Nana Came To Visit

Nana (Ryan's mom) came to stay with us for a few days last week while Ryan had Lasik eye surgery. We had a great time having her here with us!

On the day Ryan had his surgery, he had to rest for four hours afterwards so we needed to get Ronan out of the house. Nana had heard of this place in Austin called "Kid's Cook" where you bring your child and they can make a treat. Ronan loves to cook so she thought it would be a perfect place to go.

He chose to make a banana split. He got to make an apron and then cook the banana split. He had a great time. We will definitely have to go back!

Nana helping Ronan color his apron.

Sporting his apron.

Adding whipped cream to his banana split. Yum!

Notice "blue dog" had to go cook too!

When he was finished cooking, they let him make a sponge to clean up his mess.

Potty Training

Ronan has been ready for potty training for a while. He will sit down and go on his little potty when we ask him to. A few times, he has even stopped in the middle of playing to run to his potty and go. It has just been a mater of finding the time to actually devote to it. I think this week, we are going to take the plunge and start being more serious about it. We will see what happens! Wish us luck!!

Ronan loves to wear his underwear. He even has Star Wars ones with Darth Vader on the hiney. This pair is his favorite because it has helicopters or as Ronan says, "helicockers", on them. :)

Mess Maker

Unfortunately, one of Ronan's favorite things to do these days is make messes. He thinks it is hilarious!

One night after dinner, Ryan was getting ready for work and I was cleaning up the kitchen when Ronan was in his room dumping everything off his shelf onto the floor. Ryan heard him and told him he needed to clean it up and left the room.

When he came back, Ronan had taken everything off the floor and thrown it in his crib. It was quite the mess and took quite a while for Ronan and I to put back on the shelves. Such a stinker!

Caught in the act!

The damage. There were all of his books, all of his little pieces to toys, and every stuffed animal piled high.

Then he wanted to climb in and play with it all. Too bad he was climbing in to help clean it up!

Guilty little stinker.

Coffee With Ronan

Ronan has loved to play with our coffee maker for a long time and actually knows how to work it! Now he loves to drink the coffee that he helps us make. He gets about 1/4 cup coffee or less and the rest is whole milk which is a good way I make sure he gets enough milk and it's not too hot. I definitely make sure he has decaf coffee. We don't want to give him any more energy than he already has!

Our Garden

Back in March, Ryan started his first garden. He had been wanting to start one for a while, but never had the time. His grandfather, Baw Baw, was an excellent gardener and Ryan wanted it to be something he could do with Ronan.

The garden was doing pretty well for a while, but now that the 100 degree days are here we have lost a lot of plants. We are getting pretty excited about planting new things in the fall.

Here are some pictures I got about a month ago right before a lot of the plants died:

Bell Peppers

Green onions. I have used these a lot for cooking this summer. I love having these on hand when I need them.

This was kind of a surprise in our garden. First, we thought it was a watermelon since we planted watermelon seeds, but then as it grew larger and developed a rough rind, we realized it was a cantaloupe. Ryan didn't plant cantaloupe seeds so we are pretty sure it came from some compost Ryan tilled in the soil.

Carrots!

The corn was doing great for a while. We were getting at least 2-4 every week, but the heat has ruined them and Ryan pulled them up.


The whole garden. A lot of the green leafy stuff in the middle are the squash and zucchini plants which is what we have had the most of, but I forgot to get a picture of those.

Zilker Park

We wanted to take Ronan to ride the train in Zilker Park, but on our way there it started raining. When we got there, it had stopped raining, but they had closed the train. I think it may have been one of the only times we got rain in June. What are the odds?

Since it was pretty hot from the humidity after the rain, we bought snow cones and watched people swim in the Barton Springs pool instead.

Of course along with anything that contains sugar, Ronan loved his snow cone. :)

Why use a spoon?

Oh my, I love this child. :)