Summer Fun!!

We have been having lots of fun times lately! This past week we went to the park a few times to play. Maddox can't do too much, but boy does he love to run around out there. As soon as we drove up this morning and he realized where we were, he was pointing and making his usual "ohhh" sounds. Today he went down the slide a few times (with me holding his hand) and he really loved that. He mainly just likes running around, stepping up and down on things, and running up the ramp and across the bridge. Unfortunately I still cannot get the kid to enjoy swinging. It might root back to the fact that he just doesn't like to be confined, but he screamed when I put him in the swing today. I tried pushing through for a minute to see if he would change his mind once he got going, but no luck. Last time we went, he did swing for about a minute and he was smiling the biggest smile, but that quickly turned into a very unhappy face. Oh well, maybe next time!

We have also been spending a lot of time in the pool lately. When I say pool, I mean our inflatable pool in the backyard. Maddox really enjoys splashing around in it. He typically just walks around in it playing with his toys, tossing things in and out and so forth, but he seems to have the best time!

Maddox wanted his chair in his pool. He reminds me of a little old man just chilling in his chair with his belly hanging out!

We actually swam in a real pool on Wednesday with our friends Niki and Whit. The boys had a great time and so did the mommies! Maddox really enjoyed splashing around in the big pool. The only problem was that he liked being thrown in the air and wanted to do it over and over again, which needless to say made for some really tired arms. Fortunately, Niki had a baby pool too so the boys were able to play in it a lot also. I think the highlight of the day was probably lunch though. Both of these boys love to eat! Too bad I didn't get any pictures of Maddox trying to mooch Whit's lunch (even though he had quite a yummy and hearty lunch of his own). Some things never change I guess!!

Maddox and Whit's play date...here they are playing together, or rather, near each other, ha!

There was a lot of clapping going on! I think Maddox is clapping for Whit here wishing him a happy first birthday (and probably thinking that birthdays mean cake)!

Whit sure loved playing with that sunscreen. Maddox also spent quite a bit of time just picking up the bottles of sunscreen and setting them back down on the table in different places. Why do we spend so much money on toys?