Busy Days of Summer

Wow, I can't believe how long it's been since I posted to my blog. Even Dominic has told me that I need to update it. Even though summer has just started, it has already been very busy. Our calendar for June has been packed full. July is about the same.

New Highchairs

Brooke and Nathan are very excited to have new highchairs. I really love them. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I got rid of the highchairs that they were using since they were born. I was tired of cleaning them and they took up way too much space. I guess anything does in pairs of two. I started using booster seats for Brooke and Nathan. They worked great but they took up two of our chairs at the kitchen table. We only have four to begin with so if you do the math, one of us was always without a chair. We always sit down to eat dinner together and lunch on the weekends so that didn't work. Nunny noticed our problem one day when she came to visit so she bought us two of the wooden restaurant style chairs. We love them. As soon as they arrived, Dominic had to put them together. In this house, you always have three little ones always eager to help with any project. I'm not sure how much help they are but they try.



Father's Day

The kids had a great time making cards for daddy for Father's Day. Brooke and Nathan made some handprints on construction paper with a cute little saying. For Lenny, I asked him a bunch of questions and had him complete some sentences. I wrote down the answers and typed them on a page. My favorite one was when I asked Lenny "I really love it when my dad" and Lenny said "listens to me and he does what I say he needs to do." He really makes his mom proud. He sure sounds just like me. :-)

Lenny and I also made a little picture bouquet for daddy's office at work. We were very proud of it and Dominic was too. He took it to work the next day.


We also got him a few other things and the MarioKart Wii game. (Thanks Lisa for saying how much fun you have with it.) We all love it. I made sure that I got an extra steering wheel and I'm glad I did. It's much more fun when you can race each other. Lenny REALLY loves it. He already knows all the names of the race tracks.

Here is a picture of Brooke and Nathan with daddy on Father's Day.


We also played outside in the Elmo sprinkler and threw water balloons at daddy. All of the balloons bounced right off of him and busted when they hit the ground. We are going to have to work on our strategy for throwing water balloons.


Monster Trucks

Lenny has a new love these days. Oh, Thomas is still first on his list but he also loves monster trucks. We watch the monster truck jam most mornings at 7 a.m. He already knows the names of many of the monster trucks. His favorite is Blue Thunder and Monster Mutt. I like Maximum Destruction. Now Lenny is collecting the little monster trucks and Nathan loves them too. They both race them around and bounce them off of other cars. It's funny to watch them.

The bad thing is that Lenny now likes to race his tractor like a monster truck. Here he is on top of a pile of dirt. He is wild with that tractor.


Just Pictures

I just had to post this picture. When we are getting ready to go to a store, this is the look that Dominic and I get a lot when Lenny is usually saying, "I can get a new Thomas engine because I'm a good boy."


This is just an ornery little girl.


Brooke's New Purse

In my last post, I mentioned that Brooke was using Lenny's safety goggles for a purse. Well, after that, Nunny decided that Brooke needed a real purse so she got one for her. Brooke LOVES it. She carries it around and fills it up with things. The other day we were getting ready to go outside when she ran to get her purse. She put it over her shoulder and started to walk out the door. She's so girly.


MOMS Club

I've also been very busy this month. I was recently elected president of our local MOMS club. I'm looking forward to the opportunity. We had our first board meeting last week and I'm so excited about what we are planning for the coming year. It shouldn't take up too much of my time and it's great for me because it is for the kids mostly. I'm always up for anything that gets them in more activities and having more fun.

From the Mouth of a Four Year Old

This is an old story but I still love it. From the day that Lenny was old enough to notice our cat Wendel, he has been trying to become friends with him or even just pet him. Wendel doesn't care much for kids. Anyway, Lenny and I were upstairs one day and I noticed Wendel laying on our bed. I told Wendel that he is not allowed on our bed and I made him get off. Lenny quickly ran to Wendel and said, "That's ok Wendel. You can go lay on my bed." He then smiled great big and said, "Wendel likes me now because I said he can lay on my bed." The sad thing is, I think Wendel just gave him a hiss and walked away.