Monday, August 31, 2009

Summer fun & more Elliott pics (of course)

This weekend was Mr. Wise Guy's off Fri. so we went to the park for awhile in the afternoon. Miss Kate and I went wading in the lake to cool off since it was very hot out. When waves came in from passing boats it made Kate dizzy and she promptly fell over (this happened multiple times) so that is why she has no pants on. :) I had meant to bring spares but forgot. (as usual) The kids were exhausted by the time we got home. Miss Kate fell asleep eating her granola bar. I am loving this double stroller that The Sesters so graciously gave us. Both kids love to go out rollerblading and so do I. It improves Katelynns mood when she gets grumpy about the lack of fun times with mommy, cures Elliotts tummy bubbles since he finds the bumping along very soothing, and also boosts mommy's morale. (nothing like getting out for some fresh air and exercise after a stressful morning.) I love the fact that there is so much room to fit anything I need to bring along for extensive outings. Big Thanks to T & K.
Elliott watching mommy work in the kitchen.
Hanging on with his toes like a little monkey.
Gettin cozy.
Sleeping on daddy's pillow after he's gone to work. :) Happy thoughts after a full tummy.
something musta been funny. Bathtime!!!
Look at his big fat tummy!!!
showin how tall he is. :)
So many rolls. :D Miss Kate puttin' Elliott to bed. She has to make sure he has his binky before she goes to her bed.
And here comes the Grant County Fair.
Kate loved looking at all the animals in the show barns.
There were cows, pigs, sheep, lots of goats, lamas, bunnies, chickens, ducks,...I didn't get pics of everything, here are the few that I did take.
This little calf just sat there bawling away and Kate was very concerned about it.She offered her fingers to every single animal she saw...thankfully she came home with them all still in tact.
I really thought this duck would have snapped at her when she poked its bill.
She loves ducks, but I missed all the shots I wanted to get because my camera has a 3 second delay when the batteries are running low, and a toddler can do a lot in 3 seconds!!! :D The camera was also doing weird stuff with the lighting too.She found this goat very amusing because she would point at it and it would poke its nose out at her. Then she would clasp her hands together and giggle like it was just the funniest thing and they would do it all over again. I think the goats were her favorite because they were just as curious about her as she was about them.It reminded me of her petting zoo experience at the zoo this last spring.
Peering at the pygmy goats.

Poking the sheeps ears.
She loved this little goat. It was so cute!!!
She kept poking her finger in its mouth ..and my camera kept acting up.
At the petting zoo she ran around and around the pen chasing any goats that would run from her.



And so ended our evening at the fair.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Busy Days

I can't believe August is almost over already. Seems like I was just waitin for that baby to come and now he's been here for 2 weeks. And what a busy 2 weeks they have been. Here is the short and sweet summary of them all before the collection of pictures. Boppa and gramma Jo + A. veevee and U. Andrew came the Saturday Elliott was born and then they all left again on Sunday afternoon except Gramma Jo. She stayed about a week and a half. While she was here she canned 14 quarts of peaches for us, we had Mr Tech and Sjo +3 come and visit us. They stayed with N&V but we had all to dinner Fri. night. Seven kids, all 2 and under in one small house is pretty hectic. :D But we all survived. Dana did great dealing with 4 toddlers wanting her attention at once. Sat. we went to the park by N& V's to get out of the house, and that evening A. veevee came to join us. Sun. the family came to dinner one last time before heading back to Seattle. for a few days. Monday gramma Jo went home for a break after spending hours of baking canning and shredding zuchinni and preparing garden vegetables in my kitchen and A. veevee took over. She made jars and jars of blackberry & blueberry jelly after getting off to a bad start with that project...but we won't get into that story. And she spent abv few days sewing for Kate and I. Thursday I ended up running out to collect Mr. Wise Guy from work because he dislocated his finger tip and needed to go to the hospital for an X-ray and such. (he rode the bus so didn't have a car) He now has a brace to wear for the next 2 weeks. Thankfully I had just fed Elliott, and Kate was finishing up a bath when the call for help came in so I was able to leave them all with Susie and run...and Susie was just finishing up the jelly so all worked out fine. Boppa & Gramma Jo came very late thurs. night to pick her up and left Fri. evening. I decided to go peach picking with them at a field in the near vicinity Fri. morning before they left, and ended up picking 4 more boxes to add to the 2 boxes the Muncks had generously picked for us. Susie stayed home to finish her sewing before she had to leave so I left Elliott with her. Kate did amazingly well for a hot tired toddler in a peach field and fell immediately asleep in the car on the way home. That evening after my family left we went to the fair for a couple of hours and Miss Kate enjoyed all the animals. Those pics will come in a different post than this one tho. Sat. we spent the day canning peaches. Mr Wise Guy ended up doing most of the peeling and cutting (in spite of his finger brace) and many hours of work later we had canned a total of 35 quarts of peaches. And here we are 2 weeks later... I have been feeling great most of the time, only lacking in sleep a little. But my wonderful husband is very thoughtful about making sure I get as much sleep as possible. Seems I never get to bed before 11 or 12 these days...but at least I get to sleep in. Now for the pictures.
Miss Kate have Bible reading with Puppy, Ellie, & Ruffy in Gramma Jo's bed at night.
Taking care of ElliottWearing an apron to fool us into thinking she is helping in the kitchen and hoping we won't notice that she is actually getting into mischief.





Lovin her breakfast of oatmeal and peaches!
(That is inherited from her mommy)
Ridin to the park at U. nathan & A Vi's
Elliot's first time at the park. :D
1 wk oldKate and Cousin A having fun on the slide

La-La lovin it too!
Testing her climbing skills.
Practicing for basketball with her guy cousins next time we visit Vancouver. ;)
This basket seems to be a little more their size.
Happy go lucky La-La

having fun with the wagon.

And then these guys showed up ...

and brought A. veevee with them. :)



THE END