Evening on the farm

Wow the weather has been really nice! I forgot what it was like to be able to sit outside for more than two seconds and not be drenched with sweat! Tonight after work we went to HR so Jarrod could get his boat that was at Uncle Doug & Aunt Kay's house. We stopped and chatted with them for a little while before heading over to my mom and dad's for supper. Stratton had a big time playing in their yard. They got him a swing a few months back that he loves and my dad had set up the baby pool and got out his wagon. Their house is pretty much a toddler's dream. Lots of room to play and run around and lots of things to get into! And a couple of people who do whatever he wants!!

 

Then we walked over to my grandparents house (well, Stratton rode in the wagon) and visited with them, and Stratton had his first encounter with a frog. It's gross, but when I was little I loved frogs. Especially the baby frogs, I liked to catch them and carry them around in my pockets! Ewww- right??  One night, while picking up and cleaning up, my mom opened my drawer in our bathroom and out jumped a bunch of baby frogs! Haha-I remember the beating I got for that! Anyway, Stratton at first tried to eat it, then he squeezed it (it was actually still alive when we left!) and eventually decided he was scared of it and didn't want to touch it anymore! Can you see his bloody toe on his left foot? He stumped it and it didn't even phase him!

Climb n' slide!

Stratton got this neat climb n' slide from Terry and Margie for his birthday. Last week Jarrod decided to put it together one night. Stratton likes to play on it but he hasn't caught on to climbing up one side and sliding down. He prefers to climb up the slide and jump off the other side. We have kept it in the house since it's been so miserably hot outside!

 

Helping Jarrod put it together. . .

 

Oh, this is fun!

 

 

 

 

Bloggy Blues!

I have heard the cry of the masses!! It's been too long since the last time I posted!! And it's only been 2 weeks!! Time flies. . .when you're busy!! We have been a blowin' and a goin', as Jarrod would say! Stratton has gotten much better at daycare! He has quit crying when we leave him! Yay! BUT on the downside, he did get his first disciplinary form for biting another kid!! Ugh!! He does have a little temper and he has been showing it alot more lately . . .more about that in another post. . .

Here are a few random pics of (what else?) Stratton I have taken in the last 2 weeks. . . .

Oh, I think he might have started his terrible 2's a year early?? He has started throwing a fit and bucking and screaming sometimes when I put him in his car seat! A spat on the leg usually will get him to straighten up, but I am worried that he might be a little more strong willed than I thought.

Don't send me dirty emails. This was just going from my mom and dad's house across the gravel road to my grandparents house! Stratton thought he was big stuff!! He kept his hand on the shifter- haha!

Sunday night after church we went to eat with my parents at Cracker Barrel, where my mom gave him a biscuit with jelly! I don't know if he will ever eat plain bread again- thanks, mom. If you didn't know Stratton had my parents wrapped around his fingers, take a look at this. . .

Last night it was actually tolerable to be outside, so we played in the yard for awhile. We have a pretty nice size front yard, but where does my son want to play. In the flowerbeds on on the sidewalk. Here is Stratton sitting in the flower bed- eating mulch. I don't get the allure of eating pieces of dirty wood? Boys!?!

Ahhh. . .washing that mulch down with some juice! Do you see his poor knees?? He needs to figure out the walking by himself thing to relieve those red knees!!