Oh and school

I finished up my classes last week. Yippee. I ended with 2 A's for this term and now I only have 2 more classes to take. I will be done in October. Hooray! In August I will begin taking Woman's literature and intro to human resources. These are both electives that are needed before my degree would be complete. Whooohooo only 8 more weeks of classes.

Yeah

Ice cream anyone

With all the warm weather comes Ice Cream. We got the kids their own ice cream bars the other night. Oh my oh my were they in heaven. Ben pretty much finished his and what he didn't consume the dog did!


Ashley on the other hand ate about half and then gave it t0 me because her tummy hurt. She informed me that I was not to eat it but instead save it for her for tomorrow. How cute.


Sprinkler fun. I don't think I realized as a child just how cold sprinklers are. But now when my soaking wet child decides to sit on moms lap I realize that they are far too cold. Brrr.

Ben wasn't much of a fan of the sprinklers but he did like picking Janelle's vegetables and running into her garage, oh and stealing his sister's drink, caught red handed.

Ashley's first chore. She loves sorting and is really good at it so I decided to put her to use. I throw the clean laundry on the couch with an empty basket for each person and she sorts it all for me. It is such a help, all i do is grab the full baskets and take them to the correct room to put them away.

I've got some catchup to do.....

Susan gave me a wonderful book about a year ago full of games, songs, and activities. I absolutely love this book. The other day we made a homemade playdough that the kids loved playing with. They really enjoyed playing with it and only tried to eat it once. Apparently the taste is not so great, but at least I know what is in it. Flour, oil, lemonade kool-aid and water all safe to eat.

I broke out the cookie cutters, rolling pins, spatulas, and keys to play with. They has a blast.

Apparently after my night out with the girls I had left my make up out and my sweet little girl found it. Here she is with my eyeshadow smeared all over like lipstick. I cleaned it all up and put it away only to find out that she had already hidden my waterproof mascara for later :)


We've had great weather lately and the kids have loved getting the chance to hang out in the yard. I encourage it as much as possible since I do know what the GF winter will bring.

Another milestone...

S o here is a picture of Ashley ready to play ball. We picked up the batting helmets on the 4th and on the 5th we received two t-ball sets from Mike's dad. So now they both have helmets, balls, t-ball stands, and gloves. Now how cute is that.

Our neighbor KK has taken to riding a bike and that appears to be just enough to encourage Ashley to try hers. I have tried a few times this past week and it has not been fruitful but yesterday Mike joined us and low and behold she got it.




She still gets stuck a bit and needs a little shove. I think the training wheels need to be raised in the back because she hits a small bump or grass and the wheel just spins.



I am so proud of her. Here is Benny chilling while I was getting his sister ready.



So here is the video from her trials yesterday. Go Ashley

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July! We had a great day! We stayed home until after Ben woke up from his nap and then we headed downtown for the festivities.

First up was the car show, which wasn't all that snazzy this year. Then we headed over to the kiddie stuff. Ben and I got to go on the barrel rides and Mike took Ashley on the Pony rides. They both had a blast.


Then we headed over to Applebee's where we grabbed some lunch in an air conditioned building. Very welcomed by all! While we were there we noticed that someone had left their beagle in their truck. We were bothered by that considering it was 80+ outside. We went in and got lunch and when we came back out the dog was still there. This just made us angry so we called the cops. Then waited there for them to come. By this time we had witnessed the dog in there for nearly 2 hours. Frustratingly they looked at the dog and said the windows were slightly cracked and the dog, although hot was not in distress. Ugggh, just think of how hot it was inside the car on an 80+ day, not good animal owner behavior. The cops said they would drive by frequently to check on him. Poor doggie.

After that we headed over to Target as we had already seen most of the festivities. The kids both walked out of target with new batting helmets....a plastic bat....and a bag of wiffle balls. The helmets were overkill, I know. But Ashley picked hers out, put it on, and told daddy she was ready to play "basket ball". It won his heart, and his wallet. So he picked out a blue one for Benny too!

Then we headed back over to the river for the fireworks. It was already past the kids bedtime so we weren't sure what to expect.



We picked a spot on a big hill. (Thinking back now, I would have rathered a spot on flat ground with kiddies). The kids enjoyed the fireworks but were both pushing the limits of bedtime. We ended up staying until 11pm when the fireworks ended and both kids were done. I think they were both passed out in the van within 5 minutes of leaving.

just a note

The other night Mike and I started a movie right after we put the kids to bed. Ashley kept saying that the noise was too loud she couldn't . After about 5 minutes I went in there to talk to her and found her like this.


Here's the kiddies cuddling on the couch.

Check out Ben's new molar. He was yawning in this picture but it shows it.