So many pics...so little time to post!

Blog writing is like laundry, let it pile up and it will never get done! I have so many pics that document the awesome summer we're having, and so little time to blog about it...but here goes. I'll give you the condensed version, how about that?!



Look at that smile :) Mmm, it just makes us so happy.
And what about this one???

BIG muscles!

little MUSCLES!

A new favorite outside activity of Ty's, going in and out of the screened in porch door. Seriously, he can do this for a VERY long time...

Someone loves her jumper, AND hanging out in Pj's all day long :)

Tummy Time is the best...

She's already rolling over...uh-oh! Crawling is not too far away now!

While Ty was away one afternoon, Marlo and Mommy had a ladies lunch :)

Ty got to visit the Anderson Township Fire Department. This was him inside the truck. Pushing the button to turn on all the flashing lights was the highlight of the trip for him!

He was refusing to look at the camera, but this actually looks kind of neat huh?

IHM Festival. Ty is placing his bet on the tiger! (He won!)

Mmm, lollipops, his favorite. The girls at the booth were trying to get him to choose the winning sucker, but he just wanted to get the closest one so he could hurry up and eat it!


**All in all, we ended up winning way too many tickets and got way too much junk to further clutter our playroom, but the smiles on his face were worth it. Thanks China for the lovely (junk) toys you crafted.



Rides rides rides!

(He rode these about 39,000 times.)

Marlo is indeed in this picture somewhere. Buried deep within all the layers of warmth. That evening got pretty chilly, so I had to dig through the diaper bag and ended up draping her with every piece of clothing possible!

Celebrating GG's birthday, Ty had a piece of iced brownie (or 2)...

Grandpa, GG and ALL the grandkids!

Would ya' look at that zucchini!? Time to bake...

Whisk the eggs and sugar...(by "whisk" I mean, splatter half of the mixture across the kitchen and on your shirt and then drop the whisk in said mixture).

Add 2 cups of grated zucchini (by "add" I mean, plop some zucchini in the cup, squish it around, knock it on the floor, shake hands and splatter wet zucchini pieces on various kitchen appliances).

Enjoy a lovely zucchini muffin warm from the oven...

(and by "enjoy" I mean try to savor each bite as the starving dog sits below your feet practically begging for some errant crumbs-which are undoubtedly on the way!)

Well....guess what we found ourselves doing again???

She's learning how to keep her eye on the ball...

Afterwards we went to the Newtown Burger Farm Trolley for playtime and ice cream...This was Ty having a blast on the teeter totter sort of airplane...

And THIS was the face he gave me when I said it was time to leave (for the 100th time!)...

Such a good feeling having both my children in my arms...(sort of)

3rd times a charm!

So, for our last little outing of our famous staycation while Tommy was off work we decided to meet up with our great friends, the Maxams, for a fun filled evening. OF COURSE this evening included yet ANOTHER round of putt putt! (Thankfully it was NOT at Eastgate, we've had our fill of that place for a while!)



"Alrighty, folks, let's go hit some golf balls. Watch us, we're the pros!"


A classic Ty stroke. Just TAP it in.

"Go Trent Go! Oooh, so close!"

Notice the difference in club-holding styles...Ty likes the upside down hold! Trent is a traditional guy :)

Ty had to take a break for a little escapade up in the rocks. Attention spans of 2 year olds are quite short you know!

Daddy and his little pro :)

Tommy getting stuck with the green club, just his size huh?!

This is also Classic Ty, exhibiting his golf style. Walking right over the teeing off area, just to run all the way to the hole, set it down 5 inches away and then tap it in. Trent: "Hey, buddy, Ty. Where are you going? This is where we tee off, silly!"

"See this here hole, this one will eat our ball up forever. No more golfing."

Trent: "Dang, Ty, you weren't kidding! That ball IS gone!"



And here's Ty riding the giddy'up horse afterwards. He was making some not very attractive noises as he was being bumped up and down and I was trying to get him to tone it down!

