summer

Sean recently got glasses and looks pretty sharp in them.

 Ok I know I have a biased opinion, but isn't this little gal seriously gorgeous?

I attempted to French braid her hair one day. Now that was weird to think about - I have a daughter and I'm sitting there French braiding her hair. Whoa! Feeling old for sure. But it was still fun.

Sean's second year of Safety Town. Teresa had to join in too but obviously was not ready for being an official participant (it's for 4 and 5 year olds) because she failed at playing Officer Bob's favorite game (everyone sit and be quiet while he talks). :)

The kids went to the firehouse one day and did an exercise in the "smoke house," which is like a little mobile home and an alarm goes off. Then the kids have to practice going down a ladder.

 They also got to spray a real fire hose!

This is the last day. Sean is the one with the glasses. :) I had to include this picture because of the hair on the girl to his right. Awesome! I love the red curls.

Enjoying cookies and McDonald's orange drink - you all know what I'm talking about, right?

Miscellaneous May

We did a little family outing to Oxford a few Saturdays back. I had seen an ad in the paper for the Oxford Wine Festival so we went to check it out. The weather was beautiful, and we had a lot of fun!

One booth was giving away little boxes of goodies for the kids. Suckers are always a big hit, although they make this choking-paranoid mama nervous.

Though I don't eat beef much, I loved this sign. Locally-raised! Yeah!

The festival was at a park in downtown Oxford. Sean and Teresa had a blast at this fountain area.

Back at home, playing at the LEGO table is a regular occurrence.

One day they had the brilliant idea of going grocery shopping in the pantry. Teresa was in charge of the drink cart.

And Sean has been going through a growth spurt lately. Seriously, we have been going through a loaf of bread in a few days, a 5-lb bag of pears is mysteriously empty after a couple of days, and I almost constantly hear "I'm hungry!" or "More, please!"

At least he's growing in style. Hahaha!

Bissell

At LEGOFest in March, there was an area where the makers of the Bissell LEGO sweeper were showing off their product. Jeff talked to one of the guys about how we have a Bissell at home (but we have the steam cleaner, not the LEGO sweeper), and our son loves to use it. So, they sent us a free Bissell tshirt! And here is Sean using the Bissell on our aging family room carpet. Hopefully with the cleaner we can extend the life of it by a few years!

Rainbow!

Dress

Is this not the cutest dress you have ever seen?

Great Aunt Karen made this for Teresa. She (Aunt Karen) sews dresses for an organization called Little Dresses for Africa - http://www.littledressesforafrica.org/blog/ - check it out! Someday when I have spare time, if I ever have spare time again that is, I plan on trying some myself. I am a horrible seamstress but I enjoy trying to make things. Who knows, maybe with a little practice someday I can sew something as cute as this!

Thank you Aunt Karen!