July 7, 2010

Wednesday 7/7:

This morning, Michael got up with the girls and let me sleep in. Isn't he sweet? :o) When I got up, Dylan was already sleepy so she went down for a nap and Scout and I went to the library for story time. Today's stories were about manners. We also played a game where the librarian was a dragon and the kids had to get past her to get to her "treasure". Scout got two pieces of candy. We came home and Dylan was still asleep, so Scout and I had a picnic outside for lunch.





It was nice outside, so we played outside for a while


Then it was nap time. She put on the special nap time pajamas

Zipper in the back so she can't get out... aren't the cute? lol!


Check it out! No poop on the crib or the walls! There was some in her diaper, though...


Dylan woke up about the same time and ate her lunch. Then the girls and I went outside for another picnic. We had our strawberry shortcake this time.






After our shortcake, we ran around in the sprinklers for a while. Jacob came over and helped Michael dig some holes for fence posts. It felt good to be running in the sprinkler, but I'm sure they were burning up!

We dried off and changed diapers and clothes and Dylan went down for another nap. I swear, she would sleep all day if you let her. When she woke up, we went to Taco Cabana for dinner and Home Depot. We were the only ones at TC when we got there and we let the girls run around. When I got the high chairs over to the table, they ran to them. They may be little, but they know where the food is!


In the middle of dinner, Scout started talking about a spider on the floor. She's been doing this lately... talking about spiders and worms and monsters that aren't there. I looked and didn't see anything, so I just asked her what color it was and she said "white." I asked if it was a girl spider or a girl spider and she said it was a girl. I told her it was a friendly spider there to clean up the floor. She liked that and kept eating. A few minutes later she freaked out and said the spider was on her leg. I looked on the leg of the high chair and saw a fuzzy caterpillar! I brushed it off quickly and it ran straight for Dylan's high chair and started climbing up.


I flicked him across the room. :o) Scout wanted to drink from a big girl cup, so I gave her a little Dr Pepper in a cup. She did a great job with it. What a big girl!



After a stop at Home Depot we came home and Dylan went to bed. I checked my email and had a message from someone I had emailed about free kittens. Since we haven't seen the kittens that showed up for a week or so, I thought we'd look for some. Scout and I went and got this little cutie.


As you can see, he didn't want to stay in his box on the way home. He tried my shoulder, but I didn't want to drive that way (I had pulled over to get him off when I took the picture). I put him in the back seat, and he sat next to Scout the rest of the way home.

She's ecstatic about it. We're still waiting to hear a name for him. Of course, when we were sitting on the porch with him, I saw the other kittens playing in the barn. Oh well. This one will let us hold him at least. lol!

July 6, 2010

Tuesday 7/6:

Today was boring as far as pictures go. Lol! The girls wen to daycare, so my normally adorable subjects were MIA. While they were gone, we rested for the morning. Michael went to eat lunch with a former student and I went to Taco Bell. Exciting, I know. After I ate, I went to feed the cats and the skiddish mama kitty ran away from the porch. I'm pretty sure she moved her kittens out to the barn. That's where she usually comes from and runs to. So I've been putting food out there for them. I don't know for sure that they're getting it, but something is eating it and I like to think it's them. Anyway, when I went out there I found a huge wasp nest. Please let me appologise for the crappy picture quality. Somehow my camera was stuck on a "no flash" mode and I didn't realize it until tonight.



Eeek! Sprayed that one quickly! I did some laundry and ended up cutting off some of Scout's old pajamas to help with the poop bandit problem. It's been suggested that I put them on her backwards at nap time to keep her from digging in her pull up.


I cleaned the oven and discovered that it's blue in there... not brown. Ha!


With Michael's help, I changed the lights on my car. I had a headlight and a tail light out. The tail light was pretty easy, but the headlight took some work. I was filthy afterward



When the girls got home, we had dinner and let the girls decorate cup cakes again. I think tomorrow we may try it as a picnic outside. Or we may do strawberry shortcake - depending on the weather and our moods. lol!

Scout's


Dylan's


and Mommy's

July 2-5, 2010

...and this is why I am glad that I take so many pictures. It's summer and the days are starting to blend together. I was trying to remember what we did on Friday and had a very hard time.

Friday 7/2:

I still don't really remember what we did. I'm guessing we just stayed around the house. The girls pretended to "go bye bye". They got mommy's old purse and pretended to leave.



Bye bye!


Trying to figure out how to get it on her shoulder


Saturday 7/3:

We spend the afternoon and evening with Noa today. Her Grandma Sandi (and Scout's Grandma Sandi, if you ask her) was visiting so we had lots of fun with her. We played outside with Willy the Whale


The girls covered up the spray


and let go again


They washed their hair


Scout even got a drink


Silly, wet, Noa!


After their shower, the girls went into Noa's garage to play in Noa's special house


She has a door, windows with curtains, a porch, (can you see the slate pieces?) a tree, and even a rocking chair!


Pretty soon they got hungry so they had a picnic of cheese, crackers, and grapes.






