Summer Lovin'

Just wanted to post with some silly pictures of Zack playing in the water.   I have to say I'm just glad that he's playing in the sprinklers and wanting to get into the bath.  It was hit and miss the first few years with him.  He never was sure about the water but now he's starting to become a fish.  Zack still hates his face to get wet.  And forget about trying to wash his hair.  I might as well be trying to drown him by the way he screams when it's time to wash his hair.  But he gets over it quickly and back to playing. 

Lately I've been having a hard time keeping Zack out of the water in the backyard.  We had a sprinkler hooked up to the hose but he was always turning it on (and leaving it on) without us knowing.  Next thing you know he's running in the backyard naked (at least the picture below he has his underware on).   As a punishment we actually took the sprinkler way from him.  

Zack running through the sprinklers with his underware one.



Zack has been wanting to swim at the pool, but it's been a bit cold and windy so this was a good alternative.  Thank goodness for Garden tubs.



Zack trying to float on his back.  I'm just proud of him for getting some of his hair wet.  Next year I will definitly be getting him in swim lessons.

Since Zack has been wanting to swim in the "pool" (our bathtub) so often I finally bought a small pool for our backyard.  Zack got one for his birthday last year from my sister but it got a hole in it :(.  It's not a big pool but it works for Zack playing in it and jumping in it.  Unfortunely Gavin usually naps between 11 and 2 so it's not too often he gets to play in the pool because I normally have to be to work by 4 or 5. 

Gavin is by far more of a fish then Zack is.  He doesn't even mind too much when Zack sprays him with the hose, squirt gun, or a cup of water.  He just stands there and takes all the water he can get. 

And totally unrelated to the water post, but I just wanted to document a funny conversation Zack had with me today at the Tire Store.

We were waiting to have my tire looked at.  Zack and Gavin were playing around the seating area.  A Polynesian women and her son were also in the seating area.  Zack loves making friends so he sat down next to the boy (which at first he thought was a girl).  The little boy was the same age as Zack and didn't have any shoes on.  Zack looked at me and said "Mom, he has color on his foot."  Not sure what he meant I asked "What do you mean he has Color on his foot".  Zack said "His Foot is brown."  The mom of the little boy was just laughing.  It's so funny that at such a young age Zack is already starting to notice people's different skin color.  I just told him that some people have different skin color. 





A Zooing we will go

In our family there are two people that have never been to the zoo (and one of them isn't the cat). That's right my friends and family, Bob has never been to the Utah Hogle Zoo; not even on a field trip. Actually the first time he's ever been to a Zoo is when we were in Australia and we went the the Steve Irwin Australian Zoo. Crazy, I know!

So we got a membership.

It's something that I want Zack to grow up doing. And I think the membership is going to be perfect because then we don't have to worry about seeing EVERYTHING in one trip. So Wednesday we went to the Zoo. It was a lot of fun, and the zoo has changed so much since I've been there. There is a new Elephant Habitat, The Cat house has totally been redone so instead of the "cats" in cages they are in what looks like a natural habitat. The penguins are where the seals use to be. And sadly there aren't any Polar Bears, Hippos, Lions or Seals, all which I fondly remember. On a happy note a Giraffe is about ready to have a baby and one of the Elephants is pregnant and should have a new little one in the next month or two.

Zack seemed to enjoy the Zoo. I would let him out of his stroller every once in a while and we point at the different animals. I think he's realizing that there are more animals out there then just a silly cat.

Here are a few pictures from out trip.

And a picture of Zack and one of his friends. Notice Zack is trying to steal his food (That's my son for you!)

And some of the animals that we saw....

A Zooing we will go

In our family there are two people that have never been to the zoo (and one of them isn't the cat). That's right my friends and family, Bob has never been to the Utah Hogle Zoo; not even on a field trip. Actually the first time he's ever been to a Zoo is when we were in Australia and we went the the Steve Irwin Australian Zoo. Crazy, I know!

So we got a membership.

It's something that I want Zack to grow up doing. And I think the membership is going to be perfect because then we don't have to worry about seeing EVERYTHING in one trip. So Wednesday we went to the Zoo. It was a lot of fun, and the zoo has changed so much since I've been there. There is a new Elephant Habitat, The Cat house has totally been redone so instead of the "cats" in cages they are in what looks like a natural habitat. The penguins are where the seals use to be. And sadly there aren't any Polar Bears, Hippos, Lions or Seals, all which I fondly remember. On a happy note a Giraffe is about ready to have a baby and one of the Elephants is pregnant and should have a new little one in the next month or two.

Zack seemed to enjoy the Zoo. I would let him out of his stroller every once in a while and we point at the different animals. I think he's realizing that there are more animals out there then just a silly cat.

Here are a few pictures from out trip.

And a picture of Zack and one of his friends. Notice Zack is trying to steal his food (That's my son for you!)

And some of the animals that we saw....

Pool Time.... or not

Last Wednesday I took Zack to the pool. To say it didn't go well is kind of an understatement.


We got to the pool, applied sunblock to the both of us, then headed out to look for some friends. We found them in the deeper pool (about 4 feet). At first we sat on the edge of the pool with our legs dangeling in. That didn't seem to faze Zack too much. I thought "yipee, he's over his fear of water" (bath time is improving). So we got into the pool. He HATED it. He clung to my neck trying to get out of the water. Then a kid would swim by and splash him and he's freak out. I'm hoping it's just a matter of getting use to the water and the new environment. He's not quite one yet so all this stuff is still pretty new to him.




He did however love running around the outside of the pool. Which was fun for me because I got to follow him. He also wanted to climb the stairs to the slide but they were wet (another freakout) and when he got use to that a kid would walk by and splash him (another freak out). We tried the kiddie pool where the water isn't deep at all. But again he hated it. He would just try to climb up my leg. And don't forget the splashing or the fact that the kid pool has tons of water being squirted from all directions.


We'll continue to go to the pool this summer and hopefully he'll eventually get use to the water.

Pool Time.... or not

Last Wednesday I took Zack to the pool. To say it didn't go well is kind of an understatement.


We got to the pool, applied sunblock to the both of us, then headed out to look for some friends. We found them in the deeper pool (about 4 feet). At first we sat on the edge of the pool with our legs dangeling in. That didn't seem to faze Zack too much. I thought "yipee, he's over his fear of water" (bath time is improving). So we got into the pool. He HATED it. He clung to my neck trying to get out of the water. Then a kid would swim by and splash him and he's freak out. I'm hoping it's just a matter of getting use to the water and the new environment. He's not quite one yet so all this stuff is still pretty new to him.




He did however love running around the outside of the pool. Which was fun for me because I got to follow him. He also wanted to climb the stairs to the slide but they were wet (another freakout) and when he got use to that a kid would walk by and splash him (another freak out). We tried the kiddie pool where the water isn't deep at all. But again he hated it. He would just try to climb up my leg. And don't forget the splashing or the fact that the kid pool has tons of water being squirted from all directions.


We'll continue to go to the pool this summer and hopefully he'll eventually get use to the water.