Father's Day 2011

We got a head start on Father's Day this year and scouted out these cool water guns at Target a few weeks ago. Jackson was so patient and even hid them in his room for a whole week. He never spilled the beans, even when quizzed by his daddy! We had a countdown all week and when Sunday morning finally rolled around, J was rearing to go. He couldn't wait to give Daddo his Super Soaker and to show him the other two guns that we bought for him and Maddie to chase dad around with. The only thing stopping Jackson on insisting that they run outside and have a water gun fight was the fact that monkey bread was waiting for them on the table. Yes, folks, monkey bread is that good.

Jared thought his new toy was really cool and pretended to shoot some water at Jackson with it. Little did he know that Jackson had already tested it out a few days before and left a little water in there.

Both of them were surprised when Jackson got sprayed in the face!

After breakfast it was time to go to church.

After church, though, it was time for their first water fight!

Even though Jared had the bigger gun, it kept running out of water faster than Jackson's. This delighted the little guy to no end and loved getting to soak his daddy.

That afternoon we headed over to the Hays' backyard for a swim party and cook out. Jackson took his water gun with him and sprayed everyone in the pool. In the face, sometimes. Lovely. You had to be on the lookout, that's for sure!

Maddie really had no interest in water fights, but she did get the party going by taking a big jump into the pool. Both she and J are swimming really well.

Jackson showed everyone his newest skill --swimming with his face in the water! The only stipulation is that he do it while wearing a mask. He does not like for his eyes or nose to get wet!

He jumped off the side and swam all the way to Uncle Andrew. Way to go, little fish!

Lila napped through the first half of the pool party and then just observed everyone else while hanging out with Memaw.

They watched these two munchkins jump, dive and splash all over the pool.

When she finally got her second wind, she checked out the backyard. I am pretty sure I overheard her telling Memaw how nice her yard and flowers look.

We got our dads the same gifts this year. New Rangers shirts and History of GHS Football books. They are both avid Rangers fans and die hard Owl fans, so we thought these gifts were perfect. The book was really cool--Jared and Scott are both in it a few times, as are lots of my dad's friends.

In addition to the super soaker, we got Jared this cool shirt. I wish I could say that we made the shirt and these are actually the kids' fingerprints. But alas, I cannot. The thought of doing a painting project with all three kids kind of makes my head spin!

After we were done swimming, it was time for the baseball game. Jackson had been talking about it ALL WEEK LONG! No joke, he had me write down the members of the two teams and discuss their positions as well. On the Rangers we had Scott, Lyndsie, Andrew (who missed our game!) me and Jackson.

On the Yankees we had Boom, Gigi, Madison, Daddo and Poppi. Their team photo was so much cooler than ours.

Memaw was the umpire, but when the Rangers needed a batter to fill in for Uncle Andrew, she stepped up to the plate. And got a hit! Way to go, Memaw!

We had such a fun time celebrating with our whole family. Thanks again, Memaw and Poppi for hosting us at your home.