Summertime update

Why haven't we posted in so long, you ask? Well, to be honest, we've been enjoying the summer too much to put time toward the blog. Here's what we've been up to for the past month:

• Tanner spent 3 days in MN at a conference for school, which meant Grayson and I got a lot of quality time together (no daycare means I took work off and spent 3 straight days and 2 nights just me and him). Grayson said "Daddy?" probably 50 times a day while Tanner was gone. He also learned to ask for Mommy too instead of just Daddy all the time. Tasha and Clara stayed over night with us one night and we spent some time walking around some stores the next day. It's fun to get some sister time and so cool that we now have our kids to play with (beside) each other.
  


• We spent an afternoon at the sandbox mentioned in our last post. Tanner tried to make a daddy friend while we were there. Have we mentioned how difficult it is to make friends in CR?? Grayson was the cool kid that day when we were smart enough to bring a bunch of toys all the kids could play with in the sand.
  


• TV has become our entertainment outlet via Netflix and online episodes. Besides parks and bike rides, it's one of the only regular things we can do for free/cheap entertainment. We have grown to enjoy the show Spartacus and Grayson has fallen in love with Yo Gabba Gabba (it's hilarious to hear him ask for "gabagabaga-BA!") after a recommendation from a friend who's daughter loves it.
  


• This week we introduced Grayson to water balloons. They must have been quality balloons because whenever Grayson threw them, they just bounced. For most of the time they floated in the pool. Little did we know that Max would be most entertained with them! Max jumped right in the pool to bat at them with his paw and watch them float. Entertaining for us too.
  



• Last night we went to Kmart and found some good toy sales. It was the first time in a couple months we've gotten to enjoy our most preferred form of entertainment (bargain shopping) in a while due to our self imposed tight budget (attempting to pay of student loans).
  


• Family: We've spent a couple of days helping Trilby finish building their house, mostly with painting (Tanner's expertise) and installing insulation. I enjoy learning those new skills but hate sweating that much. We'll be spending time with Tanner's family this weekend, celebrating Noelle's first birthday! We're trying to find ways to spend some time just Tanner and I but are finding that very difficult with the cost of babysitting, and lack of creativity on what to do (not cost) if we were alone.

We are looking ahead to enjoying our last couple weeks of summer! Hopefully taking a bit of time visiting Adam, Julie and new baby Ruby Sychra (1 week old).