Fell deeds awake!... Forth Eorlingas!

*cough* 

Sorry.  Bob has declared war on the vermin in our yard... current tallies for species removed is: rabbit- 12, vole-1.  There's still at least one vole and a chipmunk at large, and I'm pretty sure the rabbit population is never ending.
 
It's been quiet around here.  This will probably go down as the summer that we spent inside.  I feel guilty, but... it's hot.  And the humidity is killer.  And they wilt in the heat just as fast as I do.  I would let Cecily go out by herself, but she doesn't think she can ever be alone, and I don't trust Emmy out with her without me... so.

Bob did get their pool down and they've splashed in that a few times. 

The toys are mostly picked up and they're reading quietly!  Will wonders never cease! 

We didn't make any plans for Father's day.  I don't think Bob was very sad... we hung out at home and grilled burgers (I didn't burn them! Yay!).  

 

Other than the grocery store and another crazy long appointment we really didn't go anywhere the rest of the week.  Pathetic, I know. 

They've been getting too much screen time because I'm tired.  'Mountain Men' is a new favorite... that plus Bob's rodent war adds up to girls asking to go out and check the trap line.  hehe. 

Cecily must have been paying attention at bible school... she was playing and didn't want Emmy to touch her stuff- "No Emmy!  Don't yield to temptation!!"  um.... right.

We try and go outside in the evenings if it's not too buggy.  (Apparently hormones are making me exhale more CO2 than normal??  I'm contributing to global warming!  And also a major mosquito magnet.  'Buskito." "Spugito." "Mugito.")

Tonight they were catching 'lighting bugs!'  And Cecily discovered how to make glow jewelry out of them.  Yay.   

We've been picking peas... I replanted the lettuce that the rabbits/voles ate... one good thing about the dry weather is that weeds haven't been growing so the garden doesn't even look that bad.  Plus I strategically planted sunflowers so I can't actually see the weeds from the house. 

Otherwise, all quiet on the western front. 

Blessings. 

Lazy, hazy, crazy days of Summer

It's been pretty quiet around here.  We haven't been making many plans and it's been so hot... the girls are getting bored.  Oh well, I am perfectly content to be a lazy bum. 

Her baby needed a "fresh dipey."

Awww... look at them.  So sweet, so well adjusted... big sis reading to little sis... so fleeting and unusual. Ha.   (They are currently fighting over a blanket...)

This is a little more like it.  Stickers, no pants, not sharing well.  

Bible School is this week.  Cecily is loving it.  "I get to see my friends and do a craft and play games!" She's so excited to bring her craft home tonight... woot.   

Their pool is still in the garage attic, and it has been so hot that I am completely unmotivated to go outside even if water is involved.  But I was feeling guilty so we improvised- the sleds are still readily accessible!  The neighbors probably think we're crazy.  (although, they probably already did)

We went to Krenda and William's house this morning just to get out a bit.  They have a real pool, although the girls were more interested in his toys.  The way he's looking at Cecily in this picture just makes me laugh... 

And a random parenting fail (or win, depending on how you look at it...):  I have a shelf of kids books that are off limits; mostly from when I was younger, or they were at my grandma's house, or the girls aren't quite old enough for them and I would like them to stay nice until they will actually enjoy them.  Anyway, Cecily climbed up one day and was looking through them and I said she could pick a few to read before bed... aaaaand she picked out Struwwel Peter.  (Classic German Children's book, unlike any children's book you've read before!)  It's available to read online at Project Gutenberg.  You should read it.  Most of it went completely over her head... until we got to The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb. She is developing a nail biting habit (gets it honestly from me, unfortunately) and I glanced over while reading about the long legged scissor man coming to cut off his thumbs... her face!  Wide eyed, hands clutched to her chest in horror.  Ooops! Ha!  I wanted to laugh... but... maybe this was a bad idea!  ...But... maybe now she will quit biting her nails! "Jesus didn't make a scissor man.  Jesus wants me to have my thumbs!"  Poor traumatized child. 

Blessings.

Summer

Well, it's officially after Memorial Day so we can all wear our white shoes to church!  Or in my case flip-flops, because: elephant feet.  (Sorry Grandma)   

The girls and I went to the park for the Memorial Day service.  They were pretty good.  I did sort of bribe them with the promise of playing at the park afterward.  Emmy was not at all afraid of the guns, which was great; Cecily and I jumped all three times.  They had a great time "I sliding" until I got too hot and it was time to go home for lunch. 

After lunch we picked up Grandma Beutel and went to Restmor to set up Grandpa's new laptop.  The girls did good for a while. Ha.  I have learned to bring things to keep them occupied so they don't completely make themselves unwelcome. 

The rest of the week I felt very discombobulated.  I am a creature of habit and I do all my housework on certain days... we have laundry day, grocery day, errand day, cleaning day, etc.  So the holiday had me all mixed up. Add in a doctor appointment and I was way behind my normal schedule.  Woe is me.  

Emmy was finally mostly bruise-free (Oh, that sounds awful! She's just clumsy, especially when she's tired! I promise!) so we got 2 year pictures, finally. It was super hot, but they still wanted to play on the tractors.  Silly girls.   

 Bob took the girls shopping that weekend and came home with a bike helmet for Emmy.  She thinks she needs one when she rides "my red bike" and it may not be a bad idea, considering her track record.  She needed to take a nap with it too.  Oh, this girl-she's under there somewhere.  She usually has at least 1 doll, 2 stuffed animals, 3 blankies, a calculator ("my phone"), and whatever else strikes her fancy in her bed with her.  She really doesn't even need sheets.

 All ready for a bike ride!

The girls got to go the farm while I went to the doctor yesterday afternoon.  My 20 minute appointment stretched into an hour... ugh.  I am so over the doctors office. 
I got the infant car seat out... we are going to have to watch her like a hawk.  She is twice as motherly as I've ever been.  Cecily was pretty uninterested in Emmy when she was born, this could be a whole different story. 

Cecily is obsessed with the alphabet and sounds and words...  which is great.  Except "What does ____ start with, Mom?," "_____ starts with T Mom!," over and over all day long gets really old.  *sigh*  But I was very proud when she was sounding out (with some help) and writing what her chalk drawings were on the driveway.  You can see "ANT" behind Emmy.    Bob took Cecily to the T-Fest carnival tonight and Emmy got to go on a short walk with me.  Then she proceeded to use her "green shovel" to pull a bunch of mulch out of the landscaping. "I dirting, Mama." 

Given the forecast, I plan to spend the weekend inside on my couch in the air conditioning.  And maybe hit the Turkey express for T-Fest food.  Midwife's orders.
Blesssings.