Labor Day & Bath Time Fun!

This week we were able to spend A LOT of time outside enjoying the beautiful weather. The temperatures have been perfect for playing outside. On Saturday evening Dawson's Lolly, Pop, and Uncle Logan (my parents and brother) came down for a short visit. They stayed until Sunday afternoon, but their main reason for coming to visit was to bring an outside play set for Dawson. On Sunday morning John, Pop, and Uncle Logan assembled the play set in the back yard, and Dawson has been playing on it ever since! We had fun visiting with them the short time they were here, and we're so excited that the next time we see them will be in the Tampa Airport when we go on vacation next month!

On Monday we had our small group over for a Labor Day cookout! We grilled burgers and hot dogs and had some yummy sides and cookies. We were able to spend the entire evening outside. The guys played corn hole while the girls chatted and Dawson ran around playing in the backyard. When Dawson got worn out, we brought him inside and after a quick bath he fell quickly fell asleep. He played hard all day, so I know he was worn out; he slept 12 hours that night which is rare, but it was wonderful! After Dawson went to bed, we got out the tiki torches and continued our cookout in the backyard. We had a great time celebrating Labor Day, and it was nice for John to have a holiday off of work too!

On Tuesday Dawson and I had several of his friends over for our weekly playdate. This week his friend Hayden (23 months), Ethan (25 months), Austin (25 months), Norah (21 months), and Jonah (3 years) were all able to come and play! Dawson had a great time after he decided to venture off of my lap to play. He is in the process of cutting two more teeth, so he has been a little fussy and clingy. He had a great time with his friends, though. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of this playdate.

Wednesday morning Dawson and I went to storytime at the library, and he loved it as usual! He is always so entertained just watching the other kids. Now it seems like he is learning to sit while the librarian reads the story and then to stand up during the songs! It's funny because he knows exactly where we go when we go in the library to find the storytime room!

One other fun thing we've done several times this week has been FIZZY TUB COLORS! If you don't know about these, you're missing out! Dawson thinks these are the coolest! :) Basically you fill up the bath tub with water, as usual, and then drop one of the nickel-sized tablets in the water. They come in red, yellow, and blue, but you can also mix them to make different colors. I was able to take a some pictures of when we did the blue color and the orange color! He loves these right now!

Enjoy the pictures below...

Above: John & Dawson playing together in the

yard on Labor Day.

Above: Unfortunately, this is the only picture I got from
our Labor Day cookout. But as you can tell we had lots of
good food.

Above: Dawson new play set in our backyard.

Above: Dawson has learned to climb into chairs.

Here he is relaxing in the shade of his tree

in our backyard.

Above: On Saturday morning we let Dawson and Bentley

play in the cul-de-sac in front of our house. The both loved

running around!

Above: Dawson playing outside in his Tennessee shirt

before the first game on Saturday!

Above: Dawson eating breakfast in his pj's.

Above: So much fun!

Above: We threw the tub color in the water!

Above: Dawson in his blue bath!

Above: More of the blue bath.

Above: Sweet Dawson.

Above: Again.

Above: Dawson having fun in the tub!

Above: Dawson and Daddy made the tub orange! Go Vols!