small things in life that are important and I have quickly realized that since I have had Beau.

He figured out how to take pictures of himself on my phone :)

First Weekend at Rathbun!

Last weekend, we went to the lake where we boat for the first time this year (due to rain and cold weather).  It turned out to be a warm, sunny day!  Beau loves "driving" the boat on Grandpa's lap.  He is even trying to drive the boat by himself---not for quite some time Beau-man!  He was quite the ham when we tied up with all of our boating friends and kept posing for the camera.  I think it's safe to say, he loves boating just as much as his Daddy! 

Captain Beau here!

He was definitely spoiled all day with Grandma Michelle and Shari with us!  

Checking in on Dad at work

Last Friday, Beau was getting a little anxious at home with cabin fever, so we decided to go see Daddy at work.  Of course Beau wanted to play on Daddy's computer right away and ruin all of his important spreadsheets, thank goodness for auto-save!  After awhile, we took Beau into the warehouse.  And where did he head straight for?  That's right, the forklift.  Joe gave him a ride around and Beau just thought he was in 7th Heaven.  Of  course, when we took Beau off to go back into the office, he had a fit!  But Grandpa Scott was in his office today and Beau kept "checking in" on Grandpa to make sure he was doing his work.  I really don't know where Beau gets his bossiness from ;)

Checking in on Grandpa