Well, we had our first pool party today in the new plastic baby pool. Jonathan had one little girl over and we all spent more time on the back porch eating than in the hot sun and pool. Poor Jeff had to cut grass all afternoon and missed it. We had a great time, I love summertime.

One of the advantages of being outside all week is that Jonathan is beginning to recognize when he urinates. After all, those swimmies are too expensive to use in our little baby pool, he swims with nothing but the bathing suit on. He has done really well, in fact, has gotten out to "do his business" several times - although it may be pure luck! The boy drinks all the time. He hasn't felt the need to do the other in the pool yet, I hope to be at the grocery store or somewhere when he does- yuk!

This type of "freedom" comes with a price though- we were having our picnic lunch (with his little friend and mother) this afternoon and he looked up at me and smiling, said "pee-pee". Sure enough- he was peeing on my rocking chair next to his friend! Gross- Needless to say, he didn't get to finish his sandwich and had his own cushion for the rest of the visit! Gotta love boys!

Well, this is my first attempt at a blog. While I'm not one to typically follow the crowd, I do like to show off my boy, Jonathan. So, here goes....

The other day, we got a chance to actually see the Oscar Mayer weinermobile! They were trying to find kids to sing the song for a commercial. While I believe that Jonathan can sing at 18 months, most people would disagree, so I didn't make him try out! I did get up the nerve to ask if I could let him stand next to it and take his picture. He didn't really care one way or the other, but did enjoy standing next to the microphone- my little superstar.

We have finally gotten Jonathan a pool, one of the little blue hard plastic ones. It was on sale and I couldn't resist. I can't wait to try it out- but it is raining today, so it'll have to wait. I decided I needed one when we got back from a friend's house the other day. We went to play in her baby pool and I got sunburned! You can tell how much I lay out! Oh well- at least Jonathan had a good time. He loved splashing his little friend, who by the way, hates to be splashed. We sat outside all morning, even had a picnic! That is what you do when you are down to one income and you have been thru the Dave Ramsey financial seminar- find free things to do during the day!

Tomorrow we are off to the free movie at The Mall of Georgia- or at least going to meet our friends afterwards for a quick meal at the food court, using coupons of course!