Wow, all the sudden it's been about two weeks since I wrote last...who said that summer days were lazy? Maybe hazy (it hasn't stopped raining for awhile, hurrah!) and definately crazy. Here's some snippets of what's going on:
Caleb has had two family birthday parties, he thinks five is GREAT! The first one my mom and sister Nicki were here and he came away with tractors, remote control car (his first, he was amazed), some other stuff and his favorite thing: a flashlight. I think Nicki has it right, with little boys you can't go wrong with a flashlight. Then we got together with Farris' family and had a combo party with Tennessee, his cousin that was born eight days after Caleb. Lucky boy got a tractor (can he have too many tractors? No way!), glow in the dark stars and a combo batman/superman cape. He now bounces off of everything so he can fly. OK, he has always bounced, but now he knows why he does it.
Memorial day weekend we went to a little amusment park not far away. They have a small roller coaster, Joseph and Felicity loved it. Sheesh, they did not get their daredevil-ness from me. The white roller coaster at Lagoon used to scare me to death, I can't imagine going on it when I was only two. He would kind of gasp and grab hold of me when we went around the curves fast, but he didn't cry and then he wanted to do it again with Farris. Anyway, they had a blast.
Yum, we're starting to get strawberries off the plants we got from Judy last year. Or maybe I should say the kids are getting berries. They love digging around for them, and not many make it to the house. We're still trying to convince Joseph not to eat the white ones. At least he's not eating dirt like last summer. I guess white strawberries taste better.
The rest of our garden is growing, loving the rain and cooler weather. But it wil be nice when the hot weather hits so the tomatoes decide to grow. Yum, fresh tomatoes right off the vine! We're still lawn-less (?) in the back, some day my kids will have grass stains on their knees instead of clouds of dirt following them. I hope.
Seth is eight months now, and he likes to scoot around backwards. He's ended up in strange places: caught in doorways, in the bathroom, under the piano bench. Right now, he was heading for the coat closet, made a hair-pin turn and is now on his way to the kitchen. It helps that we don't have carpet in here. But I don't know what I'm going to do when he starts crawling forward.
Felicity is enjoying her time off from school, but she's loving the summer reading program at the library. hee best friend moved into town, but she still is our social butterfly and is always playing with friends. She's started using the word "Ginormous." I don't even know if I'm spelling it right.
Yesterday was the Child Family reunion. We went to the Splash Pad in Ogden. Once you find it, it's rather fun. The rain held off for just enough time for the kids to run around in the spray. They loved running around with their cousins. Then we went to Cindi and Scott's to play Pictionary. If you think Pictionary is boring, try it with this family.
Our family is getting ready for our David and Colleen Newey Family reunion, we've started going to Huntsville, where my dad grew up, for the 4th of July. This year, we are going to do the fun run, Farris the 10k and me the 5k. I can do it, right? I figure I can always walk it if I have to. Farris is training great, he's been doing 6-8 miles a day, two or three times a week. Good job, hon! He just might finish the 10k before I finish the 5k.
And last of all, a Joseph story. This morning we were doing the Sunday Morning Run-Around, and I couldn't find Joseph any where. I even looked outside, but it was pouring (which actually, he loves). We looked and looked for about ten minutes. Finally, I looked under his bed. He was fast asleep right up against the wall. We didn't have a Great Shoe Hunt (you all know what I'm talking about) this morning, miracuously, so it was like we had to hunt for something, and Joseph volunteered himself.
