water park from 8-2009

Back in late August we took a family stay-cation. On the last weekend, we went and checked out a new water park in Hurst. City owned and managed. It had a great toddler water area, 1 ft 6 in, which was just enough water for Joshua. With water slides made for toddlers. And the lifeguards in that area kept kids that were older out so the toddlers didn't get hurt. Parents were allowed with their toddlers. Overall, it was a good experience and we look forward to going again next summer.

Toddler area right. There is a spiral slide on the other side on this area. You can control most all of the water spray areas with kid friendly levers.

Toddler area left & big kid/adult slides in background. This was Joshua's favorite slide!

Playing in the water.

On the stairs with Mommy. That is a fun having face!

Down the slide. I thought we had gotten better pictures, but no such luck.

school pictures are in

I got Joshua's Fall pictures back from school!! Isn't he a cutie!

Everything has been pretty to him lately. The trees, family, friends, chicken nuggets...everything. The other day my mother, Nana, asked Joshua if he was pretty...his response, "No, I cute!". 2 years 4 months old.

Grazin'

On the way home today, when we passed by the field of horses.
Joshua says, "Mama, look, they are grazin'".
"What did you say?", I ask.
"They grazin'. They eatin' grass".
I say, "hahahahahahaha. That is a big word".

It was funny. That is a pretty big 'Z' word. And he used it in the right context.

When we were nearly home he started counting in Spanish, then English, then sang his ABC's and then clapped, "yea, we all done".

He was full of himself on our nearly 30 minute trip home today.

Mega Block chair

A few weeks ago, while we were on vacation, Jeff & Joshua built a Mega Block chair. Joshua was so proud of this 'breakable' chair. He would fuss at Jeff & I if we tried to sit in "his"Mega Block chair.

A day or two later, we put in a dinosaur movie, Land Before Time...which, by the way, is not a dinosaur movie he is super interested in. (Cars and Happy Feet work much better!) Anyway, we put in the movie so we could work on other things around the house. Joshua got really quiet, the kinda quiet you get when you are up to no good! When I went to check on him, he was sitting in his Mega Block chair watching the movie. The picture is grainy because there was not good light in the living.

Stay tuned for more vacation pictures..........