Josie's Birthday Party

Wyatt got invited to his friend from Goddard, Josie's, Birthday Party. We were so excited to take him to Airmania and get the chance to see Wyatt playing with his friend's from Goddard. His friend Andrew was there, and his friend Gianna was there, and of course the birthday girl.

At first Wyatt was too scared to jump in the bounces. Gianna wanted him to jump with her so she came up to him and held his hand and said "Plllllease" It was the cutest thing I had ever seen. Since Wyatt wasn't feeling the jumping we all went over and let them play with the basketball set in the corner. Gianna's dad said Wyatt had quite an arm because he was doing such a great job throwing the balls.

After a while of playing basketball Mommy came up with an idea to have Daddy go in and jump with Wyatt to see if maybe he liked it more that way, and it worked! Here is Wyatt on his very first Moonbonce:See Buddy we told you it would be fun!!! Wyatt LOVED bouncing and was going through all the different kinds of moonbounces but he loved the pirate ship the most. Here is poor Daddy looking like he is held captive by all the kiddies (Peter Pan, much?)

No worries, Wyatt made a daring rescue and they made it out ok!

We decided to go back to the moonbounce we had originally tried Wyatt on (that he didn't like) and with Daddy in there bouncing around Wyatt was ready to go. Gianna saw him bouncing and she came over with her Mommy and Daddy too. Stan, Gianna, her Mommy, and Wyatt played ring around the rosie in the moonbounce and all jumped down. The kids had so much fun. We were so impressed with how friendly Gianna was she went right to Wyatt--so cute!

Here is Wyatt giving the Castle Moonbounce a try:

After we were all finished jumping we took Wyatt out of the moonbounce and we noticed he felt really hot. We brought him in and gave him juice and food but you could tell he wasn't feeling well so we ended up having to leave the party early. It was a good thing we did because Wyatt had a fever of 102. Poor little man had caught Daddy and Mommy's cold, but wow what a sport! I am glad he got to go and have fun with his buddies and it was nice to see him try something new and love it.

Gettysburg National Battlefield and Museum

For Mommy's very first AWS day she planned to spend the day at Gettysburg with Pappy. Mommy was a little unsure as to whether it would be good to take Wyatt too but since it was a wide open space to run in it was decided Wyatt should come along. Wyatt did such a great job and was such an adoreable little historian. He listened so well the whole time and he seemed really interested in the monuments. It was a great place to take Wyatt to learn and play and it was the perfect day since it wasn't too hot.

Pappy and Wyatt getting ready to take a tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield. A quick picture of some of the battlefield:

Standing in the center of the battlefield, Pappy takes a minute to explain the battle to Wyatt and Wyatt listens intently:


This is Mommy's favorite part of the battle Pickett's (and Pettigrew's) Charge:

Pappy and Wyatt take a walk on the battlefield (Union side):

Wyatt and Pappy pose in front of a cannon:

This was one of the funniest parts of the trip, Wyatt fell in love with the statue of Gen. George Meade. He would run up the hill and stare at him and then run back down and then turn around and run right back up. He would touch the statue and waive to the General and then pose for a picture. This went on for several minutes (I have many many pictures of Wyatt and this statue now), then he ran up to the statue and started marching in front of it:

Pappy and Wyatt take a break un front of the Commander Monument (this had a listing of the Commanders who were lost in the battle of Gettysburg.) Wyatt looks so proud sitting there with Pappy.

Wyatt ready to load the cannon:

Wyatt had fun playing under the artiltary cart, well until he bumped his head:

The last survivor of the Grand Army of the National Republic statue, Wyatt was really into this one:

Wyatt in front of the New York monument:

Wyatt soothes a very pensive Abe Lincoln:

We were very surprised when there was a huge brand new museum at Gettysburg. It was far bigger than the museum Mommy ditched school to go to on her Seinor skip day. Here is Wyatt and Pappy in front of the museum sign. Wyatt seemed to favor the Union calvary (looks like Custer would have had himself another man). Here was where Wyatt started speaking gibberish a mile a minute and showing people the display, he was quite the tour guide (sorry it is so blurry, Wyatt was so excited he tore through the museum pointing to things and then running to the next until he tripped and fell into the South Carolina Flag display- no worries no one was hurt and no debts were incurred):

