Surfing USA! 2010

So glad that we found this boogie board in the old shed at Connie's b/c it provided many minutes of enjoyment for Parker. Minutes, not hours, is all you can ask for from a 2 year old! Parker just kept chanting, "Surfing USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
Love the pose here! I can so see him on a real surfboard in a few years...reminds me of the Gidget Goes Hawaiian movie we watched later that night after Parker went to bed! So cute and cheesy! Jan didn't like it much and sent it home with Debbie and I!
Baywatch Boy here: Like I said the boogie board was great! Parker's little imagination was just going wild with ways to use that thing to have fun!
POOPED...NOT!
Aunt Connie came to save the day...Parker made every step that she made and fell in love with her and Jan. So sweet to see my little guy grow closer to his family! When I mean every step I am not exaggerating...every time Connie or Jan got out of Parker's sight he would say, "Where's Connie?". But that is to be expected...they are so fun and playful!
Last activity on the agenda for the beach was sledding...Parker had a blast as Connie pulled him around and down this little hill formed by the changing tides! Instant slide in Parker's mind! I love the way a child can make so much with so little and never miss a beat. We had a great time while Daddy and Granddaddy were off on their fishing trip. Grandma, Parker, and I...ATE A LOT, PLAYED A LOT, and watched the same old Scooby Do movie clip every time that we got into the car to travel. Once Connie and Jan got there the playmates and attention for Parker just multiplied and he was in "hog heaven"...I love making memories with my baby boy...I hope that he will always remember our little adventures when we are old and gray!

Cup No. 3

Here I am skipping the gym again to go and induge in internet and coffee before I pick Parker up from preschool. It is amazing the things that I choose to look at and read about while I am here. Todays bright topic: Home School...triggered by 3 random conversations that I have had throughout the course of the last week...well one was a converation that I was easedropping on. Once a public school teacher I always have had such negitive feelings about homeschool, but now as a mom who is one the other side I am def. rethinking some of my preconcieved notions. Not saying that I am going to homeshchool Parker, but now I am so unsure. At times I feel like it is unfair and that I would feel guilty for making him miss out on some of the great things being thrown into a classroom with 20 other kids means, but at the same time that is one of the main reasons that I would want to homeschool...I believe that Public Education is a good education don't get me wrong, I will always stand by that BUT the exposure to things that some kids know too early and the abundance of crazy people trying to get into the schools to hurt kids intentionally....WHOA! Background checks are great, but so many crazy, mean, sick people out there have never been caught and the thought of them hurting my baby just scares me to death. I want Parker to be exposed to all different types of people and learn how to make his way in this world but at the same time I want to shelter him from being "overexposed"! I don't claim to be super mom, but I just want to do what is right for my son and family...not sure what that is right now as it relates to this topic.... So for now...off to get the man (Parker), and enjoy all the great things that having a 2 almost 3 year old means!!