Labor Day Escape

I think the last time we made it to the lake for Labor Day was the year a friend toppled an ATV onto Chris's foot.  It then involved a trip to an emergency room and quite a stressful few weeks until we found out that it wasn't broken like the ER doc had said.  Chris was ridiculously lucky and it had simply severed the artery on top of his foot.  We had a much better experience this time around and the kids had a blast.

From the moment we started talking about going to the lake G and A started asking for Uncle J.  We drove down Friday after work (it is nice being close enough to do such things as it is one reason we wanted to be closer to family) and then back to STL Monday.  Saturday we went out in the boat and Sunday we just played around the house.  We also had Gma and Gpa Sehorn show up on Sunday so it was great to see them. 

Plenty of pictures capture a bit of what we did so here they are!  They are in reverse order though so keep that in mind.

In case you missed it G would ride with anyone on the Badger (pink four wheeler). He also liked riding the waverunner but was not super interested in just swimming.  We were brave and let A swim without a life jacket if an adult was near.  She did quite well after her swim lessons during granma camp. 

I guess we will see what else this fall holds. 

Creative Thinking

Yesterday afternoon the kids played in a nearby creek. After getting them home Chris decided they needed a bath as they were already wet and muddy. After they got out they were charged with getting dressed and told, "any bare bottoms I see I'm going to spank."

Mr G decided he wanted to go around in his birthday suit a while. He essentially made it into a game. While the bath was going I started making pizza, so G was more watching me on their stool as I was finishing. He would perch on the top step and any time Chris came around the corner he would sit down. He wouldn't so much as sit, as plop on his bottom because he would be reminded that he needed at least something covering his bottom.  He would then sit in wait, dangling his legs until Chris left the room. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Eventually G did go get clothes. He is actually going quite well in the potty training front.  He really likes standing up.  Somehow this though he managed to slip while standing and got a traditional toddler chin cut from the toilet, not the traditional coffee table or anything but the toilet.  Though yesterday was his last easy accident for us. We had a deal going that would cut up pacifiers if he did his bm in his pants. Well, our last one is now gone. See above for his creative thinking ability so we have some new challenge ahead of us to get him to go on the toilet. Ideas?