Another adventure (Part 1)

Recently, mommy and I went to visit Daddy's family in Ohio. We started our vacation visiting

Great Grandma on our way to the lake where Daddy used to spend his summers when he was little:

During the drive to the lake, I might have drifted off... 

... but once there, I did some serious playing:

I especially loved the boat ride:

I always made sure I was well hydrated:

 

And really loved cuddling with daddy's cousin Joel:

 

 

I even suckered a few unsuspecting relatives into walking me up and down the pier for a while:

 

 

I also spent a good deal of time splashing in the water...

 

... which Grant didn't seem to mind too much (I think...):

 

And Daddy's cousin, Sarah, let me wear her hat during snack time:

 

All I can say...

... is that sometimes, you just gotta slap your naked belly...

... and at other times, a good conversation with the ceiling is in order.

And there's no denying that when the music starts, so does the dancing...

Trouble

Now that I can move about freely, I like to explore all the time. I especially enjoy getting into things that mommy and daddy say I shouldn't. Some of my favorites include:

Taking breakable items out of the kitchen cabinets (I mean, afterall, there are no doors on the cabinets, so it's just so tempting...)

Playing with the heating vents...

Taking the grate off the bottom of the fridge...

And if you think about it, I'm really just helping daddy find more things to fix around the house. It's incredibly helpful of me.... if you think about it.

I also go on less devious adventures. I especially like to check out my handsome reflection in the dishwasher or stove fronts:

Or take out all the non-breakable items from the cabinets (again, I figure it's a free-for-all with there being no cabinet doors and all...)

Or my personal favorite, crawl around naked on the floor. I mean, what's not fun about that?

(Also, don't tell my mom, but I've totally figured out how to crawl up stairs. She's the one who's in trouble...)

So...

Just because....

... doesn't mean that I'm not a big boy...

What I love about summer

Well, it's a pretty long list, actually, so I'll have to give you just a little taste cause I gotta go have me some more summer fun, ya know?

There's the part where I get to go barefoot and shirtless in the grass, which is awesome...

And actually, going without clothes entirely is very cool, I find...

And I also get to sport some cool shades...

But my favoritest of all is when I get to go swimming!!

Big helper...

... or maybe just making lotsa noise...

Either way, he's very proud.

Memorial Weekend

It will be hard to summarize all the adventures we had over the recent holiday weekend, but I'll give it a shot.

Probably the best part was seeing all sorts of family members who came into town for my mom's cousin's wedding! 

Cousin P-Rock taught me how to ride a snail...

Daddy played with me in the sprinklers...

Grandpa tried to beat me at the "ppffffftttt" game (silly man, doesn't he know there's no contest?)...

Grandma taught me how to read Tajik thanks to my new book...

... and by the end of the weekend, I could read a menu, which was my ultimate goal anyway...

I even got in a little chillaxin' with my ol' man...

I'd say we all had just about too much fun...

Oh, and of course, there was the wedding...