State Fair

I know it's been a while since I posted. It's been a busy few weeks. In August, Mike, Alesha, and Kaylea came up and spent the night. The next morning, we went to the state fair.

First, we went to see the animals. We started with the sheep. Lucas was ok with them. Then, we got to the pigs (or hogs). One came out of his pen to go to the arena and Lucas freaked. He thought that hog was coming for him. He crawled up and stood in his stroller. That just about did him in for the animals. After that, he was scared of everything.

So, we spent the rest of the day riding rides. Lucas and Kaylea had a good time. He pooped out a little over half way through the midway, so we decided to call it a day. We had a good time with everyone. I don't know how Kaylea continued on and made it through the Taylor Swift concert.

Summer Activities

Lucas has decided that he loves being outside as long as there is water involved.

He loves his homemade water slide. The pool is barely big enough to catch him, so we have found him a larger one now. He just can't go down fast enough to just do it all over again.

We went to "Mimi's lake" last Saturday to teach Lucas to fish. He picked out a fishing pole and tried his hand at fishing with his Papaw. He was really interested at first, but he was bored of it after a couple of minutes. I took over the pole and after several bites and almost hooking my dad in the eye, I finally caught a small bass with his pole. He wanted to see it and touched it. Now, he tells people that he caught a fish.

These are the things that he'll remember and hopefully it will teach him to love it outside. He brought his pole home, so now his daddy is going to have to take him fishing. He keeps asking about going back to Mimi's lake. He loved it there.

Growing Up

I know - it's about time that I posted something. Well, Lucas has grown up a lot in the past few weeks. First, he has become crazy about anything Batman. We now have just about every batman figurine that exists. Just when we thought we had them all, he learns the characters in Super Friends and Justice League. He's even discovered Teen Titans with Robin - The wonder boy. Oh boy, we are in trouble. I told him that if he would sleep in his room, he could get a new Batman movie and we could find some Batman sheets.

He's been telling me that he wants to do "flips". He learned to do a front flip and wants to do more. There is a gymnastics place here that has classes for boys, so we went last Thursday night to watch a class. He jumped in pretty quick and participated in the class with 2 little girls. He did the balance beams, jumped over cubes, jumped on the trampoline into foam blocks, went down a slide, did flips on an angle, flipped over a bar, and held himself up on a bar. We'll see how this goes. Brad wants him to do karate or Jiu Jitsu when he turns 4.

Well, that same night, he looked at me and said "Mommy, I think I'm going to sleep in my room tonight by myself, and I won't get scared, and I stay here all night." I really didn't believe him, but about 11:00, he came and woke me up and told me to turn his TV off so that he could go night night. I did, kissed him goodnight and didn't talk to him again until the next morning. He slept like a baby, but I didn't. I bet I checked on him a million times. The next day, he was so excited and wouldn't let us forget that he could get a new movie, so off to Barnes and Noble we went.

That same night, he said "Mommy, I want to take a bath all by myself in my bath tub." Usually, he takes a shower or bath with Brad. He did just that. He took a bath by himself ... and a few of his favorite superheroes.

Last year, he wouldn't get into a swimming pool in the back yard. We blew one up the other day and he had a ball. The pool was full of toys, and, of course, superheroes. He stayed out there for a long time.

Monday, he officially started preschool. He's already been learning letters and has brought home projects every day. He's just growing up too fast. He still reminds me that he'll always be my baby. He's slept in his bed every night, even with thunderstorms. We've adjusted and are sleeping good now. Wonder what's next?

Fireworks

We made it for the fireworks. It was a little cold and drizzly, but we had a seat under a huge umbrella. Lucas liked it. We had to have a little ice cream after that, then night-night.