When they were done and dressed, we went to a place called "Fish Camp". The plan was to catch our own fish and eat it for dinner. As we got closer, we realized that probably wasn't going to happen. The sky was getting darker and darker. So, we ordered our food and ate. The girls were disappointed because not only did they not get to fish, but they didn't get to "jump". There was a bounce house outside of the restaurant and by the time we finished eating, it was pouring down rain and the bounce house had been deflated. We stayed on the porch for a while after we finished eating. The girls played with hula hoops that were out and entertained everyone coming and going.







Next we went to a place called Shenanigans where the girls got to bowl and play games. Check out Noa's long curls!


We planned to go see fireworks, but our girls were way too tired, so we called it a night and went home.

Sunday 7/4:
This morning I went to church and Michael stayed home with the girls. When I came home, we ate lunch and then went to run errands. We got in daddy's big truck and went to Lowes and the grocery store.

When we came home, the girls took naps and we cleaned up. The girls took a nap and when they woke up, we discovered that Scout had pooped in her pull up, put her hand in there, and smeared it everywhere. Yuck! Here she is after her bath. Not happy at all.



When I took Scout's picture, Dylan got jealous and jumped in front of the camera to say cheese!


Michael made ribs for dinner - yummy!


Sunday 7/5:
This morning we got up and Scout was a little grumpy


So, mommy made cinnamon rolls (and coffee just for mommy!)


That lightened the mood


Then we went outside to play because the weather was beautiful!




They played with the kitties




Hey, Scout! Where'd the kitties go?


Found 'em


Guess it's time to go inside. Ha ha! Noa, Jake, and Melissa came to our house this afternoon to play. When I went upstairs to get Scout from her crib, the poop bandit had struck again. Seriously, child. You're going to be in your footy pajamas for every nap time from now on! We went to Pump It Up to make up for not being able to jump on Saturday.



Climbing the big stairs by herself! What a big girl!


Daddy and the girls sliding


Dylan playing ball


We came home and gave the girls dinner. Then we let them decorate cup cakes


I think Scout started eating before she started decorating!




Dylan liked her's, too.


After cup cakes, Dylan went to bed and the adults ate dinner. Michael made manacotti and it was delicious! The girls played some




and when we were all finished, Jake, Melissa, and Noa went home and Scout went to bed. Then I sat down to blog and I've been here for hours blogging and watching Sopranos. :-)

July 1, 2010

Thursday, 7/1:

Really? It's July? Where did June run off to? Today the girls went to daycare, Michael played D&D and I went shopping! :-D I stopped at Hobby Lobby first to get some picture frames for half off. Then I went to Joann's to get a scrapbook (to put the pages I have printed in!) for 40% off. Yes, I could have picked one up at Hobby Lobby, but they weren't on sale there and I had the whole day to myself, so I had time to go to more than one store. After that, I went down to DBU to have lunch with my sister, Sarah! (Hi, Sarah!) I got to see the beautiful new chapel on her campus, see her office (where my blog was up on her computer, ha ha!) and meet the people she spends her days with. Hello to any of you who may be reading over her shoulder! We ate at the student center next door and chatted a while. It was good to laugh and talk with her. I know she loves seeing the girls, but sometimes it's nice to have adult time, too. :o) When I left her campus, I went to the gigantic Half-Price Books store that's close to my work, but not at all close to home. I think I may have spent 2 hours in there just browsing. I picked up a couple of books (spent very little money, thank you!) and went to the Children's Place right up the street. It's in a brand new shopping center that I drove by every day on my way home from work, but had never had time to stop in. My overall impression? Love the store, but the center needs some work. It's not finished yet, and besides the store I went to, there was nothing else for me to do there. Oh well. Now I know. My next stop was close to home at Penney's. Aunt Michelle gave me a gift card there and I still had a few dollars left from one I got in March, so I thought I'd see if they had any clothes for work. My weight has been up and down so much the past few years (2 kids will do that to you!) and I need some clothes that I don't have to squeeze into or safety pin at the waist. I got this outfit:



And another similar one. The other one is the same type of shirt, only purple and long-sleeved, and dark gray checked pants. I love them!

I came home, unloaded the car, and turned around to get the girls. Scout told me as we were getting into the car, "I had a good day today. I played outside and sang songs. Claudi gave me a hug." I guess she's familiar with the standard questions I ask on the way home and wanted to answer them before I could get them out! Ha! Dylan has recently started nodding her head to answer questions and tonight I caught a whiff of something and asked her if she had poo poo in her diaper. She nodded, grabbed a diaper and handed it to me, and laid down on the floor. What a smart girl!

After I put them to bed, I started working on grading papers for my T.A. job. Have I mentioned that here? I'm too lazy to go back and look, so I'll assume I haven't and tell you about it... I'm in the "application and interview process" for an online teaching assistant position with Ashford University. Today was the first day I could grade my fake students' papers. I thought it would be easy, but it took me a while to figure out their system and how they wanted me to comment/ grade the papers. So, from about 8:30 until 11 or so, I graded a grand total of one paper. One down, three to go. Now I have a better idea of how to do it, so it should go faster. Now it's 11:45 and I'm off to bed. DH's friends are still downstairs playing D&D. I hope he knows it's his turn to get up with the girls tomorrow since I got up with them today! Ha! Goodnight, all!