Party time!

On Saturday morning, Christopher was excited to go to his friend Emily's birthday party. The two kiddos are only a week apart in age. Emily's party was at a great place called Franklin Park in Prairie Village and it was one we had not been to before. There is a little man-made stream system there that the kids can play in (as seen in the picture above) and mucho sand, which of course made our boy very happy! Another bonus of this park was that it was mostly in the shade, which we appreciated as we are entering our third week of triple digit heat. All the kids were having a great time and it got even better when the cupcakes and cake arrived!

Notice that Chris is just working his way up to the front to get a closer look!

Today we went to the brand new outdoor pool at our gym. It is fabulous! Zero entry, lots of shallow water, waterfalls, fountains, and a splash park. But the highlight of the pool was watching Christopher jump off the side, into the water. The boy has no fear! And his jumps got bigger and bigger. He had his arm swimmies on and I was catching him so he was pretty confident. A couple times, I let him dunk his head a little when he jumped because he really wants to go under. And then, there was a point when he said, "Okay Mommy. You back up a little so I can do a really big jump, alright?" I stood about four feet out and he jumped about three of those feet. It's fun to seem him get better and better at this! Obviously I have no pictures of this, as my hands were occupied with keeping Chris afloat. We were at the pool for two hours and if it wasn't for lunch time, we would have stayed longer. The boy is a fish!