TX Ren Fest

My mom had Halloween weekend off so we met up with her for the Texas Renaissance Festival. Our first big stop was the Haunted House -

We stopped by a woodworking shop. John has decided he is going to build one of these -

My favorite show to watch is Arsene -

We did the maze in record time -

My mom bought some flowers for her hair -

We watched a few people ride elephants and camels.
I do not know why someone would take their infant onto an elephant.

We saw Cast in Bronze -

We watched the joust and cheered for Spain.
France won.

A "Sea Wolf" harassed us from above while we shopped in a big boat-shaped store -
Wait. John, is that you?!!

We stayed for a brilliant fireworks show -

Bowser didn't come along with us to the Ren Fest, but he did have a fun time staying with Grandma & Grandpa in Kingwood. Of course, just as we were trying to leave, Bowser decided that he was not getting into the car without getting in some of his usual pool time. Despite the cold, he just plopped right in the moment all of our backs were turned.
We were off to Nac as soon as we got him dried off. A fun Halloween weekend, indeed.
:)

Bowser the Leaping Legend

This is Bowser

This is Bowser jumping -

Again

And again

And again

And here he is telling us to get out of the pool

Because he's tired

We hope he got it out of his system because this weekend was probably the last time for a long while that he'd get to swim in Grandma & Grandpa's pool!

Kingwood - Bowser and the Pool

Picture Post!!!

On Saturday we headed out to Kingwood to see John's family, where Bowser got to spend more quality time at the pool -

Family Portrait

Bowser is a really fast swimmer now and we are just so proud! Check out this fantastic form!

Here he is taking a little break.

This is what you would see about 97.3% of the time if you were watching Bowser in the pool. When he's not being held by John, he's chasing John.

Here he is beginning a chase. I LOVE watching Bowser leap into the water!

We think that Bowser comes after us because he's trying to save us. If we're just sitting on the pool steps, he'll stick his face under and try to lift our arms out of the water. He barks like mad if we swim away from him, and if we're not careful, he'll leap into the water right on top of us. One thing I wish we had gotten on video was when Bowser leaped into the pool right on top of me while I was trying to swim a lap. I've got a little nick under my eye where one of his claws got me. Totally didn't see it coming.

He swims right up to John and John takes him into his arms. It's so cute, although here Bowser looks a little tired...

In this pic, John was really excited about Bowser having looked at the camera for the previous pic. I think it's funny that in neither pic are both of them looking at the camera.

Kudos to Karen for taking pictures. We had a really fun time and are going to try to get to Kingwood more often to visit. It's so nice to get the heck out of Nacogdoches every once in a while and visit with family. We're so lucky to have people so close by.

On another note, I would have posted more pics/videos of me, but my swimsuit top kept riding up and exposing the bottoms of my boobs!!! My top is either too small or I'm tying it in too much of a hurry. Tips, anyone?

Bowser and the Pool

Bowser here. I had SO much fun at Grandma & Grandpa's house while my parents were away! I got to swim in the pool again! I'm a much better swimmer now because I've pretty much got the hang of not sinking. The trick is to keep moving. If I stop running in the water, my butt starts sinking and then the rest of me goes down with it. AND I know how to get in and out of the pool! You have to use the steps. It's hard to get back out of the pool if you don't use the steps. I can't do it without the steps. And guess what - I can stick my WHOLE FACE under the water! I can, I can! My daddy likes to swim under me and trick me but sometimes if I put my head under the water, I can look for him under the water. Haven't figured out how to get to him when he's under there, though. Not sure if I want to.

Turn on the sound for these videos! Turn up the volume, too!!!!!
The woman talking in the background is Grandma. She was our videographer!

I'm so awesome at jumping now. Watch me as I go for this ball -



I like for everyone to stay close to me in the water. I hate it when Mommy or Daddy swims away across the pool. I yell at them to come back and if they don't, I go after them. When they're both swimming away from me, I start to feel really conflicted and I don't know who to swim after. Usually I pick Daddy, though. He's mostly my favorite. When Daddy yells at me, Mommy is my favorite. Here's Grandpa trying to sneak away from me. I know your tricks, Grandpa. I know your tricks.


Here's a blooper video from when they were trying to film me.


Swimming made me really good at stuff. When we got home, I was able to jump on Mommy and Daddy's bed! I had never done that before! I'm so strong now! And Mommy and Daddy said I'm lighter because the pool water bleached me. I haven't noticed. I could get used to hanging out a pool, though. Ever since we've all been back at home, I have been BORED OUT OF MY MIND! Swimming tires me out so much. I want a pool, I want a pool! Tell Mommy and Daddy to get me a pool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa for taking care of me and letting me swim in the poooooollll!!!!