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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Conversations Overheard

As I was making dinner Tuesday night, Emily was doing her regular routine. She was crawling in and out from under my feet from cabinet to cabinet playing in the pots and pans, and plastic bowl lids. Tyler saw her doing this and decided to join in on the fun. He went to Shelby's room and began to bring things from her play kitchen set, fake food, utensils, etc. Once Shelby saw him doing this she quickly joined in on the play. They had a full on kitchen right in the middle of the kitchen floor (as I tried to make a real dinner). Then the conversation ensued:

Shelby: Tyler I am going to the store. We have to make a list first.

Tyler: *bantering about what to put on the list* Eggs, milk, bread...we need everything. We can go when I finish cooking.

(I don't know what he was cooking if he needed everything...)

Shelby: Okay, I am going to get the babies ready. *She begins putting babies in "car seats".

Later on, I suppose they have already made it to the store when I hear Tyler firmly declare: "No, Shelby we cannot buy that. It is NOT on sale!"

This is the influence I've had on my children! *LOL*

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Sunday's a Fun Day

Today we took advantage of this beautiful weather we've been having. Shelby and I packed a picnic basket with sandwiches, chips, and some fresh fruits. The whole gang headed to the local park for an afternoon picnic and some time for the kiddos to run off some excess energy.

We were home Friday because the kids have had Strep Throat. We've been cooped up in the house for the last two days and I thought it was much needed ~~for my sanity~~ to get out and enjoy the weather! We went to the local river side park. The kids love to go because they have a fun playground. There is also picnic tables and lots of shade as well as lots of hiking trails. We had some food, the kids played a while and I took advantage of several photo opportunities:
Next up was the big hike. The kids had a lot of fun. We didn't get off the beaten path much due to the fact that we had Emily. Well, I had Emily. I had her in the Snugly carrier. I was a bit afraid to do to much rock climbing for fear of sliding down and landing in this: So, while Brien spent most of his time with this view:
Emily and I enjoyed the beautiful rocks and trying to keep up. *wink*
Overall we had a lovely day. It's been a while since we've enjoyed some good ole family fun that was very easy on the pocketbook! Well, it would have been only I LOST my wallet! Grrr...yup, on our way home we went to Hastings to rent some movies (just another reason to get Netflix right?!) and I lost my wallet somewhere between the store and my truck. I spent the evening calling to report my cards lost. Tomorrow I have to go to the DMV to get a new license. That should be a great way to spend my Monday morning, right!?

UPDATE:

A gentleman called my former work place. Thank goodness my sister took my place. She fielded the phone call. He informed her that he'd found my wallet! :) He'd looked inside and found my insurance cards which had the employer's name printed on them. He is going to bring it by there at noon today. Can you believe it. He told her there was no cash inside. Thankfully there hadn't been any to begin with. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything else is still inside!

Thursday, June 26, 2008

My Little Guy

Yesterday afternoon when we got home after a long HOT, humid Arkansas summer we decided we'd go for a swim. Shelby, Tyler, and I hopped in the pool. They played for a while as I vacuumed the bottom of the pool. We swam for about an hour and a half and the kids were ready to get out. I put some chemicals in the pool and cleaned out the filter as the kids played nearby in on their swing set the back yard.

Tyler informed me as I was finishing up that he was ready to go inside because mosquitoes were biting him. We came inside and they got in the bath tub while I changed out of my swim suit. Tyler was saying that his mosquito bite was hurting and Shelby informed him that it was red.

I looked down at his leg to discover that this poor child did not have a mosquito bite, but had been stung by a red wasp! He NEVER did cry. I could not believe this. He is such a tough, brave little boy. I am 30 years old and usually when I get stung by one of those things I go crazy and there are tears shed. They hurt so bad! For this 2.5 year old little guy to not even whimper made me so proud of him. I quickly washed him up because I figured the hot water didn't make it feel any better. He got out and it swelled a bit, but thankfully he was okay and had no side effects from it.

What a brave little one!