Hello! Well... last week I wanted to wait until the end of the day to write a blog post as I knew we'd have some good pictures from fireworks, etc. and I ended up waiting until the next Sunday... Oops. Maybe it's a good thing though because not so much happened this past week. Here we all are on the 4th of July over at the Cammack's house ready for some fireworks! We had a great time, and as you can see, made new tie dye shirts! America!
The girls have been getting into their old dance costumes and Winry has been loving it. Let's just say we've had a LOT of dance recitals over the past two weeks!
Grayson has started sucking his thumb more. It's not a ton during the day, and I guess I don't really know how often at night, but I do know he still doesn't put things in his mouth, so if he's doing anything it's his thumb.
I gave Grayson his bath and we had a great time together. This is the first bath that I have given him I believe. Post bath I had to make sure Grayson was very dry, which was a lot of work.
On Friday (July 2nd) my work had their 4th of July party. We were all very excited to attend. The girls brought a bike and scooter for the bike parade and were excited to roll into the party in style!
Speaking of style, look at Brooke's pose! We had a lot of fun. The girls got balloon animals, we had BBQ for dinner and we played around outside while waiting for it to get dark. The festivities included riding bikes/scooters around SEAKR, a giant inflatable slide (Brooke loved it but was very wary to go down, Winry climbed up once and Monica had to go get her down), and playing in the grass.
Grayson had a blast with Monica's water bottle pulling the straw in and out.
When it got close to dark, I took the girls to the car to change into pajamas, and when we came back there was a firetruck (like, actual truck size) that was letting people look around at it and sit in the driver seat. I took the girls over to see.
They both really liked it, but Winry didn't want to get all the way in. She just stood on the little side thing. We also got to see the helmets and suits and stuff packed in the back of the truck.
At 9:30 the firework show started! Grayson woke up like a minute before, so I took him out of his car seat to see if he'd enjoy watching. He seemed very mesmerized by everything, and enjoyed the fireworks very much.
Winry enjoyed the show, though it was too loud for her. This was her first time seeing real fireworks since she was a baby, and when she was a baby she got the earmuffs. We may have to invest in a second pair for next year.
Brooke had a wonderful time watching the fireworks, and also was somehow in much better lighting than the rest of us.
On Saturday (3rd) we wanted to make some tie dye shirts, so Monica headed to the store and Brooke really wanted to join her. Winry wanted to do yoga, so I got to watch along with her. I was pretty impressed with some of the poses she could do and how well she kept her balance.
I also made a trip to Walmart to get a new pool for the back yard. I moved our play set over so the girls could slide in to the pool. The hope with this little guy is that it's a lot easier to set up and clean up, so hopefully we won't leave it out for months and have it get all nasty inside. Currently it's cleaned up in the garage, so we're already heading in the right direction.
On the 4th we got a picture together as a family after church. I don't think I realized how matching and patriotic we looked until I saw this picture today. Go us (and U.S.).
The plan for the day was to head to the Cammacks' for a BBQ, but we had to do some preparations before then. When we got home Grayson was in a terrific mood, and couldn't stop laughing at Monica!
We wore our new tie dye shirts of course, and the whole family matched again! Also... I like this picture... and I don't know what to say... the end.
There were lots of water balloons, which meant lots of water fun! The girls had a blast with their friends. Also, it rained off and on that afternoon, so things were a bit wet and cold when we started off. Everyone had a lot of fun though.
Clara absolutely loves Grayson. When we headed out for fireworks she came over to give him a big hug. As you can see, Grayson went straight for her eye... She didn't get hurt, so all's well that ends well.
All the kids got to do a sparkler.
And Monica helped Grayson! I was able to get a pretty cool slow motion video of one of the fountains as well.
On Monday morning (5th, also, phew, finally made it to this week) we headed out for breakfast and went swimming at the outdoor pool. We went to The Egg & U. Swimming was fun after, though I did spend probably half the time rocking Grayson to sleep. At least I got to be in the shade :).
One night I was laying on the floor in Grayson's room and Monica asked me to get him a diaper. Standing up seemed way harder than blindly reaching into the drawer with my toes and trying to learn how to pick up a diaper, so naturally that was the path I chose.
Thursday was playgroup at the park, and Monica took the Cammacks' kids with her (it was her turn in a babysitting swap). Here's everyone on a swing. I think the most impressive part is that all the kids are swinging simultaneously despite there being only one pusher.
Grayson is a bit poundy lately, so we gave him a turn on the piano. It took him a minute to get going, but then he was set! Sweet, sweet baby music.
Grayson ate a strawberry this past week. He's really trying to put his teeth to good use. Oh, which reminds me, he has been sleeping TERRIB LY! Worse than the last post. I was up for like 3 hours one night walking around the basement with him before he calmed down and went back to sleep. We've since started some sleep training, and it seems to be going pretty well.
Yesterday I was tossing a ball around for Jelly and she ended up on Winry's shoe. The ball wasn't particularly close, so I'm not sure how this happened, but she just laid there hugging it, occasionally rubbing her face on it.
I spent most of the morning doing chores around the house, and then in the afternoon I went golfing. I went 18 holes, so it ended up taking the rest of the day. I had a lot of fun, and it was really beautiful out on the course. I also learned that right now I'm a 9-hole kind of golfer. While I did have fun the whole time, 18 holes was a bit too long for me, so I'll have to revisit the full course some time after I've gotten back into golf a bit more.
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