Room Switch (again)
Before we arrived home I had Justin switch the cribs. Everett and Mia are
together and Phillip is alone. Justin took the rails off one side. I found a
Cars themed toddler bed set for Phillip's "new" bed. I was super worried he
would just refuse to go to sleep and play the open/shut the bedroom door game.
The first night and since he's only opened his door once or twice. He loves his
new bed and having his own room. Amelia loves sharing with the "cuter" brother.
The second night home Everett started crying around 11:30 pm. I found Amelia in
the crib with her pillow pet, quilt, and three animals. She said Everett was
happy and wanted company. He was squashed at the end with her feet in his
stomach. After consequences for getting in Everett's crib were set no more
issues! I moved the closets yesterday night since Phillip was having a cow over
his stuff residing in Amelia's room.
Saturday Ella came to spend the day with us. It worked out perfectly since her family was off for the day at Cub Scout day camp. It was hot, hoT, hOT, HOT. The girls wanted to have a lemonade stand. This time they earned about $10 total! While they played outside I played inside. A new little baby girl came to visit. She was quite the smiley girl and ever so relaxed. That afternoon Everett pulled himself up to standing while I put away groceries. Ironically, he was exploring the refrigerator and pulled himself up to empty the vegetable drawer. He is so fast scooting around. He flips and flops, gets on his knees, and scoots. Changing his diaper is not so fun. The octopus stage has commenced. He can say quite a few words now. Kitty is my favorite. His favorite binky is a kitty! He can say all-done, uh-oh, good job, sunbeam (un-eeeem!), 1-2-3 go, good bye, milk, etc.
While we were gone Justin only had three duties (said Nacho Libre style). Watering/yard duty, shelving my food storage duty (not so fun), and crib changing duty. He failed miserably at watering duty. My indoor plants were all dead or close, the porch plants scorched to ashes, and weeds sprouting out of every crevice. He did put wood between the food storage buckets to prevent lid damage. The rest of the storage room was a disaster...as it still is this day. We need more buckets and Walmart is never stocked, I cannot bring myself to pay shipping on that many buckets. I waged war on the outside areas. I weeded the vegetable garden, dug up about a million weeds in the front, then mulched the front garden. I've meant to upgrade the front garden for years now. Check. Done. It looks MUCH better. When I got home some of the weeds were taller than Amelia.
We are beating this hot summer with days at the pool, playing with the hose, splashing in the pool at home, eating mounds of popsicles, and playing inside. Monday night I made Great-Grandma's lemon ice cream in the ice cream maker John/Courtenay & James/Miekka gifted me. The next day I added fresh raspberries for ice cream that was over the top delish. Sidney reached an all time high for this time of year on Tuesday with a nasty 111 plus humidity. Yuck-o. I rarely sweat but broke into a major sweat bath yesterday grooming my garden areas. Finally all my tomatoes are staked, the carrot tops tied to prevent shading the neighboring plants, and more weeding.
Saturday Ella came to spend the day with us. It worked out perfectly since her family was off for the day at Cub Scout day camp. It was hot, hoT, hOT, HOT. The girls wanted to have a lemonade stand. This time they earned about $10 total! While they played outside I played inside. A new little baby girl came to visit. She was quite the smiley girl and ever so relaxed. That afternoon Everett pulled himself up to standing while I put away groceries. Ironically, he was exploring the refrigerator and pulled himself up to empty the vegetable drawer. He is so fast scooting around. He flips and flops, gets on his knees, and scoots. Changing his diaper is not so fun. The octopus stage has commenced. He can say quite a few words now. Kitty is my favorite. His favorite binky is a kitty! He can say all-done, uh-oh, good job, sunbeam (un-eeeem!), 1-2-3 go, good bye, milk, etc.
While we were gone Justin only had three duties (said Nacho Libre style). Watering/yard duty, shelving my food storage duty (not so fun), and crib changing duty. He failed miserably at watering duty. My indoor plants were all dead or close, the porch plants scorched to ashes, and weeds sprouting out of every crevice. He did put wood between the food storage buckets to prevent lid damage. The rest of the storage room was a disaster...as it still is this day. We need more buckets and Walmart is never stocked, I cannot bring myself to pay shipping on that many buckets. I waged war on the outside areas. I weeded the vegetable garden, dug up about a million weeds in the front, then mulched the front garden. I've meant to upgrade the front garden for years now. Check. Done. It looks MUCH better. When I got home some of the weeds were taller than Amelia.
We are beating this hot summer with days at the pool, playing with the hose, splashing in the pool at home, eating mounds of popsicles, and playing inside. Monday night I made Great-Grandma's lemon ice cream in the ice cream maker John/Courtenay & James/Miekka gifted me. The next day I added fresh raspberries for ice cream that was over the top delish. Sidney reached an all time high for this time of year on Tuesday with a nasty 111 plus humidity. Yuck-o. I rarely sweat but broke into a major sweat bath yesterday grooming my garden areas. Finally all my tomatoes are staked, the carrot tops tied to prevent shading the neighboring plants, and more weeding.
My good friend, Kelly, had her baby while I was in Utah. They named her Stella Louise. Love it. I've helped her photography Stella about 6 times already. We are cramming in as many ideas as possible. My favorite was the session we took of Stella in a moses basket IN A POND. We used her parent's Koi pond for the idea. It took us 40 minutes to get Stella settled, posed, and such. The pose only lasted about 5 seconds but Kelly got the shot. Can't wait to share some the images. I stood in the pond with my rain boots on getting everything set. Later I had to jump back in to get Stella's lost binky...in the pond. My second favorite was a strawberry themed shoot. So adorable. Thanks to Justin for letting me have some free time to play.
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