I started back with the nanny family this week. I'll be there until the beginning of August. Since Jake has to nap every afternoon, I'm trying to plan fun things to do every morning until lunchtime. I think I did a dang good job this week. (And I'll try not to post as many pictures next time. This is a bunch.)

Monday we went to the pool.

He LOVED being in the water.
No surprise, based on how he acts in the bathtub.
Also, he looks like the Gorton's fisherman.

Taking a juice break.

Trying on last year's sunglasses.

I'm too cool for bunny ears, C.

Warming up poolside.

So great! And the boys loved it!

Finding the good ones.

Jake wanted to help.

Just pick the blue ones... it's easy!

"Boys, look at the camera!"

Checking out our bounty... only $4.00!

Crawling around the house with D.

There's a lot of space to crawl around in here!

Wednesday we went to the water park.

Enjoying the lazy river with Aunt Candice and Caroline.

He kept wanting to put his face in the water and drink it, so I had to lift up the front of the float to keep his face out. He thought it was funny.

Waiting for D to come down the slide.

When is he coming?

There he is!

C's a strange one. He had on pants that probably fit a year and a half ago but wanted to keep them on. So I told him to go get socks and shoes before we left, and this is what I noticed when we got to the Jump Zone...

"C, why do you have on women's shoes?"

Bouncing is fun!

He spent most of the time practicing sitting down
and standing back up at the bench...

...and crawling around vaguely camouflaged into the carpet.

Bouncing with his girlfriend.

We slid down together!
(He really did enjoy it, despite the face.)

Jumping wears me out!

Friday we went down to the playground and
fountains at the River Market downtown.

Jake relaxed in the shade...

...while the boys climbed the rocks.

Jake enjoyed the view...

...while the boys played on the playground.

I'm coming, D!

I wish I could go higher!

They are all boy.

Can I go play?

Hey mama! Thanks for the fun week!

Just chillin out.

"Do something dumb with the statue."

This is the rest of my summer.
More adventures to come...

Posted in: C Man, D Man, Jake, pool on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at at 12:04 AM 2 comments    

Early in the week former Boss-Man called to see if I could keep the kids Thursday night until Friday morning. Boss-Mom was out of town all week and he had to go to Dallas overnight for a job, but would be back by the time the kids got home from school Friday.

Wrong. So it sleeted Thursday night, so school was canceled and I got the kids all day Friday. AND because of the sleet, all flights into Little Rock were also canceled, so I had to stay with them until today, when their dad was finally able to come back. Here were our adventures:

After picking up the boys we went back to the house.
D wanted to feed Jake.

Friday morning we slept in. I took Jake in to the boys,
and they started playing with his toys with him.

I went to get dressed and when I came back they said,
"Hey Ashley! We wrapped up Jake and put on a show for him!"

The three-man band.
C on xylophone, Jake on "tambourine" and D on piano.

They made Jake into Joseph.

And then Mary.

This is why I'm afraid to eat things at their house.

Friday afternoon I bundled up Jake in his snow suit he hadn't been able to wear yet to go outside. (I knew it was supposed to snow, so I brought it along for pictures' sake.)

On the back porch.
This suit makes his face look super-fat.

Cute? Yes.

In the front yard.
Pardon the snottage.
And I like his little thumb sneaking out of the sleeves.

Clever caption.

The real fireplace and the fireplace channel.

D warming himself in front of the tv.

Then leaping into the winter scene channel.

We spent all two days in front of their gas fireplace.
At one point all five of us were bundled up on the floor
in front of the fireplace watching Dirty Jobs. For some reason,
I couldn't get a clear picture of Jake in front of the fire.
They all came out blurry. Very weird.

The porch on Friday night when it started to snow.
(It had only been sleet up to this point.)

This is what happens when you leave Lil' Smokies in their water for a couple of hours. The grease congeals. Gross.

The view of their backyard this morning.

The front yard.

This is what it looks like when you let a
6 year old dress himself for outside.

Then they "sledded" in the front yard.

D's footprints with their dog's footprints.

And then we saw a woodpecker outside.

Posted in: C Man, D Man, Jake, snow on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at at 11:15 PM 0 comments