Landon's Summer Adventures

The summer has gone by extremely fast for us, but we have had a lot of fun.  These are a few of the fun things Landon did.

Swim Lessons

For two weeks in the middle of July, Landon took swim lessons.  They were in our development at the pool, which was really nice and convenient.  His teacher was actually one of my former students and she was great with the kids.  There were only 3-4 other kids in his class so that was really nice as well. Landon loves to be in the water, but didn't really like to get his face wet or go under.  Now, he doesn't mind going under at all.  In fact, he will even jump in all by himself.  He loves to put his face in or under the water.  He also likes to push off the wall and glide, float on his back monkey crawl along the side of the pool and move his arms and kick his legs. - All the things he learned and practiced in swim lessons. He can't swim on his own yet without swimmies, but he has really improved and does a great job with everything.  We are headed to Illinois in a few days and he can't wait to go down the slide at my parents pool and jump off the diving board at Matt's parents pool!

Moving his arms and kicking his legs

 Putting his face in the water

Monkey crawling to the deep end

Jumping in the deep end

Back float

Trying to swim on his own

Splash Pad

Crocker Park is an outdoor mall about 10 minutes away from our house.  It has a huge movie theatre, stores, restaurants, etc.  It is a really fun place to go.  One day at the end of July, the boys and I headed there for lunch.  We ate outside, got smoothies and then Landon played in the splash pad.  What a fun afternoon!

 Lakewood Park

Last Wednesday Rachel and I took all four boys (Jack, Cooper, Landon and Keegan) to Lakewood Park.  There is a huge play area for the kids and the park overlooks Lake Erie.  It is really pretty.  Landon and Jack played for a little bit and then we had a picnic lunch in the grass.  It was a lot of fun.  Here are some pictures of the boys!

Anniversary & Concert

Matt and I just celebrated our seventh wedding anniversary!  Cara was here during that time so she babysat one night for us so we could go out to dinner.  We went to a restaurant called "Strip" that was about 4 miles away from our house.  We had a great time and the food was amazing!!  We ate dessert at the restaurant, but since it was our anniversary they also gave us a complimentary cake!  We boxed it up and ate it a couple days later.  We actually have some left.  It was pretty big and very tasty.  That was a nice surprise!

Matt and I after we got home from dinner

A couple fun family pics from that night

 Cara and I also got to go to the Tim McGraw/Kenny Chesney concert while she was here.  Matt and I had a retirement party to go to for my department chair, so we missed the opening acts (Jake Owen & Grace Potter) but the concert did not disappoint.  It was amazing!!  And Tim and Kenny are definitely not bad to look at for four hours :)  We had so much fun!

Cara and I in front of Kenny's bus

 Tim McGraw

 Kenny Chesney

 Cara and I at the concert

Thanks for being our babysitter and going to the concert with me, Cara!  Good times :)

Memphis Kiddie Park

Cara came to stay with us for about 4 days last weekend.  Landon loves his Aunt Cara so he was very excited!! We picked her up at the airport Friday morning and then headed to Memphis Kiddie Park.  It is an amusement park for kids.  We had never been before so we decided to try it out.  It started pouring as soon as we pulled into the parking lot, but it turned out to be sunny and hot about 15 minutes later.  I think Landon is used to bigger rides now that we have been to Sesame Place many times, but he still had a good time.  He went on everything and loved the roller coaster!  Here are some pictures from the day.

Driving cars

 No Hands

 Hands up again

 Flying in the airplane

 Driving a boat, he loved to ring the bell on this ride

 On the ferris wheel

 Driving a pony on the track

 We packed lunch to take with us but the park did not allow food or drinks inside.  So, we had a picnic in our car during our lunch break.  Landon and Aunt Cara sat in the very back!!

 Landon and I on the roller coaster....hands up!!

Aunt Cara and Landon on the roller coaster

 One more time with Aunt Cara

 All of us at the park.  Keegan was with us too but he slept the majority of the time in his stroller. - What a good baby!!

Thanks for going with us, Aunt Cara!!

Helping and Playing

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.  It seems like we have been busy so I haven't updated the blog much.  There are more posts to come so stay tuned :)

Landon helped Matt hang a couple things in our dining room. Landon used his own set of tools.  He is hammering using his "Pat" 

 Such a big helper

 Here is the finished product!

 Landon has been playing a lot this summer with the other kids in the neighborhood.  This is Landon playing with Lily, who lives right next door.  They love to play in his Jeep!

 At one point, they had to stop so Landon could look under the hood and fix something :)

 What fun!

Landon, Keegan and I go to the park in our development a lot during the day.  Last week I thought I would take some pictures of Landon playing.  Here they are!!

 There is a little walking/running path on the way to the park. They have little workout stations along the path and Landon likes to stop and do his exercises on the way home.  Here he is doing push-ups.

 Time for step ups

 Swinging on the parallel bars

 The last one....dips!  Great workout!

  Here are just a few pictures of all of us from the past few weeks.  

Keegan hanging out on the couch.

 So happy

Landon and I giving Keegan kisses

Love this pic of the boys

Our smiling baby boy

This was one Sunday after church.  We took a pic of the boys on the stairs and Landon wanted to take a picture of Matt and I.  It is a little fuzzy but he did a pretty good job!