All In A Day's Time

This past Saturday, we had a busy day.  We awoke, cleaned up, and headed to Irving to see some of Bill's family which had stopped in for a visit at Grandma Beeler's.  It was so hot outside, so Nolan was excited to see a kiddie pool, "bath" as Nolan calls it, in Great Grandma Beeler's front yard.  Elijah and Nolan played in the pool while Grandma Donna and Aunt Janet regulated.

 A little tree frog hanging out

 Looking good Bubba

Nolan had a blast playing with Earl, Great Grandma Beeler's dog!!  Nolan would take the ball from Earl, Earl would chase Nolan until Nolan threw the ball, and then Earl would go and retrieve the ball.  Earl is so good with kids!!  Nolan had no trouble getting the ball from Earl.  They played for quite a while like this.  It's actually quite a coincidence because I'm in the process of convincing Bill we need to buy Nolan a puppy! Every time Nolan sees a dog he says, "pup" and becomes excited!!

After we spent a few hours on the Beeler farm, we headed back to Edwardsville to enjoy the pool.  The only downfall was the water was warm because it was so HOT outside!! Another record breaker at 107 degrees!!  Nolan had fun anyways.  When he played in the kiddie pool he would pick up all the rings and put them in a basket.  Once all the toys were found, Bill would throw them out again and Nolan would pick them back up.  In the big pool, Nolan likes to jump off the side and into mine or Bill's arms.  He is a little daredevil and loves the water!!

 Collecting the rings

We spent about an hour and a half at the pool and my pregnant body had been there long enough!! It was so hot outside even the water didn't cool me down.  We packed up and went home, where the lovely 73 degree A/C was awaiting my return!

Nolan recently acquired a Mr. Potato Head from Target.  He now has Buzz and One Eyed Bart from the movie, Toy Story.  I have an old Woody doll somewhere at my parents' house, but I'll wait until it cools down before I go searching for it in the attic.  Nolan likes to play with "Mr. Toe-Tay-Toe."  I take all the parts off of the body and tell Nolan to find his eyes, teeth, nose, ears, arms, and hat.  Nolan is so SMART!! He knows everything, but the ears.  He will even place them in the correct order, with the exception of the frontside or the backside of the body, but at least he knows the eyes go above the nose, and so on.

We've already managed to lose the nose, so we use the tongue as the nose instead! :)

 Nolan's creation

Wow! When I look back we had a really busy Saturday, but a fun one.  Nolan was able to swim twice and see family he hadn't seen in awhile.