Summer is such a joy as we get to see these two faces every day, lighting up our life :)

Staycation!

Happy Fourth of July :) We went to the Anderson 4th of July parade again this year, and were able to enjoy all the loud vehicles, free candy (well, a few pieces anyway), good friends and family before the rain hit...This was Marlo in the Bjorn before she fell asleep for most of the parade :)

Nana: "Ty, um, maybe you should NOT go play in the street!" Ty: "But I want some candy!"

Aunt Alex, Nana, Mama and Ty (looking for some goodies in his bag already!)

Ty and his new buddy, Davis, sitting on the curb enjoying a sweet treat.

Our great friends, The Culpeppers (soon to be 4 of them!) found us at the parade again this year, yay!

Marlo and Mama had to escape to the car to dodge the rain (and have a little "snack pack"), and Marlo was just SO happy :)

Daddies and Children (Brian and Gunnar, Tommy and Marlo-who appears to be watching a good program on the television!)

A-DOR-ABLE!

For our first little "staycation" adventure we decided to visit the Zoo. This is Daddy attempting to educate Ty on the elephants and their habitats, and their feeding habits, etc. And this is also Ty just being concerned about "elephant POOP!".

Marlo enjoying her first train ride without being in the Bjorn! Ah, Freeeeeedom!

Ty getting up close and personal with the turtle...usually these things don't move and inch when he's checking them out...

But, something must have drawn the turtle to Ty...they were becoming fast friends :)

"Hello Mr. Turtle, who's neck is longer, yours or mine?"

Our next staycation adventure was kickin' back and relaxin' in the back yard-hillibilly style. Ty was absolutely enthralled with giving Banks drinks from the hose...

Sweet.

One of our outings to Veteran's Park revealed a lovely surprise for Ty, he happened upon this stick and very seriously declared, "It's a 'y', Mommy!"

Perhaps our most favorite outing was to the lavishly landscaped grounds of the Eastgate Putt Putt (ha!)...We weren't sure if Ty would enjoy it, if he could endure the full 18 holes and the tricks of some of the holes...

Who thinks Tiger could do this???...

Daddy-lining up a shot (did he make it? ha ha ha ha! NOOO!)

Ty taking a few pointers from the pro, Daddy...or WAIT, is it the other way around?

Ty, lining up his hole-in-one...

But first, let me tell you about his method...He runs right past the teeing off area, right to about 5 inches from the hole, sets his ball down, and holding the club the wrong way, sort of pushes the ball in the hole-only to jump in excitement "Daddy, I got a hole in one!"

Here's some of the "teeing off" action...

Yep, that's a Hole in ONE! or two or three or forty!

"Wait, where's my BALL? It transported it WHERE?!" Darn those tricky holes!

And here is Ty's lovely sugary stained tongue. He "bought" a Ring Pop with his tickets from the arcade after putt-putting. If you follow the trail from Daddy's pocket to those oh so lovely inflated ticket "prices", you'll see an amount probably somewhere near $5 for that lovely cavity bomb!

We did have to make a quick trip to Eastgate Mall to Stride Rite and while shopping around and enduring what felt like tantrum after tantrum we finally attained peace and serenity by planting Ty in the aisles of vacuums at Sears...Let me tell you just how much JOY this brings Ty, beyond what I can describe really...he looks forward to the ads in the Sunday paper JUST for the vacuum selection...let's hope this infatuation carries into his teenage years, when I'll draw on this fascination to help me tidy up around the house!

And finally, we hit the Woodland Mound Water park.

Ty was quite reserved to begin with, content just to watch the fountains spurt before him...

But then he joined in the fun and saddled up on this spitting turtle (he had a thing for turtles this week, ha)!

Overall, we had an eventful STAY-cation this week and we look forward to more of them. And now, I must finish this blog so I can go get ready to scout out yet ANOTHER putt putt venue we can go to tonight! It's off to Mason, OH for us!....