Imagine it!

Last week was a fun week that I neglected to blog... So to catch up....Tuesday we went to a free summer movie, Owen did alright. Wednesday we went to the Bounce House again. I love that place! Thursday was Imagine it! The Children's Museum of Atlanta. It's located next to the Aquarium.

We went with our neighbors Rhonda (and her kids Logan and Drew)
and Erica (and her sweet Ava).

Owen spent the first half hour exploring all the corners with all of it's surprises. He ran right into the Plexiglas trying to go squeeze the over-sized veggies.

The cow area he explored but seemed to think it was boring.
He spent very little time there.

The big banana slide was great. It's cute and it's sliding.
There were kids on it almost the whole day.

Owen's favorite was driving the produce truck, loading and unloading it, but mostly he loved pushing the grocery buggy all over the museum. It would have been great if they had a few more of them.

Opening and closing windows, nice new skill to learn, until he tries it at home.

The Moon Sand pit. This was a great idea.
Owen had fun squishing the sand and building lumps of sand.

Drew loved the sand too.

Rhonda showed Owen how to use the molds.
Very cool.

The painting wall was another favorite.
I would love to paint on a wall, squeegee it off and start again, fun fun fun!

This is my favorite Owey picture of the day.

Excellent art work!

Drew - really getting into his work.

Choo Choo tables!

This area was a special area for kids 5 and under. It had something similar to a tree house, a slide, water to play in and a tunnel to crawl through.

I think Logan would have stayed here all day.

Ava found the puppet room and made herself at home.

Acquiring yet another skill. Rope climbing.

The day was long, fun and Charly was easy, she slept a lot and was content in my arms the rest of the time. The kids wore themselves out and Owen keeps asking to go back.

This sums up the car ride home.
They were all wiped out, so cute snoozing in their car seats.

Charly's First Soild Foods

Today the mood struck me and I decided to try Charly on rice cereal mixed with White Grape Juice. She liked it just fine and sucked down the food.

Owen just cannot sit back while Charly gets all the
attention so he had to try the cereal too. He said Yum!

Pictures for Christi

You asked for pictures of Charly... here are 2. :) She was sitting on the couch relaxing. She is holding her head up very well. If you recline her she will crunch her abs until she falls over. :) Doesn't know when to quit. Charly is so much fun to watch and to play with and she is getting so big. She a heavy load to carry around all day.

You cannot tell here, however, Charly's eyes are still blue!

July - So Far

So far July has been wonderful for us. Charly's hair is longer and I'm able to start doing cute things with it. It's really soft and silky so all the hair doo-dads slide right out. We weighted her tonight and she is 16 lbs!!! I knew she felt heavy, I had no idea she was this big. We were blessed over this July 4th weekend to have Garett's parents come see us. It was so wonderful to see them and to visit. We wish they could have stayed longer or lived closer. We all enjoyed a cook out with the neighbors and fireworks from the drive way. We pulled out our kitchen chairs and enjoyed the show. My favorite was picnicking at Red Top Mountain, I had no idea it was there and it was awesome! We skipped rocks in the lake and watched boats zoom by. The shade and the breeze off the lake felt so good. Oh- and no mosquitoes. I guess it was our lucky weekend.

She knows she is cute. :) Her bumbo seat is her salon chair.

Watching the fireworks, the neighbors all put on good shows.

Daddy and Charly

Giving Nana a kiss

Grandpa and Owen, Grandma and Charly

The happy bunch, great job working the timer Garett!

You want what???

Last week Owen found a pack of breath savers and asked for a mint. I told him no. He demands, I want a mint. I said no, it upsets your tummy.... I want mint! .... No! ..... I want diarrhea! Pleeeeease!! ..... :) What? You want diarrhea? ....... Yes please.

So let me explain. Heidi and I have told both Owen and Mya not to drink bath water, eat to many mints... Anything we don't want them to put in there mouths we tell them it will give them diarrhea, I had told that to Owen about the mints (and it happens to be true) I guess he remembered and thought it was worth the risk. It was one of those parenting moments where I was tempted to give in and let him learn a lesson but I think in this case the suffering would mostly be on me. So no mint for Owey and a funny story for you.

The Diaper Destroyer

Getting Back To Normal

So much has changed since a week ago. We are now potty training with mixed results. Owen went #2 on the potty for the first time while I was in Idaho. He also started sleeping in his big boy bed. Sissy is now napping in the crib (not in my room) and rolled over for the first time yesterday. I finally finished painting the down stairs. Now I have to finish the hall ways. I still have a ton to do but the big things are out of the way for now.

I've been worried lately because of gas prices. And we all know when the gas prices go up it's only a matter of time before prices on everything else goes up. Last night I was watching the news and they are saying that we can expect another rise in food prices but because of all the mid west flooding. I hate thinking that it will become difficult to feed my family. This is where food storage is a huge plus!!! I'm so far behind on being prepared, it makes my stomach hurt. I understand natural disasters causing temporary price hikes but the gas? Come on! These oil companies are making billions every year while we continue to pay through the nose. The rich get richer, what a bunch of low lives.

The Big Day - Getting Ready

So I've got the pictures up! But I don't have time to comment... I'll get to that later.