Summer has begun!

This boy. It is too much. Pretty fun story involving poop, flea shampoo, dog hair and a semi concussion that goes with this pic, but we will save you the laughter. 

 Our Sonic is right across from the construction of a new Costco. We have big plans of hanging out watching the construction and using free ice cream coupons from Cousin Shae!

I have a feeling popsicles with the BFF will be a theme of summer, too. Clare found a fun (FREE) community fair down the street from her house!

 We went to Ijams Nature Center to celebrate the amazingly talented Uncle Curtis and it was so great. We will be going back. There is an outdoor "playground" that is just trees and dirt and awesomeness, a frog pond, turtles/fish/snakes to look at and a little kid area to teach about recycling. As we were walking through it Anderson spotted some books and said, "We should read a book, Bobble! I yuv to read." And then I had to run and grab some paper towels to clean up the puddle on the floor where I had just melted.

 Uncle Curtis WON the most votes!! Woo hoo!

 This is what most of the time with Anderson in public is like. He isn't crying. He is just crawling around my legs acting like he needs a tow truck. This outing was legit because there were green plates/cups, free food and drinks AND dessert was catered by a cake person! (baker?)

 Hilarious.

How great is this? The Rainy Day Brush Off is something Curtis participated in last year, too. He is so talented and his barrel was the talk of the event. 

We went to our first Lowe's "build & grow" activity and it was awesome/hilarious! Cousin Shae told us about it & it's free (which is all that matters) & he got an apron, goggles (which we didn't need, obviously) and the kit. We built an ice cream truck. I was expecting glue and cardboard. Oh, no. There were about 15 wooden pieces and 24 different sized nails. If you'll notice, this was our first attempt and I nailed the bottom on before we put the wheels on. I realized that this was a "read the directions first" kind of craft. Daddy will be attending next time.

The final product!! It was really so much fun and I have already signed him up for the next ones. Check it out wherever you live, if you have a Lowe's. They get a little "patch" to iron on their apron when they are done. When asked if he needed a patch, Anderson replied, "I have an eyepatch!"