Long summer days with Beau...

These long HOT summer days are challenging with Beau, for sure!  He is at the peak of the climbing, opening, exploring, and disassembling phase and just needs to play outside!!  I am trying my best to keep it together as we spend lots of quality time in the air conditioning!

Here was a not-so-happy moment.  Time out because he had climbed on my bathroom counter and thrown his Daddy's cologne off into the floor more than once.  (I really don't know how it didn't break:)

The library is super fun with Beau.  All he wants to do is climb on the stools and pull books off the shelf, scream really loud, and throw them in the floor.  The librarians LOVE us!!  We finally discovered this, and it actually kept him quiet until we had to leave.  Then he SCREAMED because I made him take them off!

 One Sunday morning we were desperately trying to get ready and Beau was, of course, on top of our bathroom cabinet.  It's hard for us all to get ready with him spralled across the cabinet with the water running in both sinks, throwing everything he can get his hands on in the water.  So, Travis set this up:)  Pretty cute little hang out spot.  It lasted approximately 1.5 minutes:)

 After church on Sundays the boys bring all the laundry into the living room for me to sort.  Beau jumped in the basket, so Evan made him a little nest and took him for a ride.  He almost fell asleep.  I had to get him in bed before his eyes closed:)  Look at his little feet poking out the handle...so cute!

 Beau got a new swim floatie and he has been wearing it around the house.  We tried it out at the pool yesterday and it actually worked pretty well.  He can float around without me touching him, which makes him very happy!

 This is the major story at our house this week.  Beau has mastered turning the door knobs.  Every single knob in our house now has one of these on it.  We will see how long it works...with Evan, not long.  We shall see...

All things considered, we are having a great summer.  Beau is just high maintenance.  NO doubt about it.  The good news is that when he crashes at night, he is OUT!!!  He has also been sleeping until around 8:30-8:45 which makes me ONE HAPPY MAMA!!!!!