Unofficial End of Summer

Wow! This summer has gone so fast! With the celebration of Labor Day comes the unofficial end of summer! This was my second summer season and let me tell you...it was a ton of fun! We had a great family weekend to top off our great summer.

On Saturday, we said "good-bye" to our pool...forever! Yep, we gave our pool to a local family who came and took it apart over Friday night and Saturday morning. Now I have a REALLY big sandbox to play in! I have spent more time in the pile of dirt left by the pool than I ever did in the pool itself! After that was done and I had gotten a good nap, we headed over the Great-Grandpa & Grandma Young's at the lake. My Great-Aunt Sharon and Uncle Mike were in town visiting, so we all got together for dinner. My Gram Gram Peters was there, along with my Great-Uncle Bob and Aunt Carole along with their son Brett. Even Grandma Peterson went with us. Here is a photo of Aunt Sharon with Uncle Bob playing with Theodore.

On Sunday, we got up early and went to church. We hadn't been in a few weeks with all the travel and busyness of the summer, so everyone there was really glad to see me. I am like the only kid who doesn't cry when Mom and Dad leave me at the nursery, but cries when they come to pick me up. I have so much fun playing with the other kids. Soon Teddy will come to the nursery with me, but Mom and Dad usually still take him to the service with them and he sleeps the whole time. We spent some time at home through the rest of the morning and afternoon. Then, we went to the Smith's lake house for dinner. The Smith's are my parent's friend, Tim's parents, so Tim and Tonia were there. We had a yummy dinner down by the lake and I went on my first big boat ride (besides the paddle boat at camp). I wasn't so sure about it at first, especially when I had to put on a life jacket, but after we got going I liked to wave at the other boats and point to the big waves the motor made in the water. I even got to drive the boat with Tim!!

We ended up staying at the lake well past my bedtime because we were having so much fun. Tim was playing with Teddy down on the floor and I was busy playing with his neice Gretchen who is almost 16 now. Thanks Tim & Tonia for inviting us to the lake! We had such a wonderful time!
Yesterday was a day at home to help Daddy with some yardwork and play in the big sandbox. We ended the long weekend with a good dinner at Champ's with Grandma Peterson.

This morning Theodore tried out the bouncy seat for the first time. He really seemed to like it. He didn't do much bouncing yet because he isn't quite big enough. I was a professional bouncer back when I used to hang out in there. We will have to see if he gets as good as me.

Here Theodore and I sharing a little brotherly love. Aren't we cute?!