The truth about boys

(I was watching all the kids yesterday and since our AC broke we were enjoying the cool of the pool!)

Yesterday while changing Will's diaper Ashley was watching. She has a younger sister and last Sunday while we were over swimming at her house and I changed Will she asked what did he have. Well while I was changing Will, Ashley announced that boys have a penis. So I said yes they do and what do girls have? She thought for a brief moment then replied, "They have a body." I thought it was a great example of more truth than she could know at 3. How funny are kids!!
I have enjoyed telling that to the other moms in the neighborhood and they all agreed that Ashley was so right!!

Cooking magic

Yesterday after the kids and I got pushed ofef the playground by the thunder and lightning I decided I was going to make some jello for dessert.  Caroline wanted to sit on the counter and watch.  Of course when Caroline does something then Will also wants to do it too.  But if I have the 2 of them on the counter then I have no space to work, so I was holding Will while Caroline sat on the counter.  I was making green jello and so I dumped the package into a bowl and Caroline notices that it isn't green.  So I told her to watch, I can do magic.  And as I poured the water over the powder it of course turns green instantly and she was so amazed.  It is fun to see things through kids eyes and be reminded of the simply pleasures.  I also made poppyseed chicken and the kids helped measure sugar to make strawberry jam.  There was so much sugar on the counter and floor but they had fun scooping and pouring.

Talking about simple pleasure is one thing I didn't have this afternoon.  Caroline and Will were playing in their pool in the backyard when Caroline announced that she had pooped in her swim suit.  Not what I wanted to hear or deal with.  I have had a harder time dealing with this than CAroline I am sure.  As it turns out I poop water was dripped from outside in our backyard all the way in through the playroom, up the stairs, down the hall into the bathroom.  This helps in me wanting a half bath put in downstairs.  

Now I have to make sure she understands that while at the beach next week pooping in bathing suits in not acceptable!

Middle school gym, no A/C :(

Well, it turns out that my comment about having the hottest ticket in town turned out to be true.  Not that I want to complain, but it was about 99 outside and we were at least that inside the middle school gym with no AC.  Add a 21 month old boy who wants to climb the bleachers and 3 outfit changes for Caroline and 2 trips to take her to the potty.  Oh the recital also started 25 minutes late and wasn't over when we left 3 hours later.

Sorry no pictures, just the ones from the rehearsal.  But the little girls in Caroline's class were so cute and about half just stood around on stage while the others actually tried to do some of the dances.  By the last dance one girl fell asleep before it was their turn to go and several were crying because they didn't want to put the costume on.  Poor things I think everyone there had a little heat exhaustion by the end.  I know the kids haven't slept that long at night in weeks.

The rest of our weekend was perfect.  Sunday after naps Justin took the kids over to Ellie's house to play in the kiddie pool with Ashley and Juliet while I painted our garage door.  We ended up eating dinner outside at their house (pizza) and staying until about 9pm.  The kids had a blast and it was the best way to battle the heat.

Practice time ?

Caroline has a dance recital tomorrow so this afternoon we had rehearsal.  The pictures aren't the best but you can get the idea of how the practice went.  A little dancing, a lot of looking out into the gym to see what was going on.  Caroline even hollered out to me "take my picture!"

She was actually was doing the dance in this one.

This is my favorite costume.  Notice the girl next to Caroline picking her nose!!

Notice that none of the girls are doing the same thing at the same time in any of the pictures.  Caroline is one of the youngest in her class.  This is the first dance class for all of the girls.  Caroline will definately miss going to dance class every week.

The recital is during nap time so we will see how tired Caroline is after the show.  Thought I could get a sitter for Will but no luck so we will see how it goes.

The House of Puke

Well I am hoping at this point the 4 of us all all well.  This week started out with Caroline throwing up early Monday morning.  Then Justin didn't feel well on Tuesday and then last night it was my turn for the throwing up.  Susan also got sick on Tuesday.  I have a wonderful neighbor that I called this morning to see if she would watch the kids while I napped and got a shower.  She did and that nap was what helped me get through the day with 2 kids that are feeling well and me being weak and tired.  I am hopeful that tomorrow brings another day with all of us feeling well.

Puddle fun

Saturday afternoon after all the rain and thunder stopped it was time to get out and play in some puddles. While it was raining Caroline reminded me that I used to let her play in puddles when she was littler. Which is true when we were in Louisiana and she was Will's age. Amazing memory that girl has.

They had a blast splashing and running through the puddle. Then Justin and I left the wet dirty kids with Susan and Graham to get ready to go to a dinner party we had for Justin's work!

Caroline on her bike before jumping in puddles. Will is in the top right corner of the picture on his big wheel. Saturday was a fantastic day all around.

Strawberry Pickin'

This is the crowd that was out picking strawberries before the storm hit on Saturday. Amazing amounts of people, but the workers at the orchard are very well organized and assign you a 20ft row to pick from and there is straw down between the rows so it is all very picker friendly.

Caroline had to have her own box to put her picked berries in. Susan, Caroline, and I picked about 13 1/2 lbs in less than 45 minutes and only our assigned 20ft section.

Will did what most little boys would do with berries on the ground...step on them and try to flip the flats over.

Susan with her buddy. He loves her dearly and can say her name correctly now. It was Suzie and now it sounds like Susan.

Driving from the fields back to the store to pay for our pickings and Caroline was playing with the side mirror.

We will have more pictures of picking as Butler's Orchard has blueberries, blackberries, rasberries, snow peas, apples, pumpkins, and Christmas trees.