Ok, so I don't actually know what the dog days of summer are, but we're coming to the end of summer, and it sounded good in my head. It's still plenty hot hot hot down here in Texas. In fact, one day this week it was about 100, and Monica decided to check the weather in Parker and it was a mere 50 degrees cooler there! So I guess fall happens somewhere in the world, just not here. The lizards have been enjoying the long summer, and are bigger than ever. I think this is the largest garden lizard I've seen since we've come to Texas!
Grayson has found a new, clever way to go up and down the stairs. He stands on the edge of the board and uses the railing to keep his balance. You do you kid, and enjoy that while you're still able to.
Grayson is loving preschool. Monica actually took this picture when she picked him up. He's being a koala, and honestly, he's doing a really good job.
The lizards have just been everywhere lately. When I go out to mow the lawn and weed whack, they're running this way and that way across the house, through the garden, and on the playground. It's a lot of fun, and I really hope I haven't hurt any of them. Also, we've always gotta keep an eye on Jelly now when she's outside, cause she's always on the hunt.
I've been helping with school drop off and pick up this week. It takes about an hour and 20 minutes, and Monica's back, or really nerve pain radiating down her leg from her back, has been hurting a bunch lately, so I've been helping out while we try to get things under control for her. Most of the days were pretty uneventful, but then there was the day this bus pulled out and blocked half the road while waiting until it could pull the rest of the way through the road... yay... And on this day, this was not the only instance like this, I feel like there were 3 or so... sigh... Texas driving.
Over by the library there's a little duck pond, but the count of ducks is anything but little. Grayson sure loves to go feed them. I'm a little surprised we don't have a picture of him trying to pick the ducks up.
Grayson had to go to the dentist this week. He had a great time, and his teeth all looked good. He's getting close to tooth losing age, but everything checks out for now.
I don't remember what I was changing for, but Grayson went running ahead of me into my closet to hide between my laundry baskets! Crazy kid.
Grayson has really been loving Mario Wonder lately and asks to play it every day. I don't know how often Monica actually plays with him, but he talks to me about things in the game every day, and loves any chance he gets to play. Maybe next time he asks, we should tell him he has to be wearing pants to play.
On Saturday, Brooke had a volleyball game, and we all went to watch. It gets really loud in the room with all the courts, so Winry and Grayson like to wear these earmuff things to keep it a little quieter. Grayson was rocking them on his forehead on the way out.
Brooke and I spent Saturday afternoon working on her pinewood derby car! We didn't finish it, but we were able to shape the wood and sand it. She wants a koala, so we're going to do a koala holding onto a tree. I decided to work on it by hand as I thought the randomness would help it look more natural like a real tree, and it was also a good way to let Brooke help doing it as well. I'm excited to finish the car this next week. The pinewood derby is on Wednesday, so we don't have too much more time.
On Saturday night, we had a ward activity with our old ward. It was our end of summer ice cream social. There's no way I'm not showing up for ice cream! I took Grayson to the bathroom, and we usually use the one in the nursery. When we went in, I found Winry playing with Abigail! They were playing with the wood puzzles mostly, and had a few other toys out too. At the end of the activity they worked together to clean everything up even.
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