More from the weekend in Brookston!!

Here are a few more pictures from our weekend in Brookston.

Drew and Aunt Kinsey coloring on some of her new paper with her new colored pencils.

Drew and Uncle Joey on the ambulance at the Apple Popcorn Festival. It's the yearly festival in Brookston and Joey is an EMT, so he was stationed at the ambulance.

During lunchtime Uncle Joey and Drew played on the railroad tracks.

Hanging out!

Drew and Uncle Cody in their football helmets during the Purdue game.

Chuck E. Cheese

So, we celebrated Aunt Kinsey's birthday at Chuck E. Cheese and Drew loved it! While I was downloading the pictures for this blog I asked him who the big mouse was. He responded by saying "Mac n Cheese". That is what he called Chuck E. all night! It was too cute! He wasn't quite sure what to think of a giant mouse who was as tall as his dad, but he loved the pizza and the games! He won lots of tickets thanks to Mamaw, Grandma, Daddy, and others, so he was able to get a few prizes!

Daddy, Drew, and Mac N, I mean Chuck E. Cheese.

Mamaw, Grandma, Drew, and Aunt Cortney playing skee ball. Great Grandma and Great Aunt Kathy were playing too.

Aunt Kinsey, Grandpa, and Uncle Cody playing basketball.

Chuck, Kyle, Grandpa Turner, and Grandad were talking church stuff. Pretty serious, huh??

Grandma and Drew racing Kinsey in a Mario game.

Drew's face in the Mario game.

Great Grandpa Turner, Daddy, and Drew playing skee ball again.

Uncle John intensely playing the Monopoly game!

Needless to say we all had a good time, but this Mommy was sure ready to go by the end of the night!!

Fimming!

So here they are....the long awaited swimming pictures! We enrolled Drew in a swim class at the local YMCA and it meets once a week for 7 weeks. It will conclude at the end of October. We decided that we would take a break until the winter session which begins in January due to the arrival of Blake. But until then...we swim!

We throw the duck and then practice our kicks and scoops to go get it.

Pointing to the slide...we can't go on it though, it's too big.

Just got done practicing our back floating...he doesn't like getting the back of his head wet.

We couldn't play basketball because the water was too deep for Mommy!

Doing the "Wheels on the Bus" game.

Practicing climbing out of the water. The teacher then lets the kids jump back in and he is all over the jumping!!

Free Willy!

So, do you think he likes it??

The Ring Bearer

So, we were able to head to Brookston last weekend for some exciting events. We got to let Mamaw show off Drew at her work and then got to get fitted for the tux for Matt's wedding. In between those we got to eat at Dog 'N Suds...yummy!!! Later that evening we got to head back to Lafayette for a rousing night at Chuck E Cheese for Kinsey's birthday party. The Chuck E Cheese pictures will be coming!! There are just too many!

Trying on the tux jacket...this was painless.

Now for the tough stuff....still not too bad.

Caution: Wet noodle ahead!

What a cutie patootie!!!

Ding ding ding...round one!!

Uncle John to the rescue!!

All put together except for the bow tie....we'll fight that battle when it really matters!! But HANDSOME nonetheless!!!

Last Week and More...

Okay, so I meant to post all of these last week, so now I am behind! I will post these today and tomorrow I will post some from the weekend. We swim again on Tuesday and then I will post more from then! So, here is the update! Drew and I started his swimming lessons last Tuesday and he LOVED it! Every time I tell him we have to go bye-bye he says, "Fimming?" It's so cute! These pictures are from before while we were getting ready. We should have some action shots on Tuesday because Daddy gets to go with us! He learned how to scoop with his arms, kick with his feet, climb out of the water, and jump back in! He also got to practice floating on his back! He did great!!!

Water shoes on the hands!

All ready to go!

Here are some back yard pictures! Kyle likes to chip around the yard and so does Drew. Drew's is a little unconventional as he uses his hockey stick, but he calls Kyle's clubs hockey sticks too! It's too cute!

Getting ready to chip.

Synchronized chipping...Olympics anyone??

This is one of his "motorcycles" and he loves to push it around the yard!

Now having a little batting practice. I have to keep my head up because he makes some solid contact.

An owie and a Packer game

So, we were playing the other day and Drew dropped one of his remote control nascars onto his foot. He immediately started to cry, so I picked him up and checked it out. That car had given him an owie and even drew some blood. So...we had to head to the bathroom, get some fun medicine (neosporine), and a cool baseball
band-aid.

A close up of the injury.

Don't worry folks...he's okay!
This past Monday night the Packers were on Monday Night Football. Kyle said that he will always be a Packers fan, but since the Colts are in a different division he can root for them too. Anyway, Kyle and Drew had to get their Packers jerseys on and play while the Pack won!

They played catch and Drew was right on just about every time.

A touchdown high five!
Tackled! Drew sometimes thought Kyle would say tickle instead of tackle. It was

so cute!

The other night Kyle was laying in bed reading and so Drew decided to join him.
This is my handsome little man on his first day in the 2's class at church!What a stud!

Our adventure to the amusement park....I mean...Mall

So, we decided to go walk around the mall last Friday night for something to do. Drew and I had gone the night before, but hadn't made it around the whole mall nor did we do much. I thought it would be a fun, inexpensive night out! We ate when we got there at Chick-Fil-A because Kyle loves it! Well, they had their mascot out walking around. It is a giant cow and I thought Drew might be a little afraid....but...he proved me wrong! He was standing on his chair while eating yelling out, "HI COW!!" and waving! It was rather cute! Our mall has a carousel and so we decided to let Drew have a ride...He loved it!

Here he is just waiting for it to start.

This is when the bell rang letting us know it was about to begin.

Going around and around! Mommy had to stay still or I would have lost my balance. Center of gravity is a little off!

The ride is all done....he was bummed.

Our mall also has one of those indoor playgrounds for little kids...it's a great little breaktime for the parents and the kids!

He loved the slide and pretending to be a monkey in the tree.

The bridge to climb over.

The tent to climb under.

Next, we had always talked about doing Build-A-Bears for the boys and letting Drew help us make one for Blake. Since our mall has one...we did it!

Drew picked out a dog for himself and a bear for Blake.

He kissed the hearts for both animals and put them in, but wouldn't touch the pedal to help stuff them...we think it was too loud.

Here is the finished product. Wags the Dog (with a guitar) and Boilermaker Bear for Blake.

Afterwards Drew wanted to walk all by himself and carry his Wags in the house. It thought it was so cute that he was dragging it!
At the end of the night we let him play in some of the riding toys...he liked the Bob the Builder truck.
It was a fun night had by all! Drew made out like a bandit with a Wags the Dog and a new Purdue hat (a steal for less than $5) and he got to play on the toys and playground! Mommy and Daddy ended the evening with a nice drive through Starbucks! Yummy!!