Cool Weather is Cool

We love the nice weather that we've had the last few weeks. We have definitely taken advantage of it too. Dominic and I took the kids to lots of parks and on a few trails. We actually turned our air conditioner in our house off Friday before last and had it off until Wednesday. It was so nice to have fresh air in the house. I think we all slept better at night. The kids slept in a little longer in the mornings which was really nice. By Wednesday, it was getting hotter and time to turn it back on.

Lenny has loved the drink called Bug Juice since he was real little. It looks like we have two other ones who also love it. We had a snack and a drink before we hit the trails.




They were leading the way.


Why do all kids love sticks?


Lenny had to point us in the right direction on the way back.


Grandma Viola

Recently my grandma who is 95 years old had to move into a nursing home. She has been living by herself up until now in the same home she has lived in since before she and my grandad were married. She's my dad's mom. We wanted to go visit her this weekend so the kids and I headed to my mom's house on Friday so that we could all go to see Grandma on Saturday. My van had other plans for us. It decided to break down on me as soon as we got to mom's house. Luckily, it didn't happen before or after. There was all kinds of smoke coming out of the front of it and water was pouring out of the bottom of it. Needless to say, I couldn't even drive it to the garage, it had to be towed. Remember, we were planning to visit Grandma 2 hours away the next day. The garage had already closed on Friday so Saturday morning we called them and they said that they wouldn't be able to work on it until Monday. We were really bummed and we couldn't go anywhere because all the car seats wouldn't fit in my mom's car. To make a long story short, around noon on Saturday they called and said they were able to fix the car and it was done. We went to see my Grandma on Sunday instead.

It was hard to visit her somewhere other than her house that I have been going to my entire life and the place where my dad (who passed away when I was a baby) grew up and lived. But it was so nice to see her and to see that she was adjusting well to the nursing home. Here we are with Grandma.


My mom and my grandma have remained very close all these years. Grandma Viola is just like a mother to my mom too.


The sun is in our eyes, mom. Of course, I still wanted to get a picture of them.


Lenny was making Brooke laugh while we were outside with Grandma.


Meemaw is Not Afraid of Bugs

Friday was a nice day too so while we were at mom's house, Lenny asked her to help him find some bugs for his bug box. He knew that Meemaw wouldn't be afraid to catch bugs. She was excited and happy to do that with the kids.

They caught a grandaddy long leg and Lenny asked him, "Grandaddy long leg, which way's the cows" and I think that he pointed Lenny to the right direction. Did anyone else do that when you were kids? I always asked the grandaddy long legs that question. :-)

They also caught some crickets and a huge grasshopper.


This was the big one--the grasshopper.

Nathan enjoyed the bug catching but he really liked the baseball bat and ball that Meemaw got for them.


School Bus Tour

Last week Lenny got to go on a tour of a school bus and watch a video on school bus safety. We had a driver come to our MOMS club meeting last week along with someone for the county school to talk to us about preparing our kids for kindergarten.

Lenny getting on the bus. That's him in the white shirt with the caboose on the back.


I think the school bus driver had them a little nervous to move on the bus. She told them that it is very important that they stay seated on the school bus and when it is moving.


One more picture.

The kids were enjoying watching the Olympics together one night before bedtime so I had to take their picture. They really were sitting there together watching it.