Freedom of Expression

We went to the 4 of July Parade--which was actually held on the 5th. We watched the pre-parade because the boy was walking with his Karate school. We stood on the edge of the street and cheered for him. Once he had gone by, we paid little attention to anything parade-wise.

Mainly because Munchkin had found a little platform and spent the rest of our time there entertaining us.

"Introducing the famous Munchkin!" Followed by a dance. Over and over.

Now We're Cooking

I have been trying to be organized this summer. You know have a movie day, a library day, a whatever day. We wrote cooking day and sewing day on the calendar but so far those have only been whatever days. We did manage one cooking day and they proudly wore their aprons for most of the day. Even though all we made were muffins.

You'll notice we did not have a do-your-hair or a be-dressed requirement. But the muffins were tasty and all gone by dinner-time.

Determination

Squirt does everything at her own pace but when she wants to do something---she will do it over and over until she gets it!

And about a week later:

Crawling is still so much faster.

One Down

I have a problem. I have a million and a half projects in various stages of being finished. But instead of finishing those...I start a new one. But I am all done with one and just have to make the straps on the other two. Let me present...

The boy's scripture bag.

I cheated on the handles. I just cut the straps off of his mangled Kindergarten backpack and sewed them right on. I think it makes it look more manly...well, that and the camo and the skull fabric that it's lined with.

Working on Her Wave

This little girl is destined to be in pageants. Anytime she hears her name, she waves. If she gets really excited, she'll stick her arm all the way out and wave really slow. Smiling all the while.

Dinosaur

This summer I have been trying to come up with things for the kids to do. Things to keep us from going crazy. Things that don't involve television or computer. There is a Mall quite close to us. So somedays, we pack Squirt into the stroller (and Munchkin after about a block) and walk to the Mall to play at the kid's place. I think it is about a mile walk each way. The kids do great with the walk...as long as they are wearing shoes that fit them.

Munchkin loves to climb.

Squirt prefers to be eaten alive.

Aside from the dino skeleton, they also have a treehouse with a slide. That is where Thumbelina spends most of her time.

Tooth Fairy Unprepared

The boy has had a loose tooth for a few weeks. I kept telling hubby we should just get something so we'd already have his prize when his tooth finally fell out. But we kept forgetting. Then, yesterday, he asked me to pull his tooth out. A bit of thread and a couple of tugs and he had a tooth to put in the tooth fairy pillow.


The only problem with this? Yesterday was the observed Independence holiday. Stores closed all over! So hubby went to the gas station and came home with a bunch of candy. (pretty ridiculous if you think about it!)

Good thing the 'Tooth Fairy' left a note reminding him to keep up his oral hygiene and to share!

He is always so excited to hear from the Tooth Fairy.