A Thousand Words Thursday - Dandelions

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I was inspired by MckMama's shot (see the end of the post) to take one of my own. I'm pretty happy with it! Can you tell I'm so excited this summer has finally started??

Wordless/Wordful Wednesday - Laundry

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I love this shot of JC just hanging all by himself in the yard. I feel like I'm sneaking through the bushes to see him... He likes to sit on the blanket and chill while I hang out laundry. He's usually so clingy that I can't set him down long enough to do dishes. Outside I think he has enough to hold his attention that I don't have to sling him on my hip the whole time. I am also loving that its finally nice enough to put laundry out on the line again!! I have a few cloth diapers I am testing out, so I expect to see those on the line a lot this summer. Who knew I'd be pumped about diapers?? I'll give the full report after I have a good trial with them, and I'm ready to buy!

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I Heart Faces - Silhouettes

I keep forgetting to post entries for I Heart Faces, so this week I'm getting it up on time. The theme is silhouettes, and I have this one from a wedding I did earlier this year.

First Weekend of "Summer"

School here is officially done. We had the best day on Sunday. After church, we started up the grill and Daddy made us Asian Barbeque Pork, Ranch Burgers, and Italian marinated chicken. He also made a cold cucumber salad. YUM! We hung out in the yard all afternoon. The kids played, JC parked himself on a blanket and we tried to keep him from eating the grass. I took my laptop outside and played music for us. The adults had adult beverages, the kids had kid beverages. We ate food as it came off the grill, never really assembling inside, just stealing from a kabob as it was cooling. The sun was out, the wind was relatively still. It was fantastic. I also took my 10,000th picture with my little Canon Rebel. Can you imagine?? Anyway, here it is....

Am - minus 3 teeth.

Happy Memorial Day. Thank you veterans, including my husband, who keep this country safe. I found these photos of my hubby in Afghanistan. Thought you'd be interested...

( ^ He's the grouchy one middle right! )

Presumably e-mailing me....ha ha!

Friday Fragments - Endings and Beginnings

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• This week is the last week of school for both MD and AM. MD is done with pre-school, AM with first grade. I can't believe I'll have two kids in full time school next year! They each had a party at their respective schools.
• AM had a Play Day, sort of a track and field day. She won three ribbons in different events. We all ended up getting a little sun burnt. It was so windy we didn't notice the sun, and being from the frozen north we haven't been outside in months, so it stands to reason we'd burn!

• MD's school had a Luau. We got to bring the little kids (AM was in her school) and play games, make our own lei's, paint cute hats, create our own pizza, and drink yummy yogurt/fruit smoothies.

• PM was fitted for her new AFO & UCB. She was unsure at first if this was all OK. I think when the ortho lady started putting on the cast material she thought we were going to leave it on! She felt better after the first one was cut off. She never squirmed or cried, but the look of concern on her face was pretty intense as she watched carefully. You can read more about it on PM's Caringbridge site.

• JC spent the better part of an afternoon in a paper bag. No, I didn't make him! He liked it! You can see by the teeth that it was a "costume" made by one of the kids!

• I have had an addiction to S'mores this week. Not the cereal or snack, but marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers. You can microwave the whole thing for a few seconds and have a warm gooey treat. OR, I sneak outside when hubby starts the grill to toast my marshmallow, without letting the kids know. I may require an intervention soon.
• I can't wait to visit all my relatives and friends this summer. Serious talks have begun on travel to Washington, Wisconsin and ..... Oklahoma? Hmmm........
• Let the summer begin!!!

A Thousand Words Thursday - Tea for Two

AM convinced me we needed to have tea together. I think she's actually had tea maybe once before.

"Mom, we should have tea, and it's a good time...we can talk and have conversations and have a nice day."

Well, in that case...

She tried the tea. We talked about the end of school for the season.

We talked about what she wanted to do this summer.

We talked about what next year will be like.

We talked about doing this again.

We will, I promise.

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A Thousand Words Thursday - Cheesey

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How much do you spend on a trip to Sam's Club (the Costco of the midwest, y'all)? It's so easy to spend waaay too much in that place. OR to find items like this. The Supergiantmega Keg of Ultra Cheesey-licious Puffs....
As if we need to eat all these.
They stain your carpet fingers orange.
There's also probably more preservatives than actual food ingredients.
And no, I didn't feed them to JC.
He just tasted graham crackers for the first time.
Cheesey-licious can wait.
At least a few months.