The Powells Place

The Fountain

What is cooler than looking at a beautiful fountain? Well to a two year old it is attempting to get into said fountain and playing around. My mom did an amazing job of following Samuel around this fountain for about 10 minutes to try to keep him out of it! I was glad I had extra clothes on hand, just in case! Mom was successful though, we came away with just one wet foot/pant leg! Go BeBe!

The initial introduction to the fountain.

Testing the water, and his boundaries

Thinking that if he just moved fast enough he could get out of her reach and jump right in.

Weighing the options/consequences. I think he thinks that getting in and playing far outweighs the consequences of the COLD water.

Yep, that foot went right in and splashed around a little

Trying to squat down and jump right in

Telling mommy "I did it, mommy, I did it!" (the splashing with his foot that is!)

Trip to Orlando

Ryan had his annual Chick-fil-A Seminar in Orlando this year. Because Charlie is still nursing and because kids are not allowed ANYWHERE NEAR SEMINAR, I just hung out with my mom, cousins, aunt and uncle, and Laura with the boys. We had a great time visiting with family and friends, taking the boys to the Science Center I grew up going to and also walking around Downtown Disney. It was sad to know Ryan was having the time of his life, even got a free concert from Martina McBride (not jealous at all...sense the sarcasm?), but I had a great time without him!

My cousin bought a baby grand piano for my grandmother's house in Florida. Samuel was testing it out.

He had a great time, though he is far away from being the next Beethoven!

Playing with his farm animals while Charlie sleeps

Telling BeBe that pigs say "oink oink"

There was a big Bob the Builder exhibit at the Science Center. Samuel had a great time building, "making water", driving heavy machinery, and building stone walls.

Downtown Disney has an AMAZING lego store with some great statues out front. Yes, Buzz and Woody are completely made out of legos!

A lego Nessy (the loch ness monster). It was just incredible. Samuel kept saying "look mommy, a snake"

The 7 dwarves working hard

Again, all of these statues are made entirely out of legos. They were just incredible!

Mom, Samuel and me with Buzz Lightyear.

Samuel showing BeBe the space ship

BeBe is awesome and found this pirate. Samuel wanted to hang out with the pirate for about 10 minutes. Tons of people kept coming up to take a picture and he refused to get out of the shot!

Samuel kept saying "let's go on my boat". We rode the ferry from one end of Downtown Disney to the other.

The Three Amigos

Our Little Buddy

Our friends Erica, Daniel & Baby Jacob are visiting this week. Here are the little boys playing on the floor together! The first one is a little blurry, but I loved that they grabbed each others hands while they were laying on the floor! Too sweet. Excited for these boys to grow up to be best buds!!!

Annual Tree Burning

We burn our Christmas tree every year, mainly because it is fun and because my husband is a closet pyro (though I truly think every man is!). Our tree has been drying out for a month now, so we thought it was a good time. It was really windy, which of course made me a bit nervous, but we pressed on nonetheless! Because of the wind only half of the tree burned, but it was really cool!

Yes, that is our grass on fire!

Ryan coming to the rescue! The tree burned in less than a minute! It was awesome! Certainly makes you think twice about forgetting to water your tree!!!

Giving Mommy some Sugar

Samuel "borrowed" my camera yesterday and took a few pictures. When I found him he gave me the camera and I told him I would take a few pictures of him. He decided that he would give me some "chisses" (kisses)