Talking to daddy.
Truth.
Another day, another BBQ.
As soon as we got there, Katie and her friend were two peas in a pod. (They know each other from t-ball games.)
Half of the kids:
We met some more great people, the kids all got along (who doesn’t love a bounce house?!), and the food was amazing! The kids stayed awake until we got home after 10 and even though they looked tired they didn’t want to go to bed!
Pool season has started!
Our community pool opened yesterday and we made it today. And even though the water was FREEZING, Katie jumped right in!
We didn’t stay too long because of the water temperature but promised the kids we’d come back tomorrow…plus all summer long. 🙂
I was in heaven.
Today we went to a friend’s BBQ (t-ball/40th birthday party)—they have a super awesome house with a great deck and huge back yard. So I spent the afternoon listening to dance 80s music with a cool breeze blowing while I sat in the shade. The kids all played happily. I drank some wine and ate some good food (the grilling meat smelled divine). I got to visit with friends…and relax. In short, I was in heaven. The kids had a ball, too, playing with all the other kids, running around the yard, playing on the playset, playing air hockey in the basement, and snacking on chips and cake! 🙂
Miss Captain America
This was actually back on May 17.
The Watchers
Tom was out mowing so neither could go outside. 🙂
Our bushes are trimmed!
We went from this:
To this:
Ahhhh. Much better!
I’d get rid of them completely but then we’d have to pay to put something else in. No thanks. (I hate the other lower bushes, too.) GRRR.
Two Katie tantrums
My home quickly her behavior turns. We are having so much fun at the playground and then when he came home and first she couldn’t get her coat hung up…
…and then she couldn’t get her second shoe off.
In mama’s sunglasses
Mama, I’m fishing!
Pink Princess
We’re even.
Super handwriting!
I have to say, overall, I’m impressed. I did help a bit with when to use lower case vs capitals and I helped sounding out words, but he did all the spelling. (Translation follows.)
They’re at the park playing baseball. Duck hits the ball up the tree. It’s stuck in the tree. They worked together to get the ball down.
When it came back from the teacher, it said “Super handwriting!” 🙂
Katie took a car nap today.
We got stuck in traffic on the way home from an errand and this happened:
When we finally got home it was very close to the time when I needed to pick Owen up from the bus so I assumed she would wake up when I turned the car off. Nope. Okay then…when I opened my door. Nope. Okay then…she’d have to wake up when I opened the rear liftgate and it beeped. Nope. Okay, seriously? She’d HAVE to wake up when I opened HER door. Nope. Wow, she was really out.
Snoring, even. 🙂
So, I figured I would just leave her in the car (since I could see her from the bus stop and it was a wonderful 70°)—buckled in with the doors open—and I would be back from the bus stop in about 10 minutes. So I opened Owen’s door so she would get cross-ventilation…and of course that’s when she woke up. And she was, as expected after a too-brief nap, a mess. 🙁
Two girls enjoying the nice day.
Owen at the bus stop
Playing guns by himself while being first in line to get on the bus!
Today’s new summer dress
I forgot to take a picture until we went to get Owen off the bus.
Cute strawberry face
Mom, can I have more strawberries, please?
I can taste the bruschetta already!
My first harvest of the season!
Another comfy kid
Our four-bed princess
Maggie likes the pile of beds we have stacked from cleaning up the house. 🙂
More Katie tongue.
Post-bath PJ tutu
As I was getting out her PJs for the night, she whined: “But they don’t have a tutu!!!!!”
I promised we’d put one on. And of course I did. 🙂
The kind of friend I am.
I saw this on Facebook and had to save and share it. 🙂
Katie at my dentist!
Katie was amazing at the dentist today during my appointment! Terribly cute, too. 🙂
Cute Katie
Summer clothes are so cute!
And Katie is…
She figured out on her own how to carry the bag!
Kidisms 11
We were reading a new book. (Well, Owen was reading it to me and it’s interactive.) The last page says “Back to the beginning. This way…”
Me: Do you want to read it again? Just flip it back like this.
Owen: I know how a book works!
Owen: Mom, I’m tired. I didn’t get enough sleep last night.
Me: Okay, then you can go to bed earlier tonight.
Owen: What? Why?
Me: Because you can either sleep in later or go to bed earlier. And since you don’t sleep in, you can go to bed earlier.
Owen: Mom, I made a mistake. I’m not tired.
Owen: {something something}
Me: What’s hic?
Owen: Lemonade.
Me: What is hic lemonade?
Owen: Hic. Lemonade.
Me, {lightbulb}: That’s Hi-C.
Katie: Daddy. I had so much fun with my girls yesterday!
Tom moved the recliner into the living room.
Katie, upon seeing it: Just for me????
So, this happened over a few hours.
The bush was completely normal (aka not in the way) when we returned from baseball yesterday morning.
It was normal all day as we went in and out.
Then people arrived for dinner around 5:30-6:00.
Then it stormed.
Then you can imagine our complete surprise when people were leaving after our dinner and we opened the door to see this jungle.
What?!?!
Nature is crazy.