Weekend Fun

I love my weekends with my boys! Sometimes it's just spending time around the house and sometimes we do something a little different, but either way I love it! A couple of weekends ago the weather cooled off a bit and it was the first day of fall on Sunday, so we had a lot of fun outside.

On Saturday, we took Lawson and Addison to Deer Acres Zoo in Hackett. I'm from Hackett but had somehow never been there. We had a good time minus the time we spent trying to chase the geese away so Lawson would stop screaming. He HATED the geese. The geese just wanted the food we had, so any time they would get too close, Jason would throw a bunch of it away from us so they would go eat and leave us alone. Let's face it people. Geese are scary with their long necks and their loud honking as they run at you with their mouths open. There's also a chance I was chased by a goose when I was little, so I might be a little sympathetic to Lawson's terror at the sight/sound of geese. :-)

Addison fed the donkeys, and can I just say few things are cuter than a baby donkey. I'm not sure why, but man they are cute!

How cute are these two holding hands? Lawson would go anywhere Addison wanted. And, she's pretty crazy about him too. 

Feeding baby goats. Also very cute, and much more Lawson's speed. 

He would even feed the big goats. Every time they would take food from his hand he would smack his lips like he was taking a bit too.

And they had some playground equipment too, so we took advantage of the nice weather and played some.

Later that evening we had our first bonfire of the season. We love a good bonfire, and since we can do it right in our own backyard, it's even better. We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows. Lawson loved it, and he was actually a very good boy around the fire. He kept pointing at it saying, "hot fire, no-no."

My favorite boys in my favorite time of year doing one of my favorite things. I am one happy Momma.

What a fun day we had! I LOVE fall, so I'm looking forward to more and more of this in the next few months. 

Daddy's Boy

Lawson LOVES his Daddy, and his Daddy loves him! They are the best of buddies. As Lawson gets older day-by-day, I see him becoming more and more of a Daddy's boy. Don't get me wrong. He loves his Momma, but he tells me all the time, "I Daddy buddy." and "I Daddy big guy." On the one hand I might be a little jealous, but mostly I'm just grateful that Jason is such a great Dad and that he loves spending time with his boy. 

Sweet boys. Just hanging out.

An older picture, but a pretty typical scene around our house.

A few month ago Jason was sick. Since he was running fever I did my best to keep Lawson out of his face but telling him Daddy was sick and needed to rest. A few days in Jason's fever broke and he laid in the floor to play with Lawson at which point Lawson went and got a few of his tools and said, "I fix it Daddy."

"I snuggle Daddy."

Just a little train ride.

"I help Daddy."

Look how tightly he's holding on.

Cruising in Daddy's truck.

Filthy dirty from playing in the dirt...like his Daddy.

I came home to this scene once recently. Lawson and Daddy nap time.

"I fix it with Daddy."

Just enjoying the backyard.

Hmmm...wonder where he saw someone do this...

This is what they do with their hats when they aren't wearing them in the truck. Lawson likes Daddy's hat to be right beside his where ever it is.

I Hide.

Lawson thinks it's funny to hide. He thinks it's funny for us to hide. The problem is that I'm not entirely sure he actually knows what hide really means. For a month or so he's been asking us to hide in the house. You know, around the corner, in the closet, on the other side of the bed in our room, under a blanket, etc. He thinks it's funny to "find" us even when he told us where to hide in the first place.

Hiding outside is a favorite activity of his too. Pretty much every evening we play outside in the yard, and pretty much every evening he wants to ride the mower. So, we take him for a ride. I drive him around the yard in circles, and at some point, Jason will hide around the corner of the shed or behind a tree or something. As we drive by whatever he's hiding behind, he jumps out and Lawson squeals with delight. Sometimes Lawson says, "Daddy hide." Then pushes Jason to the hiding spot and then proceeds to "hide" right beside him. Also, a few weeks ago, Carla's kiddos were playing chase in the back yard (or maybe it was tag), anyway, Cassie hid behind the shop. Basically she backed up against the shop wall and got as flat against it as possible. Lawson loves Cassie, so he ran to get beside her and did the same thing. Since then he will back up in the same place and say, "I hide." "Cassie hide." Basically, the kid loves to hide.

So, last week I got the above picture from Jason with the caption, "Hiding."

Did I mention that I don't think he's clear on the actual meaning of the word hide.

I love this kid! He makes my day!