I made Owen rest on the couch after taking Katie to school and he had to have Maggie lay with him. Good thing it’s not a problem to convince her. 🙂
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Time traveling.
I have an app (Timehop) that shows me pictures from years ago, so every day I get to time travel. Some days are boring but some days have good options for a Then & Now (with recent photos I still have on my phone that match angles or hairstyles). Today was the latter. (Also, sometimes I share them on Facebook if it’s a perfect comparison; sometimes I don’t.)
She outgrew her baby fat.
One sickie, one shadow.
We learned Owen has strep so he was resting on the couch…with his shadow.
Kidisms 26
Grandma arrived and picked Katie up to hug her.
Gramma: I’m going to squeeze you until you fart.
Katie [obviously] didn’t fart.
Katie: Grandma, you couldn’t fart me!
Grauntie Marge wears a wig, but didn’t have it on yet first thing in the morning. After she put it on:
Katie: You have your big hair on!
Demonstrating his newly-learned martial arts moves to Uncle Rob via Skype:
Owen, pointing to Katie: Katie, be my assistant.
She eagerly got up and threw some punches and blocked some punches.
Katie: Do your feet kicks!
We were shopping at Nordstrom Rack and Katie was checking out the mannequins, lifting up the dresses—and she saw that there weren’t actual legs (they were just metal rods).
Katie: Mama! The mannequin has leg poles!
Katie: Mama, why are you wearing a belt?
Me: Because my pants are too big and the belt keeps them from falling down.
Katie: You could just wear comfy pants!
We were all in the car and Katie was trying to describe what she just saw flying.
Me: A bird.
Katie: No. It was white.
Me: A bird.
Katie: No. It had feathers.
Me: A bird.
Katie: No.
Owen: A goose.
Me: A goose is a bird.
Owen: A waterproof bird!
I laughed so hard over that that I actually cried. 🙂
Owen was reading Wimpy Kid.
Owen: “It was an 80 picture of Uncle Charlie.”
Me: What? Let me see.
He shows me—its “8 X 10.”
Owen: 8 times 10 is 80.
❤️ this kid.
My hard workers!
Tom planted the new bushes today as well as put out new mulch! It looks a lot different but I love it and think it’s awesome!
Bushes be gone!
Our bushes have been needing a major trim for quite some time but Tom has just been too busy. He promised me when his night class was over he’d take care of them. Well, he finished his class Tuesday night, so tonight he started trimming them. Katie and I were two doors down hanging with the neighbors. And then I turned around…and saw one entire overgrown bush completely GONE! He said once he started trimming it, all that was left was twigs! And we’ve never liked it, so he just pulled the whole thing out! (We would love to pull out the other ones as well but that’s a lot of work and a lot of expense to fill the space again.) Owen even helped clean up to earn some spending money.
Here’s a before picture (from an old blog post):
The boys and their tools. (Tom just let Owen hold the saw—he didn’t actually get to use it.)
Hedgehog Lego Build
This was from 5/4 but I just got the pics Gramma Jean took. 🙂 She was surprised at how quickly he finished it.
4:21p
4:24p
See, I’m not always successful.
I just wanted a simple picture of Owen this morning. And I got these.
Happy Mother’s Day from Owen
You can tell we just had chicken pot pie at home because his answers are VERY chicken-pot-pie related. 🙂
My mom’s name is Jennifer.
She is 42 years old.
Mom and I like to play xbox 360/to help me on my Lego to get me red bricks.
Mom likes to say “I love you/respond.”
My Mom really loves playing with me.
She likes to eat chicken pot pie.
She likes to drink energy drink. [Our Naturally Slim H2OJ.]
My Mom’s job is taking care of me.
If she had time, she would like to watch Ellen DeGeneres.
Mom is really good at making pizza.
If I could go anywhere in the world with her, we’d go to Florida.
I love my Mom because she is nice.
Door Holders
Waiting for everyone to get to the doors at swim lessons!
My walking buddies!
Owen’s class in DC!
The entire first grade went to visit DC monuments today! This is the class pic a mom friend/chaperone sent me. (Can you find Owen? Back row, center, green coat.)
Grauntie Marge brought puzzles!
Reading and games with Grauntie and Gramma
Owen reading his homework to Grauntie Marge and Katie beating Gramma Jean at her favorite game!
Mohawk for school…and sister.
Owen let me do his Mohawk for school today.
And then Katie wanted in the picture.
One last time in the tent.
The kids loved this but rarely play with it anymore so it’s time to get rid of it. Of course, this happened:
I love that he’s willing to recreate these photos!
Tom snuck this picture of us.
“Yup. This is what happens on a cold rainy Sunday.” 😀
Two hits today!
They won, too! 🙂
Mohawk!
Owen really needed a haircut so Tom was just going to do it…but Owen wasn’t thrilled with the idea. So I asked if he maybe wanted a mohawk. Oh yes, he liked that. So here it is!
Baseball was cancelled so…we made cupcakes!
Kitchen Dance Party
Back at our water table.
She always wants to sit in it (like she used to do when she was little) but it’s a different table plus she’s too big…so she “rinses” her feet in it.
I made him put together the water table.
I figure if he can do Legos for ages 14+ he can do this. And he did. 😀
Admiring his handiwork.
Playing with the frog—getting ready to send it flying.
Proud boy!
Give me a smile!
No, give me a normal smile.
Not sure what that face is for!
All smiles watching daddy see his work!
Back to playing with the frog!
Waiting for Owen
On Mondays if it’s nice when I pick Katie up, we stay and play at the playground while waiting for Owen to finish his after school athletics program. She loves it.
Showing me the flowers her class planted. (Yes, they’re fake.)
She wanted to show me her picture outside the classroom!
Chalk on the street
What we often have to resort to since our driveway is so small. (If both cars are home, it’s this or the little bit of sidewalk.)
The end of the play date.
When we came to pick up the kids, we got a good report…and then we stayed to talk to our friends for a bit and this is what the kids looked like:
Keegan & Owen on the left, the little sister Sheila in the pink, and Garrett & Katie in the back. 🙂
They didn’t want to get out of the pool!
My walking buddy this morning.
Apparently he was a farmer in a past life. 🙂
Marlins…in the rain.
It started off overcast and cool… We kept our fingers crossed but eventually it was raining. Not fun. But the kids were all doing great!
Katie had fun playing catch with daddy beforehand.
Montage of Owen’s at-bats and runs:
They did end up calling the game a little over an hour in because it was really coming down. So it was home for warm showers/baths and comfy clothes!