Ashbaugh Adventures

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Summer Quickly Ending

I can't believe I only have 2 1/2 weeks left of summer vacation! It has gone by quickly. I've been keeping busy with Carson and enjoying it. Right now we have been taking parent child swim lessons. He likes playing in the pool but doesn't like his swim lessons. There are different things the instructor has us do to get our kids use to the water and to be safe. This week she really wants us to get them under water a lot more. He screams and cries when he gets out from being under water. He definately doesn't like it. She also has us try to get them to get use to being on their back to learn to float...another thing he doesn't like. He likes the songs we sing while in the water though. I've also been taking him to his new babysitter. He enjoys going over there and playing with her daughters. One is 3 years old and the other is 17 months old just like Carson. Everytime I go to pick him up he shows me what he has been playing with and starts to act silly...showing off to mommy...lol. Carson is also doing a lot better at feeding himself. It's so cute watching him and how he is growing. He also loves talking to himself in the mirror. After his bath and changing him into his PJ's, I put him close to the mirror in our bathroom and he starts the conversation. It is very cute to watch. We're still trying hard to get him to say actual words. He is interested in knowing what things around him are called, but hasn't really succeeded in saying the words correctly. It's fun watching him try though. Here are some recent pics.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Summer Vacation Part 2

Here are some pictures from the splash pad. I wanted to get some pics of him splashing in the water but I had to have both of my hands available. It was slippery and we found that out the hard way. Carson started running and as I was trying to get him before he slipped, he fell. It was a HARD fall too.

Trying to tell me something...he is so darn cute!

He uses his hands to try to explain things.

"I'm going to play peek-a-boo with you mommy!"

Here we are at the play area. There were no kids around his age so he watched the older kids play a lot. He would pretend to play with them too.

"The party can now begin!"

For some reason he bends his back like this when he is trying to impress people....I have no clue why...lol

Here is Carson with friends from our church. He enjoys getting together with his friends.

Carson's babysitter this past year had her baby. Since she already told us she won't be able to watch Carson this next year, we're on the search for a new babysitter. We have a meeting setup for tomorrow. We'll see how it goes.

Summer Vacation Part 1

We started off our summer vacation by taking a trip to Laguna Beach, California for Memorial Weekend (also our anniversary). We played on the beach by letting the waves splash us and played in the sand. Carson really enjoyed the water. He would only play in the sand for a little while then we were off to the ocean again. We also walked around Laguna Beach and saw all the shops. Since we didn't want to swim in the ocean we did some swimming at the hotel pool. It was a nice trip and wish we could have stayed a little longer. Here are some pictures from our trip.

Carson and I have been going to the library a lot. There is a baby area in the library that he plays with other kids and they also have baby time once a week. There is a retired preschool teacher that reads them stories, does finger plays and sing songs. Carson really enjoyed it. Since it's the start of summer, they decided to do a water fun day too. They had different buckets of water and the kids could explore with the toys that were in the bucket. They also had a mat with shaving creme. Even with all the neat stuff around for Carson to explore, he decided to play with BALLS! Here are some pictures from the water fun day.

We went to checkout the Sealife Aquarium in Tempe. It was alright...definately not worth $18. We were lucky to get tickets for $6! Thanks Cristi! Carson did enjoy it though. He kept pointing to the fish and trying to tell us something about it...lol...can't understand him though. He also touched a starfish. He liked looking at the starfish when they were pushed up again the wall and he could see underneath them.