Hooray for Summer!!!

Summer has finally decided to show itself just in time for July. We have been enjoying what we can of the weather. We went to Peterson park for a neighborhood play group. Remy really loved playing in and of course eating the rocks, and bumming Cheerios and chips from the other mothers. I am such a rookie, I totally forgot a hat, sunblock, blankets to sit on, and snacks. I did bring him water though. :-) He also loved me sliding him down the slide. Later on in the day we blew up Remy's little pool and let it sit in the sun to warm up. He really liked his pool. He wouldn't sit down in it but he liked to stand in it and splash the water. He also thought it was hilarious that Chappy kept coming up for a drink out of the pool. Remy would grab his little plastic shovel and try to get Chappy to lick out of it.
It was also jolly good fun to bounce on the side of the pool and let the water drain out. It is like a trampoline really. The only trouble with kids and pools is that they get used to all of this freedom. Not having to wear a shirt, not having to wear a diaper. Well, quite frankly Remy also felt as though this freedom should include not having to wear his swim trunks. I spent a lot of my time trying to keep his little pants pulled up; however, I spent a lot of my day looking at Remy's little crack. It is a cute little bum though.

We have been doing so much that it has been hard to write in our blog. Shaun and my Dad recently got back from New Zealand, where they were hunting. Shaun also went bungee jumping, much to my disapproval. He jumped off a cable car for a 450 foot free fall drop for 8 1/2 seconds. I didn't realize that bungee jumping was started in New Zealand and the place he jumped from is one of the 4 highest in the world. It is called Nevis, I watched a YouTube video of it and it just about did me in.

The giant rock

Recently we have been wanting to spice up our landscaping around our house. We decided what better way to spice things up than a giant rock. Giant rocks don't come at a cheap price at the landscape places but luckily for us we were able to get this beauty from my parent's ranch. It has been sitting at my parents house for a few weeks while their rocks were being placed. Finally the day came when our rock was to be delivered. I know that when you first see this picture you may be thinking, hey that rock is right in the middle of their lawn. It wasn't supposed to be there but let me tell you what happened. The landscapers brought over the rock. It is huge as you can tell and they estimate it weighs 4-5 tons. Of course with all of the wonderful rain we have been getting our grass was wet. I thought the lawn would be dry enough to handle it but just when they pulled onto the lawn they started sinking. The heister was so loaded down with the rock that the back of the heister basically wasn't on the ground anyway and 3 guys were hanging on just to keep it from tipping over. They kept sinking and eventually left about a 2 foot hole. They weren't able to move the rock anymore so there it will sit, until the grass dries enough for them to finish moving it. Remy loves the hole in the yard. He thinks it is just the perfect size for chillaxing in. Everytime we go in the front yard he wants to go and sit in the hole.

They even already had the hole dug out where the rock is supposed to go. Remy thinks it is also a fun place to go and eat dirt. Hopefully the rock will get to it's final home soon and I will have to post some pictures of it.

Here is a photo of the "Remy TTF&F" that I talked about in my previous post. I have decided that he can only have limited access to it because he is constantly wanting to throw more stuff down there. Below you see him wanting to go down in the TTF&F rather than go to church. Luckily I already had the baby gate up.

Remy's TTF&F

The past few weeks have been very busy for me. I know that every mother has moments of craziness in their lives, these past few weeks have definitely been for me. I just seem to be running every minute. I go to work, take care of the Remster, go to golf league, try to clean (try being the key word there). And than this week Shaun and my Dad are gone hunting for an entire week, leaving Remy and I to our own devices. Needless to say, all of this stress has added up and yesterday it finally hit me like a ton of bricks. Remy woke up around 7:30 and I was so tired and did not want to get out of bed. I got up, fed him and than layed down on the couch while he was running around playing for a while. I just needed a few minutes to "rest my eyes" yeah, that was the plan. Anyway I wound up slipping in and out of consciousness pretty much all morning until 12:00 noon. I would hear Remy running around, Chappy following close at his side eating any scraps that may have happened to bounce off of Remy. Remy must have sensed my coma like state. He would come by every now and than and pull a goldfish cracker out of his mouth and try to put it into mine. A couple of times it startled me so bad that I jumped and it scared Remy so he would start crying and I would pick him up and cuddle him for a moment than he was on his way again.

Remy did however put himself to good use while I was in my coma. He pulled all of the Tupperware out of the cupboard that he felt needed to be washed. He removed the stick out of the door hinge. I don't know how he figured that one out but I woke up and he was covered in grease and carrying it around. naughty. He loves going up and down the stairs which is how he created the "Remy TTF&F." Otherwise known as the Remy toy testing facility and fort. This basically consists of him testing the strength of all toys, Tupperware, a golf club, anything basically that he could drag and throw down the stairs. He than went down to the bottom of the stairs and was playing with all of those things. I know what you are thinking, how did I not hear him throwing his dump truck, or a golf club down the stairs. I did wake up a little bit, but as long as he was still standing and not crying I figured, whatever. (it's those good mother of the year skills I've been working on)

He also has become quite the little climber lately. He loves to get up on the couch and as seen below and wedges his little feet in the cracks and turns on and off the lights. He is so proud of himself for being big enough to do it.