mt. lemmon...

On Sunday afternoon, we went up to Mt. Lemmon for a picnic dinner. We took some munchies, and stopped at Subway (great picnic food!!!) for sandwiches. Well Eric loved it soooo much up there, that he didn't want to eat, AND he didn't want to come home! He loved climbing on the rocks, although he was very close to falling over the mountain if John didn't have his arm!!! Scary for mom!!! Anyway, he loved to pick up pine cones, climb on logs, and just run through the woods! He had such a great time, we are hopefully going to go camping on Friday night- just for the night- and I think Eric will be in heaven! We may never go to sleep!!!

Too close to the edge for mom!!!

We found rocks and pine cones!

Cheese!

Climbing on a log.

I don't want to leave! I will sleep in the bear den!!!

tan...

So I guess going swimming everyday is doing several things for us. It is getting Eric more and more comfortable in the water, it is tiring him out- so he even rests in the bath, and it is giving him a great Coppertone tan!!! (Check out that nice white butt!!! and it is only May!!!)

giddy up...

Eric's new favorite pasttime is playing horse with John and I. We taught him that if you want the horse to go, you have to kick him! WRONG!!! Now he just gets on and starts kicking!!! It is really funny though, especially when you are not the one being the horse at the moment!!!:)

frog man...

So we are swimming a lot lately, and I pulled out an old pair of frog goggles for Eric! They are big on him, and I can't say he will ever keep them on longer than he already has, but it was fun while it lasted!!!

fire hydrant...

Grandma and Grandpa Easter Bunny McAndrew sent Eric a large Easter package! A bunch of the stuff, I will wait to give him on Easter, but not this! It is so cool- a fire hydrant sprinkler! It squirts all over, and has 3 arms that flap around squirting water! He loved it so much- he had so much fun! I had fun too watching and taking pictures!

He not only had fun playing in the sprinkler, but in the huge puddle that it made too!

While we were playing, Eric made a new friend! There was a Steeler (black and gold) butterfly that was hanging around and didn't want to go away! Eric loved trying to catch him- spinning in cirles! Can you see the butterfly??? It is kind of hard to see in these little pictures, but it was really cool!

dawn, lestoil, goo gone???...

Ok, so I get up yesterday morning and think 'It is cool outside, I should go run!' Good thought right? Well I get dressed, go get Eric up, and get him changed and dressed. I put him in a brand new pair of red sweat pants and a brand new white t-shirt (that was in our package from grandma and grandpa- last post). He looks so cute, but of course I didn't take a picture. Anyway, we eat breakfast and then go out to the garage. I took the stroller out of my car and saw that I had to pump up the wheels a little. No problem! So I sit down and start to get out the pump- meanwhile I am really not paying attention to Eric. Well I look over, and it is like it is in slow motion. He steps onto the oil pan that is normally under John's truck and I see it happening! I said "N..O..O..O..O..', but too late. He steps onto the pan and WOOOOSH! Down as fast as he stepped! His brand new pants and shirt covered in oil and grease!!! I grabbed him, and tried to get his shoes and clothes off all the while he is squiggling around. It wasn't a pretty sight, and of course it is now all over my pants- thank goodness I just had on old black pants anyway and you really couldn't see it too much! Well I tried soaking the clothes in Dawn, with no luck. I tried Lestoil, with no luck. I am going to try Goo Gone, but I really think these will just be play clothes!!! It makes me ill because they were BRAND NEW, but I guess there are worse things that could happen. I'm just glad that nobody got hurt, nothing got broke, and nobody is in jail!?!?!???

catch up...

We've done a lot since my last post, so here is a catch up...

We took Eric to the zoo:

'no no no'

We bought sunny glasses AND flilp flops:

Cool Dude

We went to Little Movers and Shakers:

Fun

And the park with Jackson:

Diggin' Away

Went to the mall with Kate:

Getting Ready to go Down the Slide

Went to McDondald's with Kate:

Peek A Boo

Went to the Heritage Air Show Practice:

We're up here in the plane!

Helped Dad with the Pool:

No dad, you do it like this!

Ate a bunch of teething tablets and made mom call the poison control- which is not fun first thing in the morning!!!:

But I look just fine!

Got a package from grandma and grandpa McAndrew:

I'm so strong!

Went Swimming!- Well just in the hot tub- the pool is too cold still!!!

Still have to put sunscreen on!

Helped dad wash the car:

I want to do it like you dad!

And finally went to the zoo today with Reese and Carly!

I got my babes with me!:)

Whew, well now you are all caught up! I'll try to post more often now!:)