Vacation: Lake

We spent about 10 days at the lake of our 2+ weeks of vacation.  We turtle raced (twice!), rode a train, picnicked, swam, swam, golf, and swam. 

 This is what happened when I told him to be brave and touch the turtle.  He wouldn't touch it with more than one finger :)

 The Perham Express!  He was so excited to ride this train ~ he didn't listen much to the tourguide, and was disappointed when the ride was over.

 Hitting some balls at the driving range

 Jax would stand on the end of the dock and yell or try to whistle at Daddy, to make sure that he would be able to find his way back to us.

 The giant pelican in Pelican Rapids!

 Our second time turtle racing, we picked out a turtle to take home.  Jax was instantly in love with his new turtle that he named Speedy.  Speedy went everywhere with us for the next couple days.

 Golfing with Daddy

We were so lucky to have beautiful weather the whole time we were at the lake! It was sad to leave.

Vacation: Lakeville

We spent the first part of our vacation in Lakeville: visiting Grandpa Jim and Grandma Linda, seeing some friends, going to the Minnesota Children's Museum and the Minnesota Zoo. 

First things first though, some swimming!  Early (5:45am) our first morning there, Jaxon woke us up because "the sun is up, it's time to go swimming in Grandma's pool!"  Thankfully, we could talk him into sleeping for a little longer....

I see you!

 Jaxon's favorite part of the zoo:  The splashpad!

Fwimmin'

(Bear with me, I'm way behind on posting.)  The end of June, Grandpa Jim and Grandma Linda came up for the weekend and stayed at the Holiday Inn, so Jax got to "fwim" on the pirate ship there.  Being a huge fan of pirates, this was like heaven for him.  Too bad pirate ships aren't easier to come by!

The following are some pictures from my phone that I kept forgetting to share.  Once school ended for the year, we started sleeping in a big boy bed and took the short rail off the front of his toddler bed.  After about a week of falling out (usually in the morning) he learned how to not fall out.  One morning, Josh found him under the bed, completely except for a foot.  I found him once on the opposite side of the room under the futon with his head sticking out.

I was painting the trim on the house so Jax decided he needed to paint something too.  I'd say he did a good job.

 This is his car wash

Father's Day at the Beach

After a quick lunch in town, we went to the lake for the day to celebrate Father's Day.  Once we got to Pelican Rapids, every couple minutes Jax would yell, "We're almost there!  I can see my beach!"  The weather was beautiful and the water wasn't too bad.

 Helping Daddy throw sand to level out his new docking thingy for the jetski. 

 His first time seeing a dead fish.  He'd sneak over there to look at it, tiptoe up to it and then back away.  We both got a good laugh though, when he told us "Hey, we should probably teach this fish to float again.  He can't get to the water!"

 Testing out his independence.  He wanted to see how deep the water was, but didn't go much past his butt.

 Trying to write his name like Mommy did.

 Playing trucks with Daddy

We had a pretty busy afternoon:  pulling weeds, driving pretend pirate ships, raking the beach, hunting for "she-shells" and toads, and trying to figure out how to drive the paddle boat while it was still upside down.  Hope everyone had a great Father's Day! :) 

Lake!

 First trip for the 3 of us to the lakes today!  Jaxon has been there with my parents already this summer/spring, plus he was there over the winter.  It wasn't super sunny, but the temperature and the water was perfect.  Jax was excited to help us put the dock in and Josh was excited to try out his new jetski. 

 Tanner taught Jaxon to wink, and now he'll do it to me every once in awhile. He's getting better at it!

 Underneath the dock pieces we found some toads.  I do not like to touch them, but Jax was trying to catch "the big fat daddy frog.  The baby frog is too slow."  Unfortunately, they all blend in with the leaves and such on the beach so you can't see them in the picture!

 Watching Daddy ride jetski.  He stood on the end of the dock and yelled "Dad!  This way is home!  I'm over here!  Yoooooohooooooo, you see me?"  He was very worried that Daddy wouldn't find his way back to us. 

 Going for a ride with Daddy.  (He loved it.)

Later in the afternoon, the weather got rainy so we packed up to head home.  Jaxon was very sad, he thought we were going to have a pajama party and stay the night.  According to Daddy though, we may be back next weekend so he can ride some more jetski...