"Water, outside, pool, swim..."

"Water, outside, pool, swim, water, outside, pool, swim." That is what is what we hear every day from Parker. It turns out we have quite the little swimmer on our hands. Parker LOVES going to the pool in our neighborhood, and is getting more and more brave every time we go. He was insisting that he swim by himself without assistance from anyone, so I decided it was time to try the little arm floaties. I was a little hesitant that he would be too young for them, but they worked great! He can now swim (short distances of course) around the pool without me holding him. He also loves to jump into the water by himself...over, and over and over! If I try and help him do anything these days he tells me "No, Karker do it." (He pronoucnes his name Karker instead of Parker).

One funny pool story. We were at the pool with my friend Mindy and her little boy Jake. All of the sudden Parker started pointing and saying "Fish, Fish." I looked over and the lifegaurd had a bag of goldfish crackers sitting next to his chair. I told Parker that those were not his fish, and we proceeded to swim. A few minutes later Parker got out of the pool, and I just assumed he was going to the side to jump in. Well, I was wrong. He grabbed the lifeguards goldfish and took off running! I had to jump out of the pool to chase him and the fish down. Luckily the lifeguard was just laughing and said "He can have some if he wants." We gave the lifeguard back his fish, and luckily Mindy had some fish with her that Parker could eat :)

The pictures below are from the little pool in our backyard. I keep forgetting to take my camera to the big pool to take pictures of him swimming in his floaties, but once I remember I will post those. He loves playing in the pool in the backyard b/c it is the perfect size for him to splash around and just act crazy! Oh- and one more thing. As you can tell from the last picture, he DOES NOT like any type of sprinklers. We have tried and tried, but he just cries everytime we turn them on and says "No, No, off, off." The only thing we can figure is that he does not like having the water in his face like that? Then again, he will jump into the pool and go under, so who knows!?!?! All I know is the he wakes up asking for "water, outside, pool, swim," and he goes to bed asking for "water, outside, pool, swim!"

Cupcakes

Here are some pictures of Parker making cupcakes. He had so much fun mixing them up and scooping them into the tins. He was not very happy when I had to take them away to put them in the oven, but once he realized he got to eat them afterwards he was OK with it :)

Sleepy boy....

So, one night I gave Parker a bath a little earlier than usual. (He was extra messy!) I got him all ready for bed in his PJ's, but since it was only 7:00 I decided it was a little too early for bed. So, I let him play in the playroom for a little bit so that I could fold some laundry. I was not even gone 10 minutes when I realized that things seemed a little too quiet in there. I was certain that he was up to trouble. So, I snuck around the corner to try and catch him in the act and when I got to him he was totally passed out on the playroom bed! At first I couldn't see his eyes, so I thought he was just laying there. Once I realized that he was asleep I ran to grab the camera to capture the moment. After snapping a few pictures, I just went ahead and picked him up and put him in bed. He did not even open his eyes, and went straight to bed for the rest of the night! It is just really funny b/c he does not sleep anywhere other than his crib. He never falls asleep in the car, on the couch, etc. I guess he had had a pretty big day for a 2 year old and just couldn't stay awake any longer!!! We have already painted Parker's room and are in the process of making it into a "Big Boy Room." We plan on making the transition to the big boy bed soon, and I am hoping he falls asleep as good in that as he did that night in the playroom!