One of the greatest features of my Dad's house is the deck and backyard. He has the magnificent deck that takes up much of the back of the house, and wraps around to meet the screened-in porch on the side of the house. It's this really great composite decking that isn't wood, so there are no splinters to be had! Tyler can crawl all over it (when he actually feels like crawling over walking, which is extremely rare now), walk barefoot on it, fall down, whatever. No splinters! This is great considering at our house we'd need to pad the poor boy in bubble wrap before we could let him play on our deck. Splinter City, baby. Splinter City.
Anyway...Tyler got lots of great outdoor time this weekend in Lynchburg. He played (and played and played) on Grandpa's deck, and even took a couple of trips to Dad's massive backyard. He looked so small in this large yard, just running and playing. He had a blast. He practiced going up and down the stairs, and did really well with his footing on the grass (in his new sandals, no less). I really wish that we had a better deck, and a better yard, at home for him to play in. He doesn't complain about it, though. He's just happy to be outside. As often as possible, I try to take Tyler for walks when we get home in the afternoon. We have about an hour to ourselves before Travis comes home for the evening, so I pull out the stroller and walk up to the front of the neighborhood and back. Sometimes we stop to swing, sometimes we don't. I'm happy to get the exercise and Tyler is happy to people-watch and just sit back to enjoy the ride. It's nice right now, as there are few bugs, there's little humidity, and it's not so freakin' hot that you can't stand it. We'll have about another week or 2 of that, and that will be about it, I'm sure.
We had both of my grandmothers over at Grandpa's on Saturday for lunch. Nana Scoggin drove up from NC and bought us all lunch from Applebee's. We had a nice visit, and Tyler did what Tyler does best - entertains. He even handed out kisses, though not on demand as Nana Woody would have liked. That evening, Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw Radick came over to visit and have dinner. Maw-Maw brought a very special surprise with her, in addition to some of her own toys that Wagner & Waylon play with at her house.
She had with her a tattered and torn plastic, yellow tote bag filled with blocks and such. Well, once I looked in the bag, I was overwhelmed with a sense of familiarity. The blocks in this bag used to belong to Eddie. Some of the blocks in there were taken from the old Homeplace in Union Mills, NC (where Mom and my Papa are buried), and I distinctly remember Eddie playing with them when we were younger. Angela said that Mom had given those toys to her when Wagner was smaller, and she thought that it was time for them to come back into our family. She has several of Eddie's old trucks and cars too, but will wait until Tyler is a bit older to bring those back. So Grandpa now has LOTS of great toys for Tyler to play with at his house! How special!!
This weekend is Mother's Day weekend, and we plan on spending Sunday together - just the 3 of us. Right now, it's supposed to rain, but hopefully it will hold off. Next Wednesday evening, we will pack up the car and head down to Columbia, SC for Maggie & Stephen's wedding. Tyler's tux should be here any day now, and I can't wait to get him in that thing (he'll probably disagree with me though). So we'll have a long week (and weekend!) next week, but should come back with some great stories and pictures!
One of the greatest features of my Dad's house is the deck and backyard. He has the magnificent deck that takes up much of the back of the house, and wraps around to meet the screened-in porch on the side of the house. It's this really great composite decking that isn't wood, so there are no splinters to be had! Tyler can crawl all over it (when he actually feels like crawling over walking, which is extremely rare now), walk barefoot on it, fall down, whatever. No splinters! This is great considering at our house we'd need to pad the poor boy in bubble wrap before we could let him play on our deck. Splinter City, baby. Splinter City.
Anyway...Tyler got lots of great outdoor time this weekend in Lynchburg. He played (and played and played) on Grandpa's deck, and even took a couple of trips to Dad's massive backyard. He looked so small in this large yard, just running and playing. He had a blast. He practiced going up and down the stairs, and did really well with his footing on the grass (in his new sandals, no less). I really wish that we had a better deck, and a better yard, at home for him to play in. He doesn't complain about it, though. He's just happy to be outside. As often as possible, I try to take Tyler for walks when we get home in the afternoon. We have about an hour to ourselves before Travis comes home for the evening, so I pull out the stroller and walk up to the front of the neighborhood and back. Sometimes we stop to swing, sometimes we don't. I'm happy to get the exercise and Tyler is happy to people-watch and just sit back to enjoy the ride. It's nice right now, as there are few bugs, there's little humidity, and it's not so freakin' hot that you can't stand it. We'll have about another week or 2 of that, and that will be about it, I'm sure.
We had both of my grandmothers over at Grandpa's on Saturday for lunch. Nana Scoggin drove up from NC and bought us all lunch from Applebee's. We had a nice visit, and Tyler did what Tyler does best - entertains. He even handed out kisses, though not on demand as Nana Woody would have liked. That evening, Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw Radick came over to visit and have dinner. Maw-Maw brought a very special surprise with her, in addition to some of her own toys that Wagner & Waylon play with at her house. 
She had with her a tattered and torn plastic, yellow tote bag filled with blocks and such. Well, once I looked in the bag, I was overwhelmed with a sense of familiarity. The blocks in this bag used to belong to Eddie. Some of the blocks in there were taken from the old Homeplace in Union Mills, NC (where Mom and my Papa are buried), and I distinctly remember Eddie playing with them when we were younger. Angela said that Mom had given those toys to her when Wagner was smaller, and she thought that it was time for them to come back into our family. She has several of Eddie's old trucks and cars too, but will wait until Tyler is a bit older to bring those back. So Grandpa now has LOTS of great toys for Tyler to play with at his house! How special!!
This weekend is Mother's Day weekend, and we plan on spending Sunday together - just the 3 of us. Right now, it's supposed to rain, but hopefully it will hold off. Next Wednesday evening, we will pack up the car and head down to Columbia, SC for Maggie & Stephen's wedding. Tyler's tux should be here any day now, and I can't wait to get him in that thing (he'll probably disagree with me though). So we'll have a long week (and weekend!) next week, but should come back with some great stories and pictures!
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