Summer Fun & Some "Stories"...

Walker has spent lots of time in the water the past few days...here he is at Nonnie's pool with Uncle Jer. He has proven to be quite the little fish. He enjoyed jumping into the pool (into my arms of course) and "swimming" back and forth between Uncle Jer and Mommy. He also enjoyed filling up the water bottle and pouring it on Aunt Cyn's feet! One day this weekend, Jenny and Ava (also know as "Audee" by Walker-actually her older sister's name) came to play. The kiddos (one week apart) had a great time. They weren't too interested in the pool that day, but enjoyed drinking from the whale's blowhole...
There's always time for a hug when these two are involved. I love how she looks like she's staking her claim and he's thinking "hmmm...I wonder if my other girlfriends are gonna get mad when they see this??"

This was Walker's first night in a pool this season-here he is going down his slide head first. This startled him a little, but we made a big to do about how great it was that he went under like a big boy, so he was proud and did it again and again.

Story Time

Walker's been telling some stories lately. I can't believe how early they learn to stretch the truth and place blame. It blows my mind!

Here are a few of the stories he's told recently:
"Someone" drew all over his knee...when asked, he said "Pabo" (the stuffed penguin) did it... Right. He even spanked Pablo and said "No no, Pabo" after he told on him... HA!

"Someone" drew on his arm Sunday morning...when asked who did it, he replied "Tomya" which is Tonya, Brinley's mom and our dear friend.

"Someone" threw Walker's goldfish on the floor the other day (the kind you eat) and when asked he sold his Daddy out. Maybe Daddy should go to time out??? :)

When he's told not to do something, he sometimes takes Pablo's hand and has Pablo do it. AGHHHH! Then he gets on to Pablo. :)

Well, summer is here and it's the time we had designated a while back as being potty training time...so I guess we'll get more serious about that. He has been more interested in sitting on the potty lately as he's watched Katie ask to go potty so much at church. He sits and sits and then claps, but has done nothing. :) I keep saying to make "tee-tee" go in the potty. Last night, he squeezed "it" and said "penis" clear as day. I almost fell over. Ha ha.
Today, he has peed on the carpet twice. Once while Judy was here and once with us. The second time was definitely premeditated...not sure about the first. Ugh! Ha ha ha ha ha.

He is pretty much exclusively talking in sentences now. Some of the more frequently used ones are:
"Pabo, weh ahhh you?" "Mommy uh Daddy keese..." "Piddo uh Pabo uh banket mommy beed" (pillow and pablo and blanket, mommy's bed...) "Apuljoose pease?" "Mommy uh Daddy go owside" "pay chalk owside"

He just keeps us laughing. There are so many stories and I've really slacked on writing them down to remember to blog about them...but I have been so busy lately I just haven't had time.

School's out but VBS awaits. I am sooo excited for VBS next week. I'm excited for Walker to be old enough to actually participate-last year he was still a baby and I am so excited about what God has in store. This has been such a rewarding experience to be a part of...I love being a part of something so much bigger than what I am capable of on my own because I know God is guiding us (Tonya & I) every step of the way. (just don't ever read & pray through "If You Want to Walk On Water, You've Got To Get Out Of The Boat" if you don't want to wind up doing something bigger than yourself!!) :)