August...

August is in full swing...it isn't as busy as July was but we are having lots of fun the same. We spend as much time at the cottage during the week as we can. It is so nice and peaceful there and it is great that there is a pool just down the street that we can swim in daily as much as we want. In July J wasn't a big fan of the pool. He cried when we first went in and he would only really be happy if there was a ball for him to hold. I had a boat thing for him to sit in and he'd like it for a bit because there were a couple of balls floating in the inflatable part, but by the end of July whenever he was in it he would tip himself out...not so much fun for mommy when she is trying to swim with two boys at the same time. Well August...it is a completely different boy! He now JUMPS in! It is crazy funny to watch. He will stand alongside the pool, yell to me and then sign 'more' or 'please' to let me know he wants to jump in and then I'll stand in front and he'll jump right in. Because of his MAJOR comfort level change his life jacket stays on the WHOLE time he is in the pool area which he doesn't seem to mind once it is on...he complains when it is getting put on. I'll have to try CO's puddle jumper on him to see if it works for him sometime soon (it is currently at my parent's trailer).
Speaking of trailer...we are hauling it to Orangeville this week and parking it in a friend's driveway.  I haven't seen her in AGES and it will be nice to be in my old area for a bit and to see some old friends.
CO is now riding a two wheeler! He ZOOMS! It blows me away that he is a three year old riding a two wheeler...well he is almost 4...he has decided he wants a forklift on his cake :) what a kid!
Last week we were at home rather than the cottage as it was being rented out. We spent lots of time outside and I showed him how to catch grasshoppers. We collected a bunch in a jar and then took them down the road to feed to a neighbour's chickens. CO isn't the greatest at finding them...but if I point one out, he is able to catch it.