Flavor Ice

Our neighbor recently decided it was time to introduce Will to a little treat called "Flavor Ice". Yeah that's right...frozen sugar sticks. Well, as you can image, he loved it! In fact, as soon as he finished it, he wanted another one. We've been avoiding any kind of unhealthy sweet treats for some time now and it was all dismissed that day. Now, Will wants one any chance he can get. As soon as he gets home, he yells out "BLUE ONE...". Obviously, the "blue one" is everyone's favorite. Who can blame him. We feel like irresponsible parents giving him these wonderful treats, but he tends to win us over with his cuteness. We tend to cave as he dances across the floor, hopping around as he shouts out the color of Flavor Ice he wants. Here's a picture of the flavor he calls "BLACK ONE" (it's really purple though).

Crooked Lake - Labor Day 2008

This labor day, my parents rented a cabin on Crooked Lake in northern Indiana. Malissa, Will and I made the trip and brought along Max (Brian's son) with us. It was a long car ride, but fortunately, the kids were asleep for the majority of the trip. Despite the long trip, we had a great time. Brian was also able to take the week off of work and meet us there. The weather was perfect and the vacation was relaxing. We got to do a little swimming, take a few trips on the boat, grill out and spend a lot of time with the family. That's how a vacation should be.

With cousin Max also at the cabin, Will had a wonderful time and played until he was out of energy. During the day, they spent the majority of the time either in the water or in sand and/or dirt. The nighttime activities included laughing, playing and wrestling until they were too tired to move. They also had a blast playing with grandma and papaw. All-in-all, everyone had a great time and we enjoyed the family time.

Below are some pictures of the trip and the fun we had. I think we're going to have to do this more often.

Waterpark

Will's summer has almost come to an end. On Wednesday, Malissa goes back to work which means the Will's days will be spent at day care. The daily trips to the YMCA pool are going to be a thing of the past soon:( Will has had lots of fun playing in the water park and pool. He has also been able to capture quite the tan. Here's a picture of Will in the water park playing with his favorite toy....a cup.


Will also learned to swim in the big pool this summer. With his life vest, he can swim with the best of them. He really has no fear with the vest on and could swim for hours if we would let him. He hasn't quite mastered the ability to go under water though. He like to keep his mouth open, which doesn't fare well when going under. Here's a picture of Will and daddy (in his rare appearance at the pool).

Lions and Tigers and.....Goats?

This past Saturday, Will got to go to the zoo with Grandma, Papaw, Max and Uncle Brian. He got to see lots of animals as you can see below. Here, Papaw helped Will and Max feed the cows. He enjoyed seeing the cows but seemed to enjoy throwing corn at them even more.


Here, Will and Max are seen gazing at an immobile turtle. As you can see, they had to go in for a closer look.

Here, you can see Will in the middle of the goat petting zoo. He was a bit hesitant at first, but soon began abusing, I mean petting, the goats. He had lots of fun and made many furry friends.

WHOA BABY!

Well, the Toombs family is about to add another member to their household. We recently found out that we're going to have another baby. We are about 10 weeks into it, so there's a long road ahead of us. Well, now that you know about the baby, we thought we'd post the first pictures of the little one. Malissa went to the doctor today and was able to captures the first pictures of the little peanut. Take a look!

The Little Entertainer

Here a just a few things Will has been up to this summer.

Much to our chagrin, Will absolutely loves to try on Mommy's shoes and to attempt to walk in them. Once he becomes bored with the shoes, he then goes to Daddy's closet to get his "seat belts", which are just regular pant belts. High heels and a belt....This kid knows fashion! Needless to say, we have to work on the shoe thing.


Another hobby Will has pick up is the guitar. When he's not beating it with a hammer or adjusting the strings taking it way out of tune, he likes to strum and sing along to his own tunes. Of course, he wants to be just like his Daddy so he practices on the guitar pretty much everyday. Here's a video of him dancing away with his white boy rhythm to an out of tune guitar and out of pract

Fourth of July

Well, unfortunately the neighborhood Fourth of July parade got rained out but that didn't stop Will and his buddies from having their own parade. They really weren't sure what was going on but they had a good time anyway. Will loves to play with Ellie and Ryan who live across the street.