July 4th Weekend 2009

We arrived at Great Wolf Lodge yesterday and will be leaving tomorrow. We have had a great time. This is such a great place for kids of all ages --- yes, Brad and I too. We've spent the majority of our time at the indoor water park. It's a good thing that it is indoors. It is cold and rainy today. It stays warm inside the water park. When we are here, Lucas forgets that he's about half afraid of water. The life guards at the kid's water slides get to know him well. He makes a constant circle from the bottom of the water slide, through the pool, up the stairs, and down again. I bet he's been down at least 100 times so far.
Yesterday, we all went down one of the big water slides in a raft. You should have seen the size of his eyes when we started going fast. We ended with a huge splash of water. You should have seen Brad's eyes then!!! Lucas just shook it off. This year, he loves the lazy river also. He just piles in the intertube on top of me or Brad.
Last night, he watched the clock tower show in amazement, made a stuffed wolf, and then we hit the arcade. He loved the virtual roller coaster. I see a thrill seeker in our future.

This morning, we went to the Cub Club and Lucas painted a t-shirt and made a 4th of July sun visor. He liked it. We've spent the rest of the day at the water park. We've now come up to the room for supper and were planning to play a little Magiquest, go to the arcade, and watch fireworks tonight, but from the look of things, I'm not sure we'll make it...

We've had a great time. I hope that Lucas will always remember these times. I know that we will look back on them with happiness!!!!

Louisville Zoo 2009

Today, we went to the Louisville Zoo. This was the most fun we've had at the zoo so far. Lucas was so excited to go see the animals, so we loaded up the wagon, a cooler, and bathing suits and headed to Louisville. He made sure he saw every animal in the zoo. The baby giraffe was so cute. The lions were watching him like a hawk. Lucas was all ready to pet the goats, but was terrified of them. He was also ready for the lorakeets, but only wanted to look at them. He was so afraid that one would land on him. They loved Brad's hat. I'm not sure how much Brad loved them nibbling on his ear. Lucas really loved the elephants and gorillas. He also really liked the snakes. When we got to the pink "plamingos", Lucas looked at them and said "oh sweet". He decided that he wanted to give the splash park a try, but didn't like the water in his face. We ended the day with a ride on the carousel. We all had a really good time and may have to go again later or try another zoo.

Remembering Georgie

We've had a really hard day. Today, we lost Georgie. She stopped eating about 2 weeks ago and just kept getting weaker. Nothing worked to make her better. It's one of the hardest things I've had to do. We told Lucas that Georgie went to Heaven in the sky to live with Jesus and God. We told him that she was happy and well in heaven and is playing with all of the other cats and dogs there. Lucas picked out a blue hydrangea and we planted it by our house so that Georgie can look down and see the pretty flowers. We told him that when he hears thunder, it is her running and playing. Wouldn't you know that it's thundering tonight. Lucas has been pretty somber and is just looking out the window. He said: "I miss Georgie". Here's a few of our memories:

Vacation 2009

We spent 8 nights in Blue Mountain Beach, Florida with Gigi and Papaw. It was a great and relaxing week. We spent a lot of time at the beach and pool. Lucas actually loved the beach this year. He's still a little leery of the water, but loved the sand. The water was great until the last couple of days. Then it got a little rough.

We rented bikes this year. Lucas had the luxury ride. We even rode to dinner one evening. I think we'll have to air up the tires and ride at home some this summer.

Brad, Lucas, and I went to Gulf World in Panama City one afternoon. Lucas and I got up close and personal with the dolphins. He loved the dolphin show. After the show, we got to go and meet one of the dolphins and have our picture made. I held Lucas with in one arm, and held onto the dolphin's flipper with the other hand. I thought Lucas was looking at the dolphin until I saw the picture. His back was bowed back and he looked a little scared. Maybe a little too close for comfort.

The last night we were there, it was raining some. Between showers, we went to the fishing pier in Fort Walton Beach. The waves were high, people were trying to surf, people were catching lots of fish, 3 cranes were perched on the posts, and a family of dolphins were having a ball jumping, riding the waves, and feeding on the fish. It was neat. We'll have to go back next year when it's not raining.

We had a really good time. How come vacations never last long enough???