Bedtime

Since I bought Elmo at the yardsale, Morgan insists on sleeping with him as well as his old teddy bear. So, whether it be nap or bedtime, this is how Morgan looks when I leave the room. One arm around each stuffed animal. Though, he's not always smiling so brightly. But, having Elmo has made Morgan forget about having a sippy cup when he goes to bed. Yay!

Nelson Family Reunion

Yesterday we went to a big Nelson family reunion. Basically, we didn't know anyone except for Aaron's grandparents. But there was a playground and a river and good food. We left before the main event, an auction, because Morgan was being a handful. It was hard to keep tabs on him, and to keep him out of the way of others. We even tried taking his shoes off of him to dissuade him from running from the covered pavilion, but it didn't work as we had planned.

Morgan loved this tractor, or ATV or whatever it's supposed to be. He called it a car. He would rock back and forth while saying, "Wee, wee, wee, wee!"

A twirly slide. Morgan hasn't had much experience with them. I don't know if he was a fan.

We found a really shallow part of the river, (creek?) and played. We left our shoes on, but took our socks off. Morgan ended up sitting down without warning, so he got his shorts soaked! That's okay though, it was a hot day and they were dry in no time.
Throwing rocks into water is probably Morgan's all time favorite thing to do.

Here we have the water spigot. When we weren't at the playground or the river, Morgan wanted to be here. There was usually a bunch of other kids there too. So, although his pants dried from the river, when we took him home he was soaked from playing in the water here.

The Gardens

I have an Aunt who works in The Gardens at Thanksgiving point. Because of that, she can get people in for half off the admission. We went yesterday. Aaron got off work early because it was Pioneer Day. So, with my cousins Emily and Laura, we went to the Children's Garden.
They have a little pool of water around Noah's ark. The llamas spit water, and occasionally the elephant sprays some. Morgan had lots of fun there.

There was a bear cave. Morgan is riding the bear, but I failed to get the bear in the picture!

A lighthouse. Morgan is climbing to the little room on top.

Here he is in a centipede.

The fish pond. They hang out here by the dock where you can pay 25 cents to feed the fish. We did.

Feeding the fish.

A fountain in the Secret Garden. Morgan liked putting leaves over the jet and watching them fly. My cousin Laura is in the photo. Morgan loves her.

Fuzzy, but Morgan is working on trying to dive into the fountain. Aunt LeeAnn rushed to the rescue.

Part of the nations 2nd largest man made waterfall. Used to be the first largest, but now New York out does it.

Chair, or hat?

How about both. Morgan's Spiderman chair, which he calls man, is great for him to sit in while watching movies or reading a book. But Morgan has also discovered that it is great for wearing on his head.

So, Morgan gets the chair on it's side, then bends over it and props his head in there. Then he slowly stands up and....

Voila!

Then he usually runs around ululating. Maybe he is wearing as an indian headdress or something.

He usually runs down the hall to the door and back. Sometimes he runs into things.

Just like Daddy

When we get home from church one of the first things that Aaron does is take his tie off. Sunday he did just that and draped it over the couch. Then Morgan found it and dragged it around for awhile, so I suggested that he wear it.

Aaron helps his son tie a tie for the first time. :)

Our handsome grown-up boy. Notice the tail of the tie sticking out the bottom of his shirt?

Just so happy.

Carnival

For date night on Friday Aaron and I decided that we would go try the pasta at Pizza Hut. While driving there we passed a park that had carnival rides and stuff. Yay! The Pizza Hut ended up being only an express kind, no dining room, so we didn't even eat there. After dinner at Arby's we went to the carnival, spent $10 on tickets and sent Morgan on 5 rides. He absolutely loved it! It was fun to see him too. I wish we would have known about it though because I didn't have my camera. I had to make due with my the camera on my phone and it didn't work out to well. But here are the tiny picures nonetheless.

We had just arrived and were looking aroud at the rides. Morgan was mesmorized.

The first ride we put Morgan on. He's in the front driving the duck.

The second ride was this jeep. You can't really tell though, with the picture. I think Morgan liked this the best.

Next was the flying saucer. They went up high. Another mother of a child on the ride told me in nicer words that I was being an irresponsible mother to let my little child ride this ride alone. What, was I supposed to go with him? He didn't fall out.

You can't really tell, but Morgan is up in a flying saucer on this one.

He's on a motorcycle deal hear. Around and around and around.

The merry-go-round. I even got to ride. :)

Yard Sale!

Today was a first for me. Today was the first time that I went out looking for a yard sale with intent to buy! I take that back. Today was the first day that I FOUND a yard sale after going out looking for one with the intent to buy. Last week I tried too. But after getting run off the road buy at least 100 loud motorcycles I wasn't in a happy mood and ended my search early. I never have found the whole yard sale thing appealing, and I don't know why. I just went to one and spent all the money I had for it.

When Aaron turned 2 years old his parents got him an easel. He liked it and always wanted Morgan to have one. I found this one at the yard sale for $4. The other side is a dry erase marker board. Morgan already loves it.

I also found and Elmo doll. It was only a buck and since Morgan loves Elmo I bought it. He was very excited when I brought it home. It's not very cuddly, as there is a large battery pack inside it. I don't even know if it would work with fresh batteries.

I also got 8 books for Morgan and the game Catch Phrase. In all I spent $11. I'm a yard sale convert.