I'm so far behind!!

I have not been doing a very good job of keeping this blog updated lately. Summer is BUSY!

Here's some highlights from the past few weeks...

Jasper says the FUNNIEST things now. A sampling:
*"I want to push the ding dong button." (the doorbell)
*"Whatcha doin' Mommy?" I said, "Watering the flowers." Jasper replied, "That will make them happy!"
*When given tangerine pieces and told they're like peaches, Jasper said, "I want pretty peaches."
*"Your toenails brown, Mommy?" I said, "Yes, Mommy painted them." (not really brown, a dark pinky color) Jasper said, "Daddy paints his toenails, too." (Daddy hurt his toe and one is all black)
*Jasper said,“Mommy, be a dragon.” Josh said (trying to convince Jasper to eat a veggie,)“You know what dragons eat, don’t you? --Carrots!” Jasper quickly replied, “AND boys!”
*When seeing painted breezeway for first time, Jasper said,“Cool – it’s blue!” The next day he said, "I like this color!"
*As I was pulling into a parking spot, Jasper said honestly, "Mommy, it's not going so well."

Jasper's Grandma Cathy got him his "very own playground." He loves it! He can climb the climbing wall like a pro. He played with a frog we found in the yard the other day and decided the frog should go down the slide.

Jasper spent the night with Grandma Debbie and PaPa Brooke last weekend. (So Mommy could paint the breezeway - looks great!) He was, of course, an angel for them. He got to sleep on his new cot, which he seemed very excited about. We picked him up on Saturday, and we went to the Binkerd's house for a cookout to celebrate their baby boy (due in a couple weeks.) They also have an 18 month old, Kiley. Jasper loved playing with her and all her neat toys. She had a sandbox and Jasper liked playing in it, if he didn't have to actually touch the sand.

One day after dinner, Jasper said, "I want to go to Bounce Place." (We've gone to Bremen Bounce, a place that has those big blow up jumping things in them, twice.) He was quite adament about it, so I improvised and we made our own 'Bounce Place" out of every pillow in the house. Jasper loved it!!

Jasper and I made a bus out of the box that his playground came in. This was another idea from the book that we have. It was complete with a door, a windshield, wheels, headlights, and a steering wheel. Jasper thought it was pretty neat!

This week, Jasper got to go to Grandma Cathy's house and he had a blast. So much so that he said, "I don't want to leave yet!" He was asleep not 5 minutes after we left, though!

The past few hot days, we've played water games in the evenings. We used squirt bottles and squirt guns and wet sponge balls. Yesterday we ran through the sprinkler. Soon we'll put up the pool.

Today, Jasper got to see Grandma Judy and Grandpa Jack. He didn't want them to leave either, and he hugged and kissed and hugged and kissed them!

Tomorrow starts another new week. Starting this week I will be working 4 days a week because my job is so busy. Jasper will either go to daycare, Grandma Cathy's or Grandma Cathy or Grandma Judy will come here to watch him. I will have Fridays off. I am giving piano lessons to two boys, so that will be on Fridays as well as playdates, errands, chores, other summer outings, etc. It will be busy, but fun.