The Great Outdoors

We have been spending a lot of time outdoors lately. If you know me at all, you know that outside is not my favorite place to be in the summer. BUT, now that Lawson is our world, I have made a conscious effort to tough it out and spend time outside more than I normally would. Our boy is ALL boy, and he LOVES to play outside!!! Sometimes I think he's going to explode if he has to stay in the house for more than 30 minutes if it's not nap time or meal time. Here are some pictures to show how we spend our time outside.

I'm sure this is not appropriate attire for riding a four wheeler, but he REALLY wanted to wear his boots and he wouldn't stand still long enough to put his swim trunks on.

Look at that sweet smile. Don't let him fool you. He's a mess!!!

Swimming in the big pool at Aunt Kristin's house. This was really Lawson's first time in a "big" pool (basically one where he can't touch the bottom or get in and out anytime he wants.) He loves the water, but really wanted to do it himself. When we were in the water, he kept saying, "get out" or "all done". Then once we were out and wrapped in our towel, he would say, "get in waddy (water)" or "in, in, in waddy". What a mess.

We have reached a point where Lawson wants to do things himself. As I tried to put water in his little pool, he pushed my hands away and said, "I do it. Get, Momma." Such a big boy.

One of the highlights of any time in the back yard is, of course, the dogs. He loves on all of them, but he seems to really love "Eeese" (Ellie). As you can tell by his snug hug and the way Ellie's head is turned, she loves it too. Haha. Really though, she does tend to follow him around just waiting for some attention. I think these two will be best buddies.

And, of course, we love helping Daddy do pretty much anything. I'm sure someday getting him to work in the yard will be a bit more difficult, but for now, he loves to be a helper. He saw Jason shoveling dirt and ran to get his little "shobel" too.

I also have a helper when it comes to watering the "pants" in the front yard. He doesn't like when I try to point the water in a different direction than he wants, but sometimes he does actually get water on the plants instead of the mulch in between the plants. Sometimes he just wants to hold his hand in the spray.

So, it's July, and we live in Arkansas. It's hot and humid and pretty darn miserable outside. BUT, my little boy loves to play outside, so this indoor, air conditioner loving Momma will suck it up and sweat with my boys. (And, shortly thereafter, run to the shower. :-)).