Little Swimmer

This year Jase has not been a fan of the pool. I took him to the pool at our cousin Karen's back in June and he screamed for the first 5 minutes, had fun about 15, then wanted out. At the campgrounds, he just screamed and clung to Rob. Since then, whenever we mention going swimming he says, "No thank you" or gets really upset. I theorized that it was the cold water that he didn't like cause he loves the bath tub and isn't afraid of the water what so ever. So, today, we forced him into the neighbor's pool. I carried him over there kicking and screaming, and with in seconds of getting in the water, he was having a blast. He was letting up throw him up and catch him right before he went under, he was jumping off the side (from a seated position), he let me dunk him a few times and he even did a little swimming!

Dancing Machine

At home, I wouldn't describe Jase as quite, but whenever we are out or around other people, he is very passive. Which is why we were shocked when he put on a dance show for everyone over my parent's house. We were supposed to be leaving, and Rob kind of stood him on the table to adjust things in his hands. I don't know whether it was Paw-paw Jack's instigation, the catchy toon, or if he just had ants in his pants, but he boogied for us for a good 30 minutes. And the more people that came out to watch him, the more he would shake!

The still shots are just as funny!

A do-see-do

Doing the bird dance.

And the bunny hop.

And a little tap!

What a ham!

Berry Picking

Jase spent the day with his two favorite girls picking black berries at Westmoreland BerryFarm.

Jase showed Jase how to pick the berries. "See Jozie, you pick the black ones like these. No red!"

And Anna, being the sweet heart she is, shared her black berries with everyone.

Sea-Sawing

Sunday, Jase was all about his see-saw. He wanted to swing on it all day. Whether by himself, or with one of us, he was a see-sawing for hours.

Water Balloon Fight

One of Jase's favorite summer activities is water balloons. The other day we filled a bunch of balloons up and headed out to the back yard to play. We played throw the water balloon into the bucket while Jase held it. If we missed the bucket, then Henny would come and try to pop the balloon for us. Da-da showed Jase how to make the balloons bounce up and down. But Jase's favorite thing to do was see how many water balloons he could hold at one time.



Then............
We filled up the BIGGEST, SILLIEST water balloon EVER!!!!!

Jase looked so funny carrying this thing around. When it finally popped, it didn't even pop like a regular balloon. It kind of split in two, and both halves sprayed water like out of control hoses. It was hilarious! Unfortunately I couldn't get any pictures cause I was running for cover from the water myself! LOL

The Fourth of July

Once again, Jase spent his Fourth of July at the Leapley's, eating crabs (okay...watching mommy and daddy eat crabs while Aunt Lizzie wins him over with tons of his favorite snacks), playing with his favorite cousins and watching fireworks. The kids (and me...hehe) got into a huge silly string fight. And once again, Jase ruined another shirt with watermelon and ice cream drippings.

As night fell, we headed over the bridge to Colonial Beach to watch the fireworks. Rob gave Jase his first sparkler. As soon as Rob handed it to him, he took off towards Jacob, chasing him down trying to burn him with the sparkler. He actually put a burn mark on Jacob's pants! So, we decided it was safer to let him play with the glow sticks and the unopened boxes of sparklers. Then, the fireworks started and he curled up in my lap for the show. He was barely awake, but forced himself to keep his eyes open, gazing at the sky till the last firework.

Writing

Jase has been practicing his numbers and with a little dotted line help, can write some of them. Here he is writing the number 2.