Liam at the Splash Pad

Way back in June, about a month ago, we were invited to meet some folks at a local splash pad for a playdate. Liam had never been to one before, so I was excited for him to try it out. He really liked it! He's not afraid to walk away from me, so he ventured out into the streams of water without coaxing and tried to hang out with bigger kids, although he was largely ignored. We were there about an hour and he spent most of that time in the sun out on the splash pad, but took breaks to come sit with me and drink some water and get a snack. I somehow managed to keep Liam from getting a sunburn, but I wasn't so lucky even though I spent most of my time in the shade and had even put sunscreen on my face! We need to go splash padding again soon!

Liam is in the lime green Batman shirt, and the the blue swim trunks since they were all Target had in his size the day I went!

He insisted on drinking my water.

On the edge

Yeah, he just walked right up to the group of strangers and sat down among them.

Wielding a toy he found on the ground. I made him give it back

Splashing near Tyler, one of the friends we were there with.

Cute splasher.

Liam's Curious George Birthday Party

I think it's safe to say I've gotten out of the habit of blogging. I didn't have time to really do it for a long time, and now that I have a little more free time to do it, I don't really think about doing it. I need to, though, so I will try to be a better blogger.

Liam's birthday party was originally supposed to be May 19, which ended up being just one day after we moved in our house. I informed our guests that the party was getting pushed back to June 2.

Between moving in and 4:00 pm on June 2nd, Will worked tirelessly on the house (I helped when I could) to try and get it ready for other people to actually come inside. We achieved this goal at approximately 3:59 pm June 2nd. The living room was still full of boxes just one hour prior to the party. Thankfully, Will's parents had been here that weekend and helped us a lot around the house.

Of course, I didn't get to do all the cute decorations I wanted to use or utilize all the fun ideas I found on Pinterest, but that's ok. A month and half after the party and it's already hard to remember all the details, so I'm sure no one cared that there weren't streamer garlands hanging from the ceilings.

Liam's buddies and their families came over and had snacks and cupcakes, colored, and played outside. The weather was nice that day. After the party, some friends stuck around, and we ordered pizza for dinner and the kids that were still here played some more. It was a lovely day, except for the chigger bites some folks got in our yard.

Liam enjoyed his George party, and had really been looking forward to "party cake" leading up to the event. He did a great job eating his cupcake in a civilized manner with a fork. I think a fun time was had by all!

The huge cedar tree in our backyard provided perfect shade.

The balloons were a big hit since I didn't have time to actually tie them down somewhere before the party.

Brown painter paper came in handy.

The toddler crowd loved coloring.

Bubbles

While we sang Happy Birthday to Liam

Finally got to eat some party cake!

Playing with the water hose resulted in a soaking wet Liam

An outfit change was necessary.

Playing with his new truck.

Look at that face! They had so much fun with that balloon!

Evidence a party had taken place. Nice cracked patio, right?