Everybody loves a parade

Okay, maybe not quite everybody.

It's Frontier Days here in Cheyenne and we're inundated with parades, pancake breakfasts, lots and lots of traffic and monstrous rainstorms in the afternoon. Will came to my office on Tuesday so that I could take him to the parade. With his current interest in all things animal, I thought he'd enjoy the horses and floats in the parade. He enjoyed it for a few minutes and then decided to take a nap.

We've tried to take advantage of some of the more kid-friendly activities going on this week. We stopped by a great petting zoo over the weekend. Will enjoyed being the goat whisperer.

He made a beeline for this pony.

On Sunday, we went to the spray park for a birthday party. For those of you Cheyenne folks, the spray park really is a lot of fun. It was a hot day and the kids enjoyed running around in the sprinklers. This is Will before he got soaking wet. Notice his hip board shorts? This is also a typical Will Pauley expression.

Finally, in other news - we got a new puppy. He's cute but bites and is definitely not housebroken.

Cute boy outfits

So as a mom to a little boy, I often feel a pang when I walk through the kids section at Target and see all the cute sundresses, capri pants, tube tops, etc., that are available for little girls. My options for little boys are shorts and tshirts with an occasional pair of man-capris to throw into the mix. You can imagine my delight when I was shopping a few weeks ago and found this tshirt for Will. Paired with shorts and a kicky firemans hat, he's ready for anything! (The shirts says "preschool").

I'm including this picture to give you an idea of what dinnertime is like. The kid loves food.

Holiday Weekend

It's been another wild week in the Pauley Household. We're still in the midst of trying to sell our house and Glenn's been busy getting the deck painted and making everything look fancy. On Saturday Will and I snuck away to Fort Collins and had a fun day with Aunt Vicky. We took Will to the Budweiser plant so that he could pet a Clydesdale. With Will's weight being in the 90th percentile, my dreams of him being a world famous jockey are probably fading. However, if they ever race Clydesdales, he might be just the right size!

We took Will to the fireworks display on Friday night and needless to say, he wasn't a big fan. He enjoyed running around the park but once the show started, he tried to simultaneously cover his eyes and his ears. When that didn't work, he just fell asleep.

We've all had to pitch in to keep our house in shape for the realtors. Here's our latest attempt to violate child labor laws. As you can see, we also have a strict "No Pants" policy around our house.

As the weekend wound down, we noticed that Will wasn't feeling very well. He had a slight fever and general crankiness. We kept him home on Monday with Grandma Hansen's help. After a particularly rough night that left me wondering if 15 month-olds could get colic, Glenn took him to the doctor on Tuesday. Turns out our little germ magnet has Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease. You can look it up here. Not to be confused with Hoof and Mouth which is this. So far his major symptoms besides the blisters on his hands and feet, seem to be major crankiness and inability to handle things that don't go his way. I know what you are thinking, I've probably had HFMD for the last 20 years.

Spaghetti Night

Here's a nice shot of Will's nostrils and what happens when you let a 15-month old feed himself spaghetti. Clearly Spaghetti Night is also Bath Night.

Lots of big changes in the Pauley household to report. Glenn accepted a job with the Wyoming Game and Fish and starts on July 21. Since we had a few weeks of downtime, we thought, "hey, let's sell our house and buy another one!" Well, we took care of the "buying" part when we made an offer that was accepted on a house in northwestern Cheyenne. Now we just need to sell our's. Our house was officially put on the market yesterday so send good selling vibes our way. I'll save the details about the new house until we have a better idea of when we will be moving.

Will started at the Montessori School today. We loved our other daycare provider but a spot came open at this school right around the corner from our (current) house and we felt like we couldn't pass up on the opportunity. He'll be the youngest kid in the class, but I think he'll really enjoy it. They have a big playground that he already loves and they do lots of field trips. He's a busy kid!

With the housing situation, we plan on spending our Holiday weekend painting the deck. FUN! Hope your Fourth of July plans are most festive than our's.