Sidewalk Chalk Paint

Today Mommy started staining our swing set! Since she was painting she thought it would be a good idea if we could paint too, to keep us busy! So, she mixed us up some sidewalk chalk paint (thanks for the idea Nikki!). We had fun getting to paint and we had more luck then Mommy did, that's for sure! . . . too windy to stain a playset!!!

For those of you who want to make some sidewalk chalk paint of your own, it is super easy. Just take equal parts cornstarch to water and then add food coloring.

Mommy didn't get any pictures of our finished artwork, because she was too busy cleaning up stain that was getting blown by the wind all over our play stuff and she didn't want to touch her camera with her hands full of stain!

What a mess! At least the sidewalk chalk paint washes off with just water! But, our finished artwork did look really nice. Daddy even got into the painting! ;-)

Summer fun

We had a lot of fun yesterday outside enjoying the beautiful day!

Here I am watering Mommy's plants.


Here we are watering . . . Daddy!

Then it was Daddy's turn to water me!

Brother tried to chase people around with the garden hose, but he ended up getting himself more wet then anything!

There is a picture of me riding my new Barbie car that one of the guys that coaches with Daddy gave me for free! His little girl outgrew it and thought I needed it! I really like driving it and Mommy is happy that it doesn't go very fast and that it only works on the basketball court and not on the grass (keeps me from driving away!) :-)

Window view

This morning I looked out the window and saw this cute little yellow finch right outside my bedroom window. It stayed there long enough for me to get my camera, for me to change my camera lens, and for me to take the bedroom window screen off so it didn't blur the picture. Too bad the flower it was picking at was dead, it would have made for a better picture if wasn't! Still turned out pretty good, considering how dirty my windows are! :-)

Colts

We finally made it home to see all the new born colts. So far there are nine of them and they are SO cute! They were just moved out to the pasture this week and it looks like they are enjoying all their new space.

Best buds

I was making supper when I figured I better check on my munchkins (because it was TOO quiet. . . quiet in my house is never a good thing!) I came into the living room and found these two sitting side by side watching cartoons.


Thought it was pretty cute how close they were sitting together! Especially since earlier that day, they were in trouble for fighting! :-) They were into their show, they didn't even look up when I took their picture!

From the back they look like they are about the same size! :-)

Grumpy Gills

This little boy has gotten a lot of nicknames this week (Grizzly Bear, Grumpy Gills, etc.) He is working on those bottom two teeth and boy oh boy has he been grumpy! You can't tell it by the looks of this picture, but he has been a really challenge!

I was tucking him in for his nap today and he was in such a good mood; giving kisses, playing peek a boo, singing, . . . I decided I better not pass up this opportunity, I hurried up and got my camera! To my surprise when I got back to his room, he was still in his good mood and let me snap a few pictures. Pray for us that those two last teeth come soon and we can have our happy boy back for good! ;-)

Small Notes Music Camp

Our little camper just got done with her first ever camp this week! She had tons of fun at Small Notes Music Camp with Teacher Vickie! She was pretty shy the first couple days, but it got better as the week went on!

Here she is on her last day of camp with her certificate and kazoo. She also gets to march in the Kiddie Parade this year at Summerfest with all the other campers! Yippee!

Big Boy Bed

Here are a couple pictures of our big boy in his new bed! As you can tell he really likes it! ;-)

Can you say, "CHEESE?!?"

Still alive!

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. We haven't fallen off the face of the Earth. . . however we have moved! :-) We have officially been in our new house for one week! . . . SO come visit us!

We have done a lot of packing, unpacking, painting, staining, decorating, lifting heavy, and etc in the last 7 days! We are exhausted, but are so thrilled to finally be in our new house! We actually closed on our new house on our 8th anniversary! Wow time flies, can you believe it has been 8 years?!?!

Another big milestone is that our little baby graduated to his big boy bed on Sunday. He did pretty well considering. I have pictures that I will post later once I get my computer hooked up! (I am using my husband's school computer right now!)

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer. If you are in town, come on over and check out our new house! I promise I won't put you to work! ;-)

Missing our little girl!

