Pool Time!

We had our first family outing to the neighborhood pool this weekend!  Logan loves the water... i think this will be the first of many hours spent at the pool over the next few months!

The boys got "warmed up" in the baby pool... 

 .... but that didn't last long... Logan wanted to get in the big pool... he LOVES watching all of the big kids jump around! 

 like i said... our little fishy LOVES the water! 

 Logan and Daddy

 Logan and Mommy

 6 years of marriage!  We are livin the dream! 

 It's so rare to get all of us in a picture!  So grateful for the guy that offered to take our pic! 

Signs of Spring

Spring is here! (well, it's been here for a few months i guess....)  Here are some sights of our first spring in our new house! 

our  back patio seems to be a good place to grow flowers... 

we haven't found a great spot in the yard for a garden *due to ALL of the shade!(not complaining!)* but i had to at least have a few herbs growing.... for now we just have peppermint and basil...

 lots of things are in bloom this time of year! 

 including me!

Baby Burkart, part deux...

~joining us November 2013~

Logan - the Hair Stylist

A few times this week Logan and I have gotten cleaned up in my bathroom at the end of the day... endless hours of parks and splash pads make both mommy and kiddo pretty nasty and ready for a shower! Logan loves the shower.... and he REALLY loves his post-shower grooming routine..... he goes over to my drawer, opens it up, and helps himself to 2 combs.... i will let the pics do the rest of the talking! 

i LOVE this pic... he was having a serious discussion with himself (in the mirror) about how to comb his hair

 I took this pic to show just how Logan likes to play lately.... ON my feet... he usually camps out just like this when I am cooking dinner... i love that he wants to hang out with me! i know that won't last forever! 

 "where's the comb, mama?"

 "there it is!"

 "let me comb your hair, mama!"

 ... this fabulous style is brought to you by logan b, hair-stylist extraordinaire ....

Bouncy House!

On Sunday our neighbors got a bouncy house for their son's 6th birthday... they let logan jump around before and after the party... he LOVED it! Here are a few pics~ 

 trying to stand up.... tough to do when you are being bounced, but he kept watching Emory to see how it was done! 

 "i'm up!"

 .. and down... 

 and up again! 

 ... and down...

 after a while he was just happy to kick back and watch the bigger kids jump around! haha! 

he had a great time! and now whenever we go in the front yard, he takes a peek over at the side of the house to see if the bouncy house is back! 

Big Truck for a Big Boy

Last week was a pretty BIG week around here.... our BIG boy decided he was done with his morning nap and took up screaming and whining as his new favorite game... there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth in our house last week.... from both this boy and his mama....  

in an attempt to find the ultimate toy to wear him out, i thought the little tykes coupe would be a great way to get some energy burned.... i envisioned hours on end of the little man happily riding, pushing or climbing all over his new little car... well, mumsie surprised us with the BIG truck version of the toy car i had already ordered from amazon.... needless to say, the BIG truck is way cooler and the other car is being returned!  We had a few rainy days last week, so this truck arrived just in the nick of time... it provided Logan with lots entertainment inside and mama got her fair share of exercise too (he wanted to be pushed around the house all day in the truck... of course) 

Here is our BIG boy, beaming with pride over his new ride.. he even wore matching clothes to celebrate his new truck  :)

 notice the phone... don't know why he thought he had to have that with him while playing in the car....

 post-nap milk and cartoons.... needless to say his old fave, the laundry basket has been replaced!

 showing dad how to load up the truck....

 he's got his snack and his sippy, i'd say logan is ready for a road trip! 

 he's climbing in, telling me that his truck goes "vroooooooooooom"

" i can push it too, mama!"

 just chillin after dinner... yeah, he pretty much spent all day in that truck... and if he was not IN the truck (ie, for meal times and diaper changes), he wanted to still be able to see it at all times.... he even helped to "tuck it in" under it's very own blankie in the guest room at nap time.... this obsession is getting a little out of hand

 gonna save this pic... i have a feeling we will have a very similar one in about 16 years...

...love my little man-child.... 

he is gonna be one sad puppy when the truck makes the move to being an outside toy.... 

At the Park!

This week someone decided he was done with his morning nap.... i knew this would happen eventually... but i thought it would be a gradual transition.... nope!  this kid is like his mama, very all-or-nothing!  last week he was taking two, 2- hour- long, naps... now he is down to one, 1- hour nap!  

needless to say, we have had to find lots of things to do!  the weather is so nice right now, and not too hot yet... i know the scorching days of summer are right around the corner... so we have been heading to the park every day.... 

yesterday logan was more interested in the riding lawn mowers than the playscape... 

 there he goes! running AWAY from the playground!

 "hey! i found another lawn mower over here!" 

 i finally got him on the swings... where he continued to watch the man with the blower cleaning off the sidewalk

 happy boy!

 i love his little man-dals

 off the swings... still watching the groundskeepers do their job! 

" hey! that guy has a weed whacker! i am going to check it out!"

at this point i put the camera away... bcs i would have gotten another 50 pics of him running away from me and towards the various machines being used on the grass!

 all done, for now! 

"i'm not tired mom..... just taking a break to re-fuel... why do you look so worn out?"