Our Trip to the Cottage

Hanging out on the deck at the cottage...and already for bed in his PJ's!

Before bed, Kellen and Abuelita went for a walk down to the water.


Kisses from Lita...Kellen just loves spending time with his Abuelita!


Since Kellen couldn't stay out of the water, we stripped him down to his birthday suit and let him have fun in the water...nice positioning of the rock, Kellen!


Again...nice pose....Kellen knows how to pose without showing off too much skin! He loved playing in the water...and he has absolutely no fear of the water. He kept wanting to just jump off of the boat, off of the deck, etc! Here he is picking up rocks with Abuelita and tossing them into the water!


Watching a boat go by... (do you like the outfit?!)


Hanging out with Abuelita near the beach. He had so much fun just running around and taking it all in...he absolutely loves the outdoors!

Enjoying some quiet time with Abuelita....they had lots of fun playing with the puzzles that Abuelita brought to the cottage.

Handing Abuelita a little rock that he found. Kellen loves to pick up the smallest stones from the ground and give them away as presents!

Looking for frogs with Daddy.

Family picture.

Kellen loved to walk up and down the steps leading from the cottage to the water (although, he still needs a bit of help!)...he looks so cute hanging out in his sun hat and diaper! What a life!

An artist in the making....

Kellen loved the paints that Abuelita brought for him to play with at the cottage. He has never painted before, but he was a natural...he didn't do much painting on the paper (although he did enjoy painting with just water on the paper!)...he mainly painted the deck, his body, and his mouth!

Caught trying to escape! He actually did escape once....it was pretty funny because the moment he opened the screen door, he fell flat onto the deck (it was only one step and the deck had a rubber mat on it), but he was so shocked by the fall, that he never tried that again! (oh, and don't worry, we were all standing there watching him as he "escaped"!)

Cousin Parker came for a visit on our second day at the cottage....aren't they cute together?!?!

Ahhh.....hugs all around! It is so cute how well Kellen and Parker get along now! They are finally at an age where they enjoy being around one another.....they are best buds!

Here is Kellen sneaking up on Parker while Parker was having breakfast.....the moment Parker saw Kellen, he gave him a huge smile and Kellen just wouldn't leave his side!

Cutie!! Here's Kellen sneaking up on my lap while I was taking pictures.

Grandpa was playing the harmonica for Kellen and Kellen couldn't get enough of it! Kellen actually learned to "play" the harmonica by the end of our visit!!! What a smart little boy!

"Wake up everyone!!! I want to play!!!"

Beautiful boy!

Another family picture.....

Collecting water for his toys at the beach.

Shawn found a baby snapping turtle so we put it in the boat so that Kellen could watch it swim around. Kellen loved just watching it swim - and even tried to pick it up a couple of times!

Me interrupting his turtle watching....

The cottage is on this amazing piece of land that has so much space to run around and play...and as you can see, it even has badminton nets! Here are Kellen and Shawn running around having fun!