The future?

6/19 Nathan made an awesome heart with his train tracks.  He said he made it for mommy, daddy, Bella, Tulla and grandpa!

We went to Breakers Water Park on 6/22 using some Groupons.  Nathan had a lot of fun.  He loves to play in the water.  We still need to get those swimming lessons, though....

On 6/25 Nathan and I went to the Desert Museum.  We got to get up close to the new mountain lion cub.  I also got to see some of the torch cacti.  In the aviary the parrot said hello to Nathan twice!

Yesterday was 4th of July.  We did not do much.  Paul did some landscaping in the morning.  We went swimming after that.  Then we went to IHOP for lunch.  For dinner we had Sonic.  That night we watched the fireworks from our back balcony.  The Marana fireworks were disappointing this year.  They stopped without a finale and we were not sure if they were done or not.  Later we learned there was a fire.  They started them back up after some time had passed, but the finale was mostly all white fireworks.  Nathan did not get to bed until 10 and he slept on our floor again because he was scared in his room.  Lately he has been scared to sleep in his room at night and I think it started when the monsoons started for the season.  He says he is afraid of the dark, but he has the ceramic Christmas tree lit up in his room at night and we keep the hall light on.

Today Paul had to work :(  Nathan had another 4th of July party at school today.  I spent the morning at Pep Boys getting an oil change for the Grand Am.  Our battery was only a year old, but it needed to be replaced, too.  Luckily, it was under warranty.  I can't believe how fast we go through batteries in Tucson.  Just like I can't believe that we need new A/C for our home already.  We have pretty much decided to put that on hold for awhile as long as we can this summer.  We paid for more freon to be added and we are hoping that our current units will last us the rest of the summer.  The reason we are holding off is because we are unsure about Paul's job.  Aetna took over recently and there are some changes going on as expected.  We want to make sure that Paul is not going to lose his job right now before we make any big purchases, especially for this house if for some reason we may have to move again.        

This morning we measured Nathan for the heck of it.  He was 38 inches when he turned 3.  Six months later he is now 39.5 inches.  He has grown 1.5 inches!  Everyone comments how tall he is.  I think he is about average.  However, I am hoping that this is an indicator that he will not be as short as mommy when he gets older!