Whee Whee Whee, Gus is turning Three!

 

 

 

Ten boys, one firetruck, 24 cupcakes and too many memorable moments to keep count. The birthday boy loved it all and our guests made the day special for us.
Thank you all for coming, for thoughtful and fun presents, for being sweet to Gus and for giving us lots of memories to revisit and smile about.

Our Gus is almost three - all little boy - well except for the poopie-in-the-potty thing.

Rag-tag fire

 

 

 

 

On our way back from Elijah's birthday party, Daddy got paged to a fire at a local restaurant. It turned out to be a dryer-full of rags on fire, but still, Gus got to see it all first-hand and up-close. He loved every moment of it. Hey! My Daddy is a firefighter!

Elijah's birthday party

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Elijah and family, for inviting us to the family farm in Fairplay for a rockin' birthday party, complete with pool and pony rides...we had a great time!

Sweet end-of-summer fun

 

 

 

 

Friday we went to our secret summer swim hole in Dupont State Forest, where the water is always sun-warmed, the breeze just right and the lazy current forgiving to wanna-be swimmers. We love this place, the many laughs we shared with fellow mommas and toddlers add to a new layer of fond memories each summer.

Saturday we went to the farm fair in Brevard. First, Gus held court on the fire department's vintage fire truck, then he reluctantly moved on only to find a great play table filled with feed corn at the other end of the fair. We spent a whole hour there, honing our get-along-with-other skills - those will come in handy in a few weeks when Gus enters preschool.

Three weeks until preschool! We have to make the most of it!

To the lake

 

 

 

 

It's become a much loved tradition for us to tag along with our friends, Heather & Rion, to stay at her Mom's on Lake Hartwell for an overnight, all-services included, mini-vacation.
This year's was even better than years' past. After a trying two-week absence from all pools and waterways because of Gus' bum leg Dr. Graham cleared Gus for swimming -and swimming he did: Splashing, jumping, paddling, floating and anything else you can do in the water...
I had a great time spending a much needed girl-evening with Heather, Chanley and Aleshka, and Gus did his best to keep up with all his little friends.
It's a bitter-sweet time for me, the end of summer, but I love saying good-bye to a season at Lake Hartwell.

A leg up

 

 

Nothing more tricky than keeping an active, on-to-go-go three year old from moving around...though the splint is helping keep the hurt ankle in line, Gus is getting increasingly restless and frustrated with the whole concept of "keeping the leg elevated and at rest"...I want to elevate my feet and rest, but Gus doesn't really think that's a sensible course of action...

Yesterday, luckily, we had Cedar Ann and Lillian for another morning visit, and they did a great job keeping our minds off the hurt ankle...Gus loved hanging off the porch railing for a who-can-spit-past-the-flower-bed competition!

This morning, after an achy awakening at 5:30, he slept in late (thanks to another dose of Motrin) and is now enjoying his favorite breakfast of Cheerios, raisins and honey...the plan is to take it easy and get out before it gets super hot...and use the stroller as much as possible...

Gus is such a trooper!

All in one Day

 

 

 

First a happy image: Gus out of his own inspiration decided to give a fresh, local farm-grown carrot a try (I just set them out as advised and didn't talk them up) and he liked it! Afterwards he was so inspired he had to go lie down and tell all his toys that he "ate a callot"

Then disaster struck (I still feel dramatic about this) Gus and his Daddy were wrestling on the bed and one bad turn led to a pop in Gus' right ankle and now he has a splint and a steady pain medicine regiment while we wait to find out if it is broken or just badly sprained. In kids this young an X-ray is hard to read and his didn't show anything conclusive, but he isn't putting any weight on his foot and refuses to move much at all...poor boy!

I'm ready for this week/year? to be over.