Next on our tour, an example of the military encampment:

A representation of a Confederate uniform, Wyatt was far more interested in the Union:

Wyatt and Pappy looking at the Union soldier's uniform. Wyatt was fascinated:

Wyatt had so much fun he decided to join the Union forces (we kept the hat and figured we will go back for the gun in a couple more years):

I think all three of us had a blast at Gettysburg and there was so much to see we didn't even get to do it all (sounds like we may have to plan another trip up there). After the museum we drove over to Little Roundtop and took a look at the Joshua Chamberlain statue (Mommy always liked him and his funny mustache). Since Wyatt was sleeping we decided not to get out of the car but just to do a little driving tour. It was so great to see Wyatt taking an interest in history especially at this young age. He just loved every minute of it. He insisted we stop at every monument so Mommy jokingly said "Good thing we didn't take him to the National Cemetery we would have had to stop at each gravestone".

There is still so much more to see and I know we can't wait to go back, it was the perfect way to spend the day!

Pappy's 60th Birthday

Today we celebrated Pappy's 60th Birthday. There were all sorts of neat decorations and lots of fun games and activities to do. Wyatt had lots of fun playing with everyone there and was in Heaven with all the balloons around. Here is some of the fun we had:

Since Pappy was born in 1950 Mommy and Grandma 1950s decorations and Oh No the Big 6-0 decorations
There were stickers to put on the balloons to make faces so we got to make some super cool balloons. Here is the party room before the festivities began

Daddy and Wyatt snuggle on the couch before Uncle Steve takes his nap

Can you guess who the birthday boy is?Mommy made a cake and it started out looking really great but staying true to her style Mommy went a tad overboard, ok it was a mess,but it was a yummy messBlow out the candlesEveryone waiting for their slice of cakeWyatt was a super special helper and brought Pappy his giftsAnd added some light music for ambianceGrandma got a kit to make balloon animals and silly hats. This one is super bigThen a balloon joust broke out between Pappy, Great Grandma Peggy, and Bubba
Then Mommy took Wyatt upstairs to see Pappy's room:

And Wyatt got a little crazy

"Hello Sofa" with all the shock it was no surprise when Wyatt got all tuckered out and stole Uncle Steve's nap spot. Uncle Steve paid him back by decorating him

And Mommy and Daddy enjoyed a moment of peace!

I did say a moment, right?

A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPPY!!!

Mommy's Last Day at NIDA

Today was Mommy's last day at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Mommy got all dressed up and wore her super tall shoes. She was very excited for her last day but very sad too. To see all about her last day go to the Family Blog and read all about it.

A Visit with Auntie Beth and the girls

Today Wyatt and Momma went to see Auntie Beth, Sarah & Julia. Mommy was very excited to get to see Beth and the girls again. Wyatt (of course) was in Heaven with all the attention from the girls. Sarah kept wanting to take Wyatt to her room so they could snuggle in her bed. Julia was such a sweetie with Wyatt too. She was so good at watching after him and played so well with him. It was crazy to see how much they all had grown too. Here are some pics of the all the fun:

Hot Time in the Ol' Town Tonight

Recently Grandma and Pappy gave Wyatt a neat little Toy Story swimming pool. Since it has been so hot out recently we thought it would be a fun activity to have Wyatt get in the pool and play around. Daddy used all his breath and got the pool blown up and ready for Wyatt to play in. So when Wyatt woke up from his nap- what a surprise! He was so happy and apparently so was Tuppins (who thought it was a giant water bowl). The pool has targets along the side and guns that you connect to a hose and it squirts. Wyatt LOVED the squirt gun but didn't know quite how to use it

But with a little help from Mommy Wyatt was able to defend the Universe from Space Invader Aliens

And had lots of fun while doing it! He was splish splashin around and even let Mommy squirt him several times with the gun

What a happy much cooler Bubs he was!

(Thank you, Grandma and Pappy for the super fun new pool and Thank you, Daddy for putting it all together for us)