Yes, We Are Still Alive!!

Thomas wearing Gram's sandals

Okay, so I am a bad blogger! I am sorry. My excuse....none really! Just life. We have been busy doing alot of nothing!!! So, I am sure you are all wondering what has been going on since May. Memorial Day Weekend Thomas was able to spend some time with his cousins up at his Nana and JPa's house. They spent most of their time in the swimming pool!

Thomas, Sydney, Hadley, Bailey

Thomas swimming

Also that weekend, my friend I took our kids to the Dallas World Aquarium. We had a great time. Thomas loved looking at all the fish! We saw a sloth, an alligator, sting rays, manatee, and a ton of other neat things. Thomas had a great time.

Thomas at the Aquarium (its hard to catch a tired two year old on camera!)

June was a fun month too. It started off with Gram getting out of school. I took the day off and Thomas and I spent the day at Gram's school for the kids end of the year party. Thomas had a blast. He loved getting to play on the playground at Gram's school. The first day Gram was out of school, she ended up having a migraine, so Thomas and I had to get out of the house. We called Thomas' good friend Kayden and asked if he and his mommy and daddy wanted to go to the Wiggly Play Center. Of course they said yes, so we made a day out of playing on the bounce houses there. Thomas of course had a blast. They play Wiggles music the entire time and there is always a video of Wiggles playing. When we left, Thomas got a backpack, a Wiggles sun hat, and a little Dorothy the Dinosaur. We loves to carry his backpack and he sleeps with Dorothy most every night now. Man he was tired when we left that day!

Thomas climbing up the slide at the Wiggly Play Center

At the bottom of the slide (love that smile!)


Kayden sliding

Thomas pushing Kayden in the car (Kayden really just wanted to play with the cars!)

The second week of June was a big week too. Thomas started swimming lessons that week. It was a 2 week class. The first day was rained out, but the rest of the days were beautiful and Thomas was a little fish. He loved to kick, kick, kick and he did a great job. By the end of lessons, he was able to stay under water for at least 5 seconds and to pick up a toy off the thrid step. He can also hang on the side of the pool for 1 minute and he can walk his hands around the side of the pool to get to the steps! When he has a noodle or a floaty swim suit on, he can swim all over the pool by himself. Swim lessons were fun for me too because the lady that was teaching them is a long time family friend. It was good to get to catch up with her too! Thanks Carole Ann for teaching my little fish to swim!

Thomas swimming in the noodle (notice no one holding onto the noodle or Thomas)

Thomas swimming under water
Mommy and Thomas after swim lessons
During the first week of swimming lessons, my grandma (Thomas calls her GG Hope) came to stay with us. Thomas had more fun with her this visit. He would wake up in the morning saying to GG, "come play in the playroom with me" or "lets read this book". He was sad to see her go. Now he talks about "when is GG coming home?" He doesn't know it yet, but she will be here in a few weeks again. He will be so excited!

Thomas and GG Hope reading a book

Lets see...what else to report...Recently we got a sprinkler for Thomas. It is nothing big or anything, but he sure had a blast playing in the water.

Thomas playing with a ball in the sprinkler

Thomas splashing in the puddles the sprinkler made

Thomas running through the sprinkler

In June my older sister and her husband flew to LA (I know...what does that have to do with me, right?!). Amy and Paul had a long layover at DFW, so we were able to go out there to eat dinner with them and my new nephew. It was the first time I got to see him! He is so sweet and cuddly still! I miss those days!

Me holding Andrew (my new nephew)

I just bought me, Thomas, and my mom tickets to go see the Wiggles Live at the Nokia Live in Grand Praire in August. Thomas is so excited. He will now tell me, "OK, lets go see Wiggles" and then I have to remind him that it is still a month away! I cannot wait to see how he reacts to seeing them. He is going to LOVE it! (Here is a picture of him dancing to Wiggles)

Thomas dancing to the Wiggles

Now that is is the weekend of the 4th, we have some fun stuff planned again. We are going to see fireworks tomorrow and then to a parade Friday morning. I will be sure to take lots of pictures for all to see! I had a good friend tell me recently that blogger has this thing where you can upload your blogs at the end of the year and they will put them all in a book for you. So, with that tidbit of knowledge, I am going to try desperately to do better at blogging. Susan, keep me accountable!!!