Sunday at the Gardens & Park

Sunday, after lunch and naps, we went to the Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory and Myriad Gardens.  We purchased a Groupon membership for $36 (our regular price, 1 time admission would have been $25) and this was our first visit.  Not the best time of year to go, it's terribly hot, but we enjoyed it anyway.

After the Crystal Bridge, the kids played in the water in the gardens (before Cait fell and hit her head!)

Then the kids played on the play ground for a couple minutes while I tried to find ice with no luck.

The girls & I stayed home to rest while the guys went to church. Cait entertained herself with the hat & glove basket then both girls helped make lunch.

In between, I found some great finds thrift store shopping.  I've been wanting a picnic basket for a long time and found this baby for just $5!  I also got lots of clothes, kids books, some home decor to "pinterest" and a bag of craft supplies!

A very good day!

Birthday Tea

Gramma and Papa put together a sweet birthday lunch and tea for a belated birthday get together for our two year old Cait!

Cait's shirt says, "I'm the birthday girl".  She even has pink toes for her special day!

Enjoying lunch!  Egg and tuna salad, cucumber, ham, pimento and even PB&J.  Yum! "Smile" for the camera!  

Cait sang, "Happy to you" ALL day long!!!  And she loved sharing mommy's tea in a real tea cup!

Sweet cousin Bella brought Cait her first bouquet of flowers!

Brother and all the cousins sat close by as she opened her gifts.  What special friends!  They all played so nicely together after gifts were open.  Definitely a blessing!

Fourth Week of Summer

Lily has been sucking her thumb off and on.  It's so cute!

And here's a belated picture of the 3rd Place art work from the OCHEC Homeschool Convention this year!  Great job, Bren.  Thanks Gramma for all the art lessons!!!

Monday: Shaving Cream Play
Now that Cam's in a boot, he can play messy fun outside!

While Cait and Lily napped, Cam had fun drawing maps and more with 3D glitter paint!

Tuesday: Errands, Chuck E Cheese, feed ducks at the park and library time

(Lily slept through CEC; look how big she is in her carseat!)

Tuesday evening a bad case of mastitis settled in on me and I spent the next 3 days with fever, chills and lots of unwanted yuck.  We didn't get much else done the rest of the week.  I did manage 2 small projects though.

Wednesday: Glow sticks bath time

Friday: Baking soda, vinegar & food color play.

Saturday and Sunday deserve their own posts this week!  Looking forward to a fresh new, healthy week!

4 months old!

Lily is 4 months old today.  She is a roly-poly, happy baby!  She is eating and sleeping well and has begun to really interact.  She loves to be kissed on her cheeks, tickled and even play peek-a-boo.  She is already outgrowing some of her 3-6 month clothes!  She loves her brothers and sister, too.

Happy Fathers Day!

Questions for Cameron about Dad
Happy Father’s Day 2012

What makes daddy happy?      
“hm, I don’t know. Me not walking on my leg.” (cast)

How does your daddy make you laugh?                 
“He doesn’t.”

What does your daddy do when you’re not around?
“I don’t know.”

What is your daddy really good at?
“Making computer thingies.”

What is your daddy not very good at?
“Hm, let me think.  Making stuff.  Like explosives.”

What does your daddy do for a job?
“Test computers to make sure they work right.”

If your daddy were a cartoon character, who would he be?
“I would say either Chris or Martin, from the cartoon part of it.”  (Wild Kratts) 

How are you and your daddy the same?
“We’re both boys and we’re both human.”

How are you and your daddy different?
“Age.”

How do you know your daddy loves you?
“Cause I just do.”

What does your daddy like most about your mommy?
“I don’t know.”

What is something your Dad always says to you?
“I would say be careful.”

How tall is your Daddy?
“Very. At least, let’s type ‘not as tall as Brendan’.”

What makes your Dad sad? 
“Me getting hurt bad.”

What is his favorite thing to do?
“I would say, uh, play 11 questions with me.”

What does he eat for breakfast?
“I don’t know.  I would say cereal.”

What is his favorite food?
“I would say chili.”

What do you and Daddy do together?
“Play 11 questions.”

Is there anything else you want to say?
“No.”

Third Week of Summer

Saturday: Brick work

Monday: Tissue Paper Painting

(It didn't really work out like I read it would but the kids had fun anyway!)

and water beads play

Tuesday: Colored Noodle and Rice Art using Glitter Glue

and celebrating Cait's 2nd birthday with cupcakes!

She was so happy and excited to get a Twilight Turtle!

Wednesday: More Lego Play!

Thursday: Cam graduated to a boot!

Yay!  He can walk!

After the doctor appointment we had a little medical excitement with Granny.

It was a long day for Cait!  This was her second nap of the day!

Another birthday gift!  Thank you, Granny & PawPaw!

We took Granny home Friday night.  

JC & Bren got to remove a decaying coon from the kitchen wall.  

After all of that, we had a pretty uneventful Saturday.

(love the "teen" look!  I think he was tired!)

We celebrated Father's Day with Richard then headed home.  

What a week!