Summer Fun (from Kevin's Phone)

I'm finally remembering to get back into Dropbox to access Kevin's phone pictures...only a month and a half or so behind. :) Here are the highlights from the past 6 weeks of our summer:

 Planes: Fire and Rescue, way back in July.

It was cute--Kevin and Lewis just went to see it a 2nd time today.

 Uncle Dave, the toddler whisperer (L-R is Juniper, Otis, Mathilda, and Lewis)

This was while Emily, Dietgard, and I were setting up for my mom's birthday party.

 His first jump off the board

I was inside and didn't see him jump the first time(s), but I saw him jump later.

 Playing trucks in the garden with Juniper

 Hanging with a baby cow in the barn at Conner Prairie

 Oh, the places you'll go! (at Conner Prairie)

 At the playground in Louisville 

 Mama and Lewis, in a boat

This was while Kevin was assembling the desk.

 Trying out the trampoline at Puzzles Fun Dome

He met the weight requirement, but it was really hard for him to get much momentum behind his jumps. We'd never been here before, and it was so-so...part inflatables/part arcade, kind of expensive. We went because it's one of the only places that has inflatables open on the weekends. 

Bats game 

We went to a game a few weeks ago, which was a pretty big fail. He sat in the seats for just a few minutes--there were playgrounds and the carousel that were much more enticing. It also rained quite a bit, so we spent a lot of time under shelter--I think we left in the 3rd or 4th inning.

Baseball and Thanksgiving Feast at School

While Kevin and Lewis worked on leaves this weekend, I worked on cleaning and organizing some things inside the house. Among the things I uncovered was Lewis' baseball glove and ball set that Papaw Carter had gotten him last year for Christmas or his birthday (I forget which one). I think it was a bit big at the time, so I put it back for 'later'...and now that he's found it, he is obsessed with it!

So obsessed, in fact, that he's slept with it the past three nights:

I think all three mornings when we've gotten him, he's still had it on his hand, ready for action. Like, 'Put me in, coach!' Thankfully it's soft and doesn't appear to cause him any discomfort from sleeping in it. :)

He likes to play catch, too. At first we played in the basement, then upstairs in the living room, and now outside. He makes us put on our gloves, too, and we toss it back and forth a few times. He's got the throwing thing down--the catching part and how the glove works, we are still working on.

Today was Lew's Thanksgiving feast at school (which we had told him about), and he seemed pretty excited to see us when we walked into the gym to eat lunch with him. Mama and Dada at school!? Each of the classes was responsible for an item (rolls, turkey, cranberries, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie), and we enjoyed a nice little meal with him and one of his teachers and another mom/boy from his class.

  

Happy Thanksgiving!