A Lovely Summer So Far...

It's been a fun summer so far and Garrett and I are making the most of it. Pool days are a regular occurrence in the back yard on those nice hot days. And he's always helping water the plants, grass, himself, and anything he can pour water on.

 checking out the boxelder bugs... which are aplenty 

 Enjoying some front yard picnic in style...

 he's learned how to spray with his finger... and likes to spray mom and dad, who don't like it... haha

doing the slip-n-slide... he wasn't too sure about it so jordan took him through. his favorite part was the goggles.

My favorite thing about garrett currently is his little imagination. He came up with a way to shave like dad. and it was pretty authentic for what the kid had to work with.

 "Goggles, check"

 trying out dad's socks

 milkshakes in california!! mmm, good!

 raspberries on the fingers... he likes them as much as his mom! (my favorite part about summer)

 airplane ride at the park

 first, and last time boating this summer. Garrett bounced a little and when I asked him how he liked the tube, his response was...

 "I went way super fast, mom, out there, did you see me? I did big trick, it was cool!" what a great time we had!! next year mom can go on it with him.... tubers for life!!

And because I cleaned houses for my job, and finally retired (gotta love early retirement), my house finally gets cleaned every week! I have the best helper, and Garrett LOVES to help clean. Especially when mom lets him spray the cleaner and use the sponge. Hoping that his enthusiasm to help clean will never go away!

Another favorite is drawing with chalk. He always asks in more of a statement, such as: "Lets do chalk mom. you want do chalk with me? (no waiting for response) here you go." and we draw train tracks and cars, and trains.