The Star of the Parade

It's been Rocky's town celebration this weekend. On Thursday Leo and I went to the Whopper Feed (Jus was still under the weather.) and the pet parade. There was a dog, Deuce, who was celebrating his first birthday. You would think he was a little puppy...Yeah right! He weighed 200 lbs! But, oh was he gentle. Leo, of course, thought he was great. There were about 12 dogs in the town square. I'm pretty sure Leo thought he had died and gone to heaven. That boy loves dogs!

On Friday night we went down to the park to watch the Burn Out. For those of you who don't speak Small Town Lingo, a burn out is a bunch of cars burning out their tires. Um, yeah. I don't really see the great fun or the point in all of this. Whatever I guess... Leo was NOT a fan of the noise that they were making (Ok, ok, honestly, it was me. I was not into going to watch the, um, hick activity. SO sorry if you loved the burn out...) So we walked on the bike trail and played at the park. Leo got to do down the BIG SLIDE. Lucky Little Leo. While we were at the park Leo got to see Liam and Reece, some of his favorite playmates.

Today, I got up way too early and headed down to the park to help with the Road Race. I guess I am not the running type, but seriously, the people had to pay $20 to run a 5K or a 10K. Who in their right mind would pay to run? I don't think you could pay me $20 to run that far. There were over 200 people who participated. CrAzY!

After I watched a bit of the race, I went home to my boys. We had to get Leo dressed and ready to get on the float for Kid's Club. They had asked me this week if he could ride, and I thought he'd love it, so off we went. As we got closer to the float, I had these crazy emotions...I started crying because I couldn't believe that my little one was old enough to go on a float. What in the world?!?! We waited for him to walk by with his friends. He was in one of the buggies. When he saw me he waved with a very confused look on his face. It was pretty cute.

Here they come!

Jess "posing" for the camera.

Leo in his buggy ride. (He's the one on the right...)

Kid's Club was given a grant to redo their playground. Woo hoo! No more dirty dirty pea gravel!

Leo really was the star of the parade!

Summer Days Drifting Away...

But oh, those summer nights!

Guess who has been sleeping through the night like a little champ! Yes, it's my Leo! I tell you, it is heaven. I don't feel like I have to go to bed the second he does so I can catch up on some sleep. It's great!

Sorry for the long delay. We have been busy. The first week in June we bummed around, but nothing too exciting. The second week, we all had the stomach flu. (Last year we gave Katelynn this for her birthday. This year she gave us the stomach flu. I think we are even...)

This week we've been hanging out. Jus had strep throat, but knock on wood, Leo and I have stayed healthy! Leo got his 2 year old pictures taken this week by our wonderful photographer. I'll save those for another post. She put a sneak peek on her blog. (She KNOWS how much I hate sneak peeks...but the pictures are great!)

It's sad to say that today is the 20th of June and we still haven't made it to the swimming pool. I have this very bad bad feeling that it will be steamy in September and October. That will make for fun teaching... My goal this week is to get Leo to the pool!

Anyway, I know you all don't want my blabbing, here is a video of my Leo acting like his very best friend, Nike. We don't need a dog, we'll just borrow Nike! (Although, he does a great job of vacuuming up after Leo eats...)

Oh Leo, you are such a charmer. :)

And Leo Was His Name-O!

Isn't my boy a genius? I think he can spell better than I can!

Spike

My uncle used to call my brother, Eric, "Spike" because he had a flat-top hair cut when he was in high school. (He also had a slight mullet, but this isn't the place for that! :))

Leo got his hair cut today, by his favorite Amy, and may have to steal Uncle Eric's nickname.

He looks so darn cute and grown up!

Daddy, We've Got a Problem

Leo's been really good about not needing a paci during the day. The night is a different story, however. I guess I'll take what I can get!

He had one in his mouth after nap yesterday, and left it on the couch. I didn't put it away, and wanted to see what he'd do if he found it. He didn't put it in his mouth! :) He picked it up, and when I asked him to go and put it in his bed, he ran away and came back empty handed.

Progress! I was so excited...until Justin came in and showed me where Leo had put the pacis. They were on "his bed."

Daddy, we may have a bigger problem than the paci.

(For those of you who can't recognize the unmade bed, it's MINE!!! Not Leo's!)