We all had a water filled memorial day weekend. I got out Sullivan’s baby pool on Friday and we splashed and played in it. It has been a very hot week here. We set two record highs for May and we had spent most of the week inside so it was great to get outside and do something fun. Damon squirted us with the hose and filled the air and pool with bubbles and we kicked and played for several hours. Then Saturday was Ella Grace’s 4th birthday party and she had a splash party so Sullivan got to play in the “bath” as he calls it over at their house. They had three pools in the back for kids to play in. Ella also had a pinata at her party that Sullivan thought was very neat. Sullivan watched the kids take turns beating the pinata and then quickly swooped in to pick up the candy that fell on the grass. After he discovered the joy of lollipops he gathered as many as he could find and took them along on his adventures. With one in his mouth and one in either hand you can see Sullivan in above picture trying to go down the slide a task that was much harder to achieve with lollipops in hand.
Then Kirk and Carolyn had a memorial day party at their house so we went back over on Sunday and the kids had more pool times. Been a fun weekend.

Just thought I’d post a cute picture of Sullivan during one of our many laundry basket rides through the house. If the laundry basket is sitting empty in the living room he’ll climb inside and say “ride?” and Damon and I will pull him around the house in it. Isn’t he a cute kid 🙂

Sullivan and I had an arts and crafts morning this past week. He usually isn’t very interested in craft type projects but lately he has shown a little more interest especially since Damon and I organized all of his arts and craft supplies in a new rolling cabinet that is readily accessible to him AT HIS level. Most of the time he simply opens the draws and takes out supplies to use in his building experiments but lately he’s been taking out the playdough and exploring the curious texture and molding capabilities. That is of course when he is not trying to eat the stuff which is about 3/4 of the time he is playing with it. He also likes to squish the play dough on mommy’s face and then on his head as you can see in the picture above. We also enjoyed some painting time and he got to wear his new Elmo art smock that Auntie Carolyn made for his second birthday. We have painted several times before and again most of the time is spent trying to eat and taste the paint or use the paint brushes for crashing and drumming on the table or head. Very little art happens on paper but Sullivan always looks quite colorful afterwards.

I was putting some decorative stones away the other day after a craft project and Sullivan began counting them. I wasn’t sure at first if he was actually counting them or just making the sounds of counting but if I would put two stones in the basket he would follow with three and four and if I stopped counting at 6 or 7 he would finish with 8, 9,10. We continued the game for some time and he was pretty consistent up to 12. Thought it was cute so took some pictures of it….then quickly after the cute counting game he proceeded to toss and chuck the stones all over the house and at Brodie which he thought was the most funny. Poor Brodie.

Damon captured some pictures of Sullivan in one of his many serious building and designing moments. Look at the concentration and focus in his face. You know I hear parents say all the time “Oh little Billy is going to grow up to be a this or that” and now I understand why they say it. Of course none of us knows what our children will grow up to be but sometimes I get glimpses of natural talents or aptitude that would suit certain professions and Sullivan sure does have a natural curiosity and aptitude for building and design. It is very common to walk into a room and discover a tower of random object stacked together in a most curious design. He stacks instruments, toys, hats,… just about anything….rarely blocks though….he likes blocks but not to build with. So for now I will chime in like the rest of the parents and say “Oh, Sullivan is going to grow up to be quite the architect or engineer”. That is if he doesn’t grow up to be a musician or a basketball player or modern dancer or a mailman or a conductor or a geologist……and on and on…..