The last week of school is Spirit Week. Owen wanted to wear his Dusty (from Planes) PJs and I happened to have orange hair gel…which he wanted to put in himself!
I helped a bit to get it to stick up.
He loved it!
And real camera pictures outside with better lighting!
He started singing so I made him wait until I was recording. It’s a riot.
Here’s the second song, except as you’ll see, it’s maybe 97% prep and 3% song.
I can’t WAIT to see it for real Tuesday. 🙂
After her nap, Owen threw the big bear in her crib and she was pretending to sleep on it.
Surprise! I’m awake!
Helping me take the decals off her wall.
The ice cream truck comes around pretty frequently but we’ve never stopped him because it’s too expensive, we usually have ice cream in the house already, and we’re rarely outside when he comes by. And Owen knows what it is but has never wanted it. But Tom came in the house today telling me he heard it coming and he wanted to go out with Owen—at least once before we moved. Okay, sure, no problem. (Katie was napping.)
So out we went to wait. He wasn’t quite sure what he was waiting for—he knew it was a surprise but couldn’t hear the music yet.
After he heard the music!
It’s on our street!
Perusing the menu!
Success!
Happy boy and daddy—with $5 in ice cream. 🙂
Upset Owen wouldn’t drive her around:
“Help!”
Finally going down the slide by herself!
Skyping with Grandma Marsha and Uncle Rob:
Pretending to sleep.
A snippet of a typical Skype session:
Daddy and the kids have coffee clutch on the weekends while I hopefully get to sleep in. This is what it looks like.
Friends of ours are moving (one of my mommy group friends; her husband retired from the USMC) and had a retirement/going away party…with a waterslide for the kids! Owen started sliding shortly after we got there at 4 and only stopped for about 10 minutes total to eat a granola bar and a few bites for dinner before we left at 7:45. This kid loves waterslides. 🙂
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Tom was power washing some equipment on the back deck while the kids were riding around. Of course they liked the mist, and eventually got out of the car to run directly in it…then of course daddy started spraying them directly and that was even more fun!
Katie kept running at it with her mouth open!
Happy wet kids!
I told Owen to hold Katie’s hand while walking into the store. Not bad for a first attempt. 🙂
Then they both wanted to sit in the cart. This is about the best way.
She usually gets the glasses on upside down but did it right this time!
So, it turns out it was his friend, Braxton, that peed on him. (I actually got the scoop from the classroom assistant.) She told me it hadn’t really been that big of a deal—that the girl who called made it seem like an INCIDENT. She thinks it was more on purpose but apparently Braxton said they were peeing in the same toilet (which, she wasn’t watching, but had walked by and they were at separate toilets).
His mom actually showed up at the same time I was there and we had a laugh. She said she was hoping it was Owen because she knows me and knew I wouldn’t care. 🙂
Owen didn’t seem to be phased by it at all and didn’t even talk about it until I asked. And he said Braxton just wasn’t paying attention. He didn’t seem to think it was any big deal.
So, no one can tell what REALLY happened, though Owen is a pretty honest kid (and does like to tattle) so if Braxton did it on purpose I’m sure we would have heard it.
So, I just got a call from Owen’s school.
School: Hi, this is ___ from Excel. We just wanted to give you a courtesy call to let you know there was an incident at school today.
Me: /my mind is racing/ Okay. What happened?
School: Owen got peed on in the bathroom.
Me: /immediate outburst of laughter/
School: /quiet, nervous laughing/ I’m sorry, I’m not laughing at it, but I’m laughing because you are. I was SO nervous to call and tell you.
Me: /still laughing/ I was expecting him to have barfed or pooped himself or broken an arm.
School: I’m glad you have a sense of humor about it.
Me: Ha! Getting peed on is the least of my worries of Owen at school.
She tells me they’ve talked to both kids, are getting two different stories (of course!), and she just didn’t want me to freak out when I saw him in different clothes and the teacher told me what happened. Of course she couldn’t tell me who the other kid was, but I know the teacher will—that’s partially why I ply her with bottles of wine and classroom equipment throughout the year. 🙂
I just thought it was hilarious. And of course I had to call Tom to tell him and he busted up laughing, too.
I needed that. 🙂
Katie is very good and quick about parroting what you say. 🙂
So while I was at my friend’s house today, her husband happened to have the day off. She heard their daughter call him daddy, so she started calling him daddy, too. It was SO cute. For awhile we thought maybe she really thought he was her daddy—tall, dark hair, short hair—but no, she told him her daddy was at work. But she knew enough to call him daddy to get his attention!
And being cute in a hat while picking up toys:
I walked in the room to see this:
I had to wake Katie up at 7:10 this morning…and look at how cute she was sleeping! It looks like Lambie was spooning her!
And moments after her waking up, happy and smiling.
Ok wanted to spread the towel out to lay down, so of course Katie had to follow.
Watch as Katie mimics what Owen does.
We had our good friends over tonight for dinner…fun, because we love them and always have a great time…but kinda sad because it will be one of the last times before we move again.
Owen’s light sabers get everyone involved:
And the guys—missing the third musketeer who is currently deployed.
Owen wasn’t feeling great so he was resting on the couch…and Maggie joined him. 🙂
Loving driving through the bubbles!
This was actually from back in March (I think!)—I saved it in a strange spot and forgot to post it. I wish there had been more pictures…
