BlueGrass for Babies

Last night, we all headed to BlueGrass for Babies with our friends - the Hansbauers. It was in Eden Park, a beautiful amphitheater in the Mt. Adams area of Cincinnati.

The family that started this event hosts in because their son was a patient at Cincinnati Children's Hospital - so all the proceeds from the event go to help the hospital. And it is very fun for kids - and families too. We had a great time - and there was lots of stuff to do there too.


Gavin made a homeade shaker with stickers & rice.... new instrument at our house.

Kicked the soccer ball around for a little bit

And the most fun he had was playing with Greta - running up and down the aisles, hiding under the benches, playing with the trees & here they were playing with a ball.

Later that evening we saw a much older child that had climbed into a tree behind us....so guess what - Gavin wanted to then climb the tree too. Not quite tall enough to put him up there....

We had a great time at this event and it was our 2nd time going. Thanks Hansbauer's for a fun evening out with the kids....

Hot Tub = New Swimming Pool

At our new house, we have a hot tub which is pretty cool - although I feel like we don't use it all the time, we were definitely in it more when it was colder. So since it has been so hot this summer - we have turned it WAY down so it is like warm pool water.

Since Gavin has been wanting to "go back to the pool" (and the pool is closed for the fall/winter), we let him try out the hot tub - i.e. swimming pool to him over the weekend. He could even stand up all by himself in the middle and enjoyed turning on the jets, "turning on the bubbles" too.

And when you forget towels.... you just go naked before heading into the house!

Now that is a cute little bum....

I want to help....

with my tools too Daddy!

Over Labor Day weekend, Scott put together all of the new nursery furniture (which we are ready to go and the room looks super cute!) - and Gavin immediately ran downstairs to get both of his toolboxes because he wanted to help too. Just too cute... and so Daddy put him to work!

Thanks for helping make your little brother's room so special....

Singing 5 Little Monkeys

This was back in March too - singing 5 Little Monkeys with Daddy!

Do ever take Videos of Gavin - Oh yes... here we go!

So we are going back through our videos that we have taken for several months now.

Here is one from March (6 months ago) - Gavin/Daddy watching themselves while they are taping (which can be distracting for a 2 1/2 year old) and creating knock-knock jokes with some of Gavin's favorite people.

Best Toy Ever

We had a great time at Jackson's 3rd Birthday Party at Recreations.

Gavin's favorite thing to play with there was the Extreme Roller Coaster.
He wanted to get on it over and over again... it is pretty cool and went really fast too!

Let's Make some Cupcakes

We had a fun afternoon making chocolote cupcakes... and someone really enjoyed eating the mix right out of the bowl too.... lots of sprinkles too!
Look at that pretty cupcake - "Can I eat it Mommy?"