Storms, Slides, & Sassy-Pants

The other night we had a thunder & lightening storm... pretty small on the big scale... but none-the-less, Thomas was quite interested and asked plenty of questions. Here is Daddy & Thomas laying by the back door watching the lightening strike and listening to the thunder. Too cute!

On Sunday, Brian headed off shore to finally have his first day of fishing since last summer. I know... can you believe he has been home for just over a month and JUST got out on the Gulf and really got to smell the salty air and also dust the cobwebs off of his fishing rods? Craziness.

Meanwhile, the kids & I headed over to Nana's house to visit. After a morning swim, we went to a picnic at her church and these were the fun activities they had for the kids... Thomas had such a good time! So much so that when we got back to Nana's house, my little man took a 3 hour nap... he was one pooped puppy!

This is the first slide Thomas tackled... or rather it tackled him. Notice the small pool of water at the bottom? Thomas figured out what it was like to land head first on your back. Don't worry - he is a tough cookie... he figured it out after a slight panic when he was submerged in a foot of water. And yes, I was right there at the pool of water when he came down... so dont' go thinking I'm a bad parent for letting my not-quite-3-year-old do that.

Here is the traffic jam that Thomas was causing as he headed up to the top of the 2nd water slide that he tried... this one he LOVED and I had a hard time getting him off of it... despite the trickly/slippery ladder.

There he is... going down on his belly and loving it!

Here is the 3rd and finally slide... Thomas hated it. He went down only this time and called it quits. When I asked him what he didn't like about it... his response was very simple, "It is too slow Ma'ma." Poor kid had to scoot down the whole way on his butt because he didn't give himself a running start. Oh well.

Poor Abby - watching from the sidelines!

But once back at Nana's house... she was the center show. Nana was in "awe" of her pulling up and then cruising the furniture. My fear is she will skip the walking stage and go right to running. I'm just starting to refer to her as "Ms. Sassy Pants"!

Abby being silly...

... while she looks for toys and fun things under the couch!

As usual, it was awesome to see Aunt Jen & Nana - Uncle Ash even surprised everyone with a visit from Mobile. Beautiful weather and family is a good mix! Have a good week everyone!