Is it summer yet?

Winter is over YEAH!!!! I'm tired of being couped up in the house. I'm ready to go out and play. Josh isn't just ready, he's ecstatic about summer (Michelle ~ did I spell it right? I'm still not sure). We've started our summer play a little early.

Fishing...

While we were shopping, we came across a Lightning McQueen Fishing Pole. Because both Ryan and I are suckers, we quickly gave into Josh and bought it. After weeks of "prcticing" in the living room, we finally ventured out to a real fishing pond. Josh sat there so patiently waiting for the fish to bite. Sadly, the fish weren't hungry that day. We need to have grandpa take him up to the trout farm!

Playing at the park...

We are lucky enough to live close to a park. We try to go to the park a couple times a week. Josh loves to dig in the sand and play on the playground. Unfortunatly, our park doesn't have any swings, which is Josh's favorite. So, we have to visit other parks every now and then. This day, we met up with Aunt Cindi, Britney (Cindi's friend) and her kids. Cindi was daring enough to ride her bike from SLC to meet us (Crazy woman!!!). We went to the Castle park. Josh loved the swings, so did Cindi!

Feeding the ducks...

We've been saving our stale bread in the freezer so we could feed the ducks. I'm not sure what he liked more, feeding them or chasing them.

Park - again!

I told you, we love to go to the park. We met Becki, Kaitlyn and Allie at our park for a picnic lunch and playtime. Josh never made it to the picnic. He was too busy playing. Most of the playing was in the sand. I think we took most of it home in his hair (YUCK!).

Josh is afraid of heights, especially if he can see that he is high up. Our park has the mesh stairs and flooring on the upper level. About half way up the stairs, he starts to be overly cautious. He clings to the railing and he takes a long time to go up another stair. Sad, yet pathetic at the same time (I know, I'm a mean mom). When (or should I say if) he finally makes it to the top, he immediately gets on his hands and knees and slowly crawls to the slide, clawing the floor the entire time. But when he goes down the slide, he knows it was a huge accomplishment. He is so excited and he enjoys every second of it. He is too cute!!!

Park in our Backyard...

This year for Mother's Day I got a swingset! Sadly though, it wasn't for me. I told Ryan that all I wanted a swingset for Josh. I figured that not only would it give him hours of entertainment in the backyard, but it would also give me some quiet time. Now I can let him go play, while I sit outside reading ( watching him of course!). Maybe I can even get some color on my legs this year.