Today's Plans

Hunter and Lily had a birthday party today. It's an army-themed party so they were supposed to go in camouflage or similar colors. They also took items for a care package for a soldier so that led to some great conversations about what soldiers do for us and we even had a rabbit trail discussion about the President. Anyway, the kids are still at the party but were wearing dog tags and bandanas when I left. It looked like fun (for them)!

Back at home...Nathan is up and having a bath. Getting too big for his baby tub but he doesn't sit up well enough for the big tub (for my comfort level). Like his little tuft of hair sticking out? He was rubbing his mesh feeder all over his face/head and it was filled with sticky melon. It kept him busy while we ate, though. :)

Samuel fell asleep while him and Brian were picking up his requested supper. It's almost 6:30pm and he's asleep--that doesn't sound good!

Also, this weekend...I made some homemade baby food and froze it. I felt very proud. It's an effort to save $ but also because I always liked the idea but never did it. I started with just the fruits/veggies I had on hand to try it out. It was super easy and kind of fun, actually. We'll see how it goes...

Old?

Samuel was messing with my hair and we had this conversation...

S: Momma, I found your white things.

Me: My white hair?

S: Yep. Why do you need white hair?

Me: I don't need it but I am getting old.

S: No, you're not. Daddy's old already.

Me: Ha! Is he old?

S: Yep but you're not old yet.

*You can see why Samuel is my little sweetheart. But I obviously need to get my hair dyed again. :)*

Splash Pad

Today I took the kids to the splash pad. We had not been to this splash pad since I was pregnant with Samuel and it's less than a block from my house. Ha! Well, it's always crowded and I just can't stand that. I have a sprinkler at home, you know? :) Anyway, the kids had a ton of fun today. There was a playgroup there from a local church and one of their classmates was there because of that. Samuel had a lot of fun at 1st but hung around me when it got a little more wild and busy. Nathan was pretty patient but was getting hot and sweaty by the time we left. A little boy did dump his cup of water into my diaper bag, but he was maybe 2 (or younger), so that was a bummer... Still, it felt like a fun thing to do in these last days of summer...

Busy Saturday

Today, Nathan and I traveled with my parents to visit my Grandma. It's a 2 hour drive and it felt like forever with Nathan. He is not a good car-sleeper. He took a catnap and fussed the rest of the way. Thankfully, he's not a loud crier. I had hoped that more of my extended family could meet Nathan but that didn't work out. My Grandma and my Uncle Danny were able to see how much he's grown since they last saw him, though!

Nathan and Grandma Hill.

Nathan finally crashed on my Mom's lap. He took a few cat naps for a total of MAX 2 hours of sleep today. He usually gets 4-5 hours/day so he's really wiped out!

The sun was right in his face on the way home so we made him a tent. We thought we were so clever--he kind of frowned about it. :)

*Brian and the rest of the kids had a fun, busy day. I heard Lily and Samuel had waffles and marshamallows for breakfast. They rode "real" bikes and their motorized bikes, went to a park and went to Grandma and Papa Kreger's. Oh and they ate McD for lunch. Wow! They will probably want Nathan and I to go away more often! :)*

Samuel walked in the house in his pajamas, filthy with dirt and orange pop. I picked him up and noticed he had decided to go without undies today. Ha! I was just imagining him at the park that way. Thankfully, I had picked some up from the store and he was excited to see Hulk on some underwear and put them right on! Samuel was watching me earlier this evening and he looked at me and said so seriously, "Me like you." So sweet!

I got the kids a "How To Train Your Dragon" stationary set from the clearance section at Wal-Mart. Hunter and Lily took their sets and made a little desk area in Lily's room. It reminded me of how much I liked playing "office" as a kid. Ha!

Lily's "desk". She was so disappointed that she couldn't go back outside tonight, after being outside pretty much all day. That trait must come from her Dad.

7 months old

I've been trying to upload a video for this post for the past 24 hours and I have finally conceded defeat. I can't get it to work. Bummer. I will post it separately if I can get it to work later.

I know I just posted 6 month pictures but Nathan is 7 months old now. He's getting the hang of sitting up but not quite there yet. He moves around a lot and spends most of his "play time" on his tummy, scooting around. It makes me realize I need to vacuum and I am always looking out for the little toys the other kids may leave around. I like this picture because you can see the excitement in his eyes that one of his siblings is paying him attention. He also wants to grab anything that gets close--Lily's hair is the best! :) This picture also shows the major amount drool he has (you can see drops on his face/neck). He's pretty funny--smiles and laughs and loves to talk and play. He is a squirmy child--makes me wonder if he'll always be on the go?!

In other news...the twins finally had a classmate over to swim. They were so obsessed with the friend coming over--they checked the sky for rain, prayed that it wouldn't, asked me a thousand times when it was... They had a lot of fun. Samuel is fully potty trained now--that happened during his recent illness. It's so nice having only 1 little bottom to change. Samuel did get to go to Toys R Us as a prize and he picked a new puppy. We are just busy, trying to enjoy these last 2-1/2 weeks of summer before the school routine starts up.

6 month pictures

Patrick (Frost Photography) took some great pictures again. I try to narrow down what I wanted to show on the blog but it's so hard!!

Baby-sitting

Tonight, we got to baby-sit my niece, Katherine, who is 15 months old. The kids were super excited about having her over!! She was very good--very quiet! She did call Lily "Mama" and give her a kiss so that was pretty funny. And here she is feeding her baby. I thought it was so sweet! She also gave her baby a kiss and carried her around for awhile. :)