I had him draw on the back side of one of his puzzles. He thought that was awesome.
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It’s been a while since I let her do this.
I only let her do this when my hair is straight…so she’s been at it forever (last night for about a half hour straight and this morning).
Owen’s first Pokemon gym!
Tom took him out last night for some one-on-one time and Owen had his first battle…and won! He was SO excited!!
I Â didn’t think this attitute would come around until much, much later.
Owen (out of nowhere) in a perfectly normal voice: I have to clean up my room.
Me: Okay.
Owen, in an 80% snotty tone: I guess I have like three seconds to do it. Hmph.
Me: ?????
Owen: I guess I hvae to go do it right now.
Me: If you want to.
Then he stomped off upstairs.
What?! When did he turn into a teenager?
Reading trioÂ
It took some convincing but Owen was reading to us!
Thanks for sharing one of your last nights with us.
Our good friends Beth and Frank (and daughters Ainsley and Avery) are moving to Ohio after only two years here…so we had them over for one last dinner.
Two peas in a pod.
And in a chair. 🙂
Katie can do this puzzle all on her own now…
And this is what generally happens seconds afterwards.
I can finally wear my wedding ring again—oh, happy day!Â
Now THAT’S more like it. It’s an ever-so-slightly different shape and thickness (I can definitely tell it’s lighter) but it’s 99.8% perfect and I can live with that! :heart: I just wish they would have done this the first time instead of stressing me out with their first attempt…
They were spoiled at the dentist today.Â
They got their cleanings done in the procedure room because it wasn’t being used…so they got a TV on the ceiling!
Katie is still a much better patient than Owen. He freaks out at the smallest thing—he said the hygienist’s rotating toothbrush hurt and then he was throwing a mini fit because he doesn’t like the taste/feel of the flouride treatment—he was whining a little and needed four glasses of water and looked like he was going to be sick; Katie just goes on like nothing even happened. 🙂
Apparently I had Anna braids all day and didn’t even realize it.
Katie just told me. 🙂
Shark PJs then and now.Â
This is new.Â
All three of us worked on this puzzle today.Â
It was fairly difficult with lots of the same color pieces but we managed to do it over three different sessions. We wanted Katie to be in the picture, too, but she was being a poop for some reason I can’t remember and she was off pouting to the side.
One of these things is not like the other.Â
And kudos to Mike for looking good year after year.
My full vacation stash.Â
It would have been three times as many had we actually made it to the beach.
Happy accident of the day!
I discovered we left the chocolate-covered cashews in the garage and it was one big glob. I spread it out to make it into brittle but had to taste it as is and OMG I’m pretty sure it’s heaven. I never tried them originally but warm and gooey is a winner.
Wow. They both wanted daddy cuddles.Â
They’re back to normal.Â
Ahhh. Back at the pool.Â
After the insanely hot weather lately, the pool is FINALLY at a temperature in which I will actually get in and stay in for a bit—85°! And maybe because it was almost 100° and the sun was blazing hot and a quick dip only kept me cooled off for maybe 10 minutes. So I got in the pool and floated around with the kids.
Does anyone else think she looks like Izzy here? That’s all I can see.
New friends (a 1st grade teacher I think I mentioned earlier in the summer).
Our neighbors and new friends, Kayleigh and her mom Julie (Julie was our house/cat sitter while we were on vacation).
Then I let Katie have her turn with the camera (since she didn’t get a turn the last time). She actually did pretty well overall, getting more usable ones than I’d predicted.
She did get her finger in quite a few. 🙂
The first thing Katie did when we got home.Â
They both really missed each other.
If you take a mouse on vacation…
He’ll want to drive the car.
She has the best seat in the house.
I have a lap buddy for this leg of the trip. Normally we’d never do this (and never have) but it’s crazy hot and even with the A/C on she doesn’t get much circulation tucked into the back in her crate. So she now has the best seat in the house.
And then of course she had to move into the sun.
Spoiled girl.
Pretend driving lessons
Waiting for daddy and Owen to get back from the bathrooms, Katie jumped in the driver’s seat and had pretend lessons.
Kidisms 29
We were on a walk and saw 100 dog poop!
Katie, seeing a caboose on the side of the road: There’s a train bottom!
Katie and Gramma Jean were playing hide and seek. Gramma jumped out and scared her.
Katie: Ah! You scared my feelings!
Katie, with a water bottle: I’m pretending this is dia co.
Me: What is it?
Katie: Dia co. Like daddy.
Me: You mean what daddy drinks? Diet Coke?
Katie: Ahhh! I thought it was dia co!
Saying goodbye to Uncle Rob
Owen finally gets on the swing!
Owen doesn’t have the best balance or coordination—and doesn’t really like swings—so we didn’t have much success getting him on the rope swing. Until Gramma Jean got involved while we weren’t around, apparently.
And that was it. I tried to get him on it again but he’s just a big goofball and immediately falls off.
Lobsters for Gramma’s birthday!
When the kids saw these driftwood lobsters at Marshall’s, they said we had to get them for Gramma Jean! So we have them to her for an early birthday present!
Decorating the box so we didn’t need to wrap it.
Now he has his very own ninja hood.Â
I was tired of him borrowing my Survivor buffs so I bought him a plain black version of his own.
Showing GJ his new bunting skills
