Funny faces

Just a few priceless faces of someone enjoying one of the last warm days of summer in the backyard!

Shrek

Nolan loves watching the Shrek movies. Over the weekend we rented the latest movie for him and he got quite the kick out of watching Shrek change dirty diapers!

Minnow water

Last week the city held a block party for the incoming college students.  The office had a booth handing out slush which Nolan really enjoyed helping at.  We took a few minutes and walked around the block party and did a few activities that other businesses had to offer.  My friend Janna had minnow races at her booth.  Nolan and I were going to race our minnows but Nolan didn't understand the concept of blowing out through the straw and instead, took a big swig of minnow water in! He didn't seem too concerned about it though and finally did get the minnow to race away down the tube.

Somersaults

Nolan finally figured out that he really doesn't need mom and dad's help in order to do a somersault. He was pretty proud of himself when he mastered the skill.

Nolan Ryan???

Last weekend at the lake, Nolan was working on his swing.  I caught some priceless pictures of his face mid swing.  The pictures speak to his personality... he does things with all his might... if he chooses to do them!

Gimpy leg

Nolan has been known to be a little lazy from time to time and it has reached an all time high lately! He and I recently spent a little time in the cities with Auntie and Uncle and the cousins.  I needed to make a quick stop at a camera store while we were down there.  It was about 98 degrees and 100% humidity mind you,  and I was trying to get Nolan to walk with me around the block to find the camera store.  Nolan apparently deals with heat as well as I do! As soon as we started walking he said that he wanted to be carried.  I wasn't about to lug a 35 pound child around in 98 degrees and 100% humidity so I told him to walk.  At this point, he started to melt down... He started crying and saying, "my legs broken mama" and proceeded to drag one gimpy leg behind him.  Where in the world did he learn this???? We finally made it to the store and calmed down.  I wish I had thought to pull out the camera at that moment and take a picture of his gimpy leg but that was the last thing on my mind at the moment!  So, here is just a random picture of his innocent little face.  Don't be fool though, he is the puppet master!

Track Meet

Nolan competed in his first track meet this evening.  He did pretty well and seemed to take after mom and dad in his love of running.  He said, "more running" after each race.  He ran a 50 meter dash and a 100 meter dash.  For both races, he was slow off the starting blocks since he was looking his competition over and sizing them up.  He got 2nd place in both races but seemed to get side tracked by a pretty little girl a couple of lanes over and wanted to go visit with her until dad called him back to reality and the race! All in all, it was a successful first meet!