This weekend our little sweetie went to spend the weekend with Nana and Papa! We kept brother, since he is still potty training. (He's doing pretty well too. This last week he had only a handful of accidents and the ones he's had, have been right before bedtime when he is tired. . . hopefully this keeps up with the big move ahead!!!)

Boy, have we missed sister! It is amazing how quiet it has been around the house this weekend. You would also have thought we would have gotten a lot more done without her, but for some reason little brother has become all that much more work without sister around. We never realized until now that she is gone how much they entertain each other. . . even though we thought they mostly fought when they were together! We are looking forward to picking her up today and getting to hear all about her exciting weekend seeing all the baby colts, getting her new bike, playing with her cousins, and much, much more!

Thanks Uncle Chris and Auntie Heidi for taking her home with you this weekend!

Happy Boy!

I am not always this happy when mommy makes me sit on the potty, but she caught me at a good moment! Tonight for the first time since we started potty training Mommy and Daddy took me into town to get some things. They asked me every 10 minutes if I needed to go and I kept shaking my head and saying NO! They even took me into the bathroom in one of the stores to try to make me go before they headed home! I didn't have to go and they couldn't make me. I could overhear them talking on the way home that they knew I was going to be wet when we got home and that they were going to have to wash the car seat. . . but I proved them wrong! I made it a whole 3 hours before I got home. They were quite surprised when they took me out and I was still dry! They were even cheering and singing some funny song about me staying dry! Mommy then rushed me up the stairs to go sit on the potty! This is when she took this picture of me! Yup, we were both feeling pretty proud! For some reason, I still didn't have to go, so Mommy said I could get up for a bit, but that I would have to try again in a little while. Well, with that good news I ran over to my toys and with all the excitement of not seeing them in 3 1/2 hours, . . . well, I peed! ;-)

Big Boy!

Well, two weeks shy of his 20 month birthday our little baby is become a big boy!!! That's right! He has been using the potty for about a week now. Some days have been more successful then others and there was a moment when Mommy wanted to give up. . . but he is finally getting it!!!! Just today he came up to tell Mommy that he had to go potty (without being told to try!) He ran to the potty, put his potty chair on the toilet, sat down, and went! Yippee! I am sure we will have some setbacks but, he is definitely on the right track. It sure helps having his big sister show him how it's done! However Sister and Mommy have both learned the hard way training a boy, not to sit in front of him but rather beside him when he is on the potty! It only took us being peed on once to learn our lesson! :-)

Too Bright???

This is how Mommy found me this morning! I slept in until 8:20, so it was pretty bright in my room with an East window! Wrapping the blanket around my eyes was the way to go! :-)

As you can tell I am outgrowing my crib pretty fast. I like to sprawl out when I sleep! Mommy said I get my new "big boy bed" when we move into the new house in a couple weeks! Won't that be exciting! I am already looking forward to crawling out of bed ten times a night before I go to bed like my sister does! Daddy and Mommy can hardly wait for all the fun, tucking us both into bed so many times a night! ;-)

Grandpa's Retirement Party

Grandpa finally retired and what better way to celebrate, then by going to the zoo to look at all the animals, by going on a carousal ride, and by going out for lunch!

We all hope you enjoy your retirement Grandpa! We love you!!!

Oh my!

Today was PJ day at daycare! Let me tell you, I think everyday should be PJ day! It sure makes the mornings go smoothly when you don't have to worry about getting kids dressed . . . just throw them in the car!

Well, this morning I went into my little girl's room, who was still sound asleep! I sat down on her bed, rubbed her back and whispered, "Sweetie get up! It's Jammie day at Dawn's house today!" She turned to me, still half asleep and said, "Mommy, my green socks don't match my jammies!"

Oh my! I can foresee some challenging teenage years ahead! ;-)

Papa's Birthday!

Happy 60th Birthday Papa!!!

From all five of your grandchildren!

Yes, this birthday cake is yummy! Right Grady?

Yum, Yum good!

Addi picked out a Yodeling singing card!

We know how much you like tomatoes Papa. Hope your new planter works!

They boys are getting ready to go fishing . . . nice boots, Tom!

10 fish in a couple hours isn't too bad!

Adyn caught the biggest one!

Thanks for a fun day everyone! Hope you had a wonderful day Papa! We love you!!!