More Fun with Reid

One of our favorite things this summer was getting to see Reid and Aunt Stacey three times!  I love watching the boys play with their cousin and grow to love him more each time we're together.  This time they came to our house and we did some swimming, some playing at the splashpad, and even took Reid to his first movie.  We also had some fun in the backyard with a few neighbors on a homemade splash pad.

 

The little guys didn't like playing on the trampoline with the bigger kids so they entertained themselves with this bucket instead.  I love Reid's posture...like, "Alex, what are you thinking?"

 Yep, gettin the old noggin wet.

Reid's turn?

None for him, thanks.  Just fishing a car out of the bucket.

We also introduced Reid to the exciting world of battery operated vehicles and I do believe he was a big fan!

Reid got a few spins around the park in each of the jeeps.  And yes, we are fortunate enough to have TWO of these beasts parked in our garage now.  Just when we think we can get rid of the yellow one, the kids have fun driving both of them again.  Ben took his job very seriously and carefully drove Reid around in big circles.  Alex, on the other hand, was loud and wild and drove all over the place.  We're in trouble in about 12 years when that one gets a license.

One of Ben's friends has her mom's old iphone and Ben was already hitting me up for a phone.  At six?  I don't think so.  But I did dig out my old phone from Perth (which was getting dusty in a drawer since it won't work on any network except Western Australia's...oh how I don't miss WA technology!) and made the regrettable executive decision to let Ben keep it.  I showed him how to use the camera and play music files and we heard nothing else for several days.  Not to be outdone, Alex wanted a phone of his own too.  I went back in the dusty drawer for a cheap go phone we've used on several occasions and showed Alex how to play the ringtones.  Incredibly annoying for the adults but apparently endlessly entertaining for kids.  This is only a small snippet of the dance, but I chose this clip because Alex's bootie wagging is priceless.  And before you ask, NO, he did not learn than from me!

 

We had such a fun visit.  I wish summer was longer so we could do this more often!!