August Memories

We recently had the great pleasure of keeping two little girl-friends of ours...
As you can see the babies TRIED to take the Jeep over and then the big kids had to finish their "date" and then Cay decided that if he couldn't beat um' he'd join them by pushing!

We had fun at Nikki's house seeing some folks we did not get to see this summer as much as we would have liked to! I loved Cay's mohawk in the baby pool and I love that babies can have so much fun in a simple bucket of water!

Jeb recently discovered the joys of V8. As it comes time for winter and all the germs and illnesses that go with it, I thought I would try to "sneak" in some more antioxidants and IT WORKED. I bought the V8 fusion Tropical Orange and set is down in a big boy cup with a straw and he said, "ooohhh, Kool-Aid treat for lunch today." I didn't say a word back.

Caleb has mastered the steps ...or so we think. He latest antics are that he can load Jeb's shotgun (FAKE, of course) alone which takes some serious, fine motor skills. He is so proud when he gets it! Also, he has been on top of tables, stuck under beds, and generally tearing the house apart. I think he is going to be more mischievous than Jeb ever was. He is giving kisses now complete with an audible pucker and some tangible spittle, which is fabulous. He is also riding his Power Wheel now alone. He can't turn yet so I have to assist, but he can use that 2 cm thumb to drive it.

Jeb has mastered biking with "barely" any training wheels. J has them bent up for a security blanket, but he is all over the yard on his bike now and wants to bike at least by 9 each morning. The pic is Jeb on Bobo's Harley. IN THE YARD, of course.

Camping trip to NC is coming up soon! We are excited to get back out there and do some hiking, biking and having fun in the river with friends.

OOOPS>>>> I have fewer pics to post from our trip to NC with J because I WASHED my camera when I was there. I don't mean wiped it down. I mean put my new $500 camcorder and my 9 mos. old Kodak point and shoot in a complete washing machine cycle. I am sending the Kodak to the trash and the camcorder to be refurbished (I hope.) It has been quite a sad thing for me to possibly lose every video I've made since Christmas (that is the last time I backed them up). I have shed some tears over this DUMB, DUMB mistake. I know most moms have done something like this while multi-tasking and talking/reprimanding children. I suppose mine was just more costly emotionally and physically. The good news is what really matters--my own memories and our safety are in tact from the week of camping at the Hilton.

Classes start today for me, so I gotta go "virtually" meet my new crop of students. Tomorrow I meet the others face-to-face. Oh boy! There are always some characters...some good, some bad.