Water and Dirt

We finally got some rain.  Our poor dead grass, flowers, and trees with the leaves falling off were in desperate need of some rain and they got it.  Too bad that this morning was a foggy, misty, yucky morning because it was one of the scheduled pool mornings at Krepps for people with special needs and I hated for Bobby to miss the fun.  He has been climbing the walls for the past couple of days being stuck inside.  It cleared up this afternoon and Bobby was going outside like it or not!!!!  His new favorite thing in this world is to play with the water hose.  He loves, loves, loves it. 

Zoi had to come outside too!!!

Bobby hasn't been playing in the dirt much outside because the ground has been so dry that the dirt is not fun to play in.  But since it rained the dirt is just the way Bobby likes it and he sat down and played, played, played...Bobby style, of course.

He went down to the new wall that Daddy built for him earlier this summer by his playground and played in the dirt some more.

Finally came inside for dinner and is having the best evening that he has had in a few days.  Thank you for coming back Mr. Golden Sun!!!

Weekend pics

Bobby has taken a little break from the swimming pool.  Guess that swimming each and every day gets a little boring after a while.  So, out with the hose for some water fun.

Not only is Bobby out in the front of our house playing in the hose, he is also watching our neighbors put up their new pool and he wants to watch every move.

I noticed a big old bees nest while we were sitting out front watching Bobby play in the water.  It is in a tree that is away from the houses (just looks close from the zoom lens).  Better in the tree than on the side of our house like the one we had a couple of years ago.

Bobby has been weaned off of his medication in the past couple of months.  He has been totally off of the med for almost 2 weeks and he has started eating some new foods.  This past week he has eaten popcorn shrimp, pizza, grilled cheese, chicken breast tenders and fish.  Sure beats the french fry diet that he had almost restricted himself to eat (honestly, he wasn't eating much more than that).

Bobby eating some fish.  Granted, it is Long John Silver's fish, but I never dreamed that he would take a bite of any fish ever!!!

Confession Time

This isn't my actual confession, but needs to be said...I AM NOT ENJOYING THIS HEATWAVE!!!!!  Me (to Bob):  Promise me that we are never moving to the deep South.  Bob:  I promise.  Me:  I don't want to go to the far north either, I don't want cold.  Bob:  OK.

Now for confession time...

As you know if you have been keeping up with this blog, or if you know Bobby at all, he has been in the swimming pool for hours every day.  We haven't missed a day in quite a while since we haven't had any rain and the temps have been getting higher and higher every day.

While we were swimming this morning, it dawned on me...Bobby hasn't had a bath in almost 2 weeks!!!!

His favorite time of the day to swim is in the evening.  He doesn't generally get out of the pool until close to bedtime and is clean from the 2 previous hours in the pool water.

But my poor kid hasn't had his hair washed in a couple of weeks.   Good thing he has a buzz cut!

I am either the worst Mom, or...

he is the luckiest kid to get to skip baths!!!

I'm voting for luckiest kid...he doesn't smell, his hair isn't greasy and we have been saving money not using up his expensive body wash/shampoo for sensitive skin (he likes to take bubble baths).

Looks like another bath free day in his immediate future.  The heat wave is supposed to end today.  Tomorrow it is supposed to be back in the 80s and I CAN'T WAIT!!  The pool water temp is in the 90s and not even refreshing anymore.  You get in the pool and get wet, not cooled off.

Not complaining, still extremely happy that we have a pool!!!

Smith Family Fun Day (Zoi swimming)

I'm so thankful that our power didn't go off during Friday evenings storm.  I am also very thankful that Bob got us a pool a few years ago.  The pool seems to be the greatest source of Smith Family Fun Days.  Nothing else to do when the temps reach near 100...so we got into the pool.  Yeah, I know, we get in to the pool almost every other day too.

Daddy and Zoi got in on the fun too...

Zoi was like, screw you all, it's 100 degrees out here, I'm going swimming!!!!

Bob kept a hold of Zoi so that her nails didn't scratch the liner.  He guided her to the stairs and once on the deck, she had to SHAKE THE WATER OFF!!!

She finally got herself dried off enough and was ready to go roll around in the grass.

If anyone would like to come over this evening and brush her hair out, you are more than welcome!!!