Memorial Day

We are big Memorial Day slackers.  I guess it is odd for me, as a military Brat and now a military spouse, to not do something big for Memorial Day, but I don't.  I'm not sure we'd have done anything this year, if some friends from church hadn't invited us over for a BBQ.  I love to go out and do social stuff like that and when food is involved.... well, I'm totally there!  So we went.  The weather was threatening, but it did not actually rain, so it was fine.  Plus it kept it cooler, which was nice.

I do not think this kid ate anything healthy. I saw her with a plate containing 3 brownies and 2 chocolate covered Oreos.

Delaney was thrilled with the unlimited watermelon.  Dan grilled us some mean burgers and I know I had a happy tummy!

Callie had a marvelous time searching for worms on the porch.  She is currently obsessed with worms.  She likes to find them so she can put them in the garden to help it grow. She's none too particular either on whether they are alive or not. 

Patrea had a fabulous kid-friendly house.  This is what the children spent their non-eating time doing.  And I realized I have no pictures of Joshua.  He spent the afternoon playing with Legos and I'm not sure if he came out to eat or not!  A good time was had by us all.  

Weekend Fun

The ward held an unofficial Father-Son Camp Out on Friday night.  Joshua said it was Awesome!  He had a fabulous time playing with the fire.  They had hot dogs for dinner, and roasted lots of marshmallows.  Joshua loved it all.

Here's Joshua, stirring up ash with his long stick.  He said the fire was the best part.  Dan said he was a little surprised Joshua didn't burn himself at all.  

Here's my silly boy in his tiny tent.

I got out the little pool for the girls and they spent all day Saturday going in and put of it.  Callie and Marian decided it was more fun to do it with clothes on and I ended up with too many pairs of sopping wet pants, shirts, and underwear on the bathroom floor.  They had a good time though and they were outside, so what's a little extra laundry?!  In this picture Callie noticed I was taking pictures of Delaney, so out she came, naked under that towel!  Silly pickle!

It took Delaney about a week before she actually played in the pool, but yesterday she was having a ball!   It was very cute.  And I much prefer all the splashing to happen in the pool, rather than the tub.

Rats.  I thought you could see her teeth better.  Marian lost her second tooth this week.  She is now missing both bottom teeth.   Much cuter when you see her than this shot shows.

Ultrasound

Today was our ultrasound.  I'm 21 weeks down, nearly 22.  Dan and I got to see our little future bundle of joy.  And very cute it was! 

And now I shall tell you that we are expecting another girl!  Yep, we'll have 4 girls, one boy!  Poor Joshua is going to be so disappointed.  Marian also was hoping for a brother, but Callie is thrilled.  I am also happy that I will not have to buy a lot of baby things.  After 3 girls, I have most things, although some may be pretty worn out by now!

So there is the scoop and you are now in the know.  Feel free to throw out some names.  Dan and I have no clue what we'll name this one and we're out of girl names we both like.  So we need some suggestions.  Well, we need them, as long as you don't feel insulted if we don't follow through and actually name our baby the name you like! 

Our Weekend

I took Callie and Delaney out to lunch on Friday.  We went to Chevy's, mostly because I love their Floutas, and partly because Callie said she was interested in "Chips and Dips".  I also had a free kids meal coupon, which included a drink and an ice cream cone.  The girls were unenthusiastic about the meal, but you can see here how they felt about the ice cream!  I love these kids!

On Saturday, we took them to the pool.

It took a while and much effort to get Delaney into the water.  Dan finally parked her in this floaty, and she spent over an hour in it, just chillin.  She did not want to get out once she decided it was fun!

Joshua had a marvelous time.  He had a large collection of floatation devices and enjoyed trying them all out.

Marian also had a great time trying different things.  The pool had a ton of stuff and you could just borrow it.  This was Marian's favorite item.  It seemed to give her confidence, although I'm not sure how much float it offered.  I just like this picture because you can see how much fun she was having.

Daddy with his little girls.  Callie saw Delaney in a float and felt the need to try one herself.  She also enjoyed it quite a bit.  Later she got braver and was doing a great job putting her face in.... something that astonished me, given her temerity  when we first arrived.

There were a bunch of rowdy boys when we first got there, but they thinned out and left and it was nicer after that.  The pool was small and had no shallow end.  The shallowest was 3 1/2 feet.  Barely enough for Marian to stand.  They had some "tot-docks" in, so that Callie could touch, but those didn't give much room to play in, and when there were lots of kids, they got pretty crowded.

All 4 kids were feeling comfortable in the water by the end.   Check out Marian and her back float!  Yeah, she's totally cheating with her floaty!

Life in Pictures

This was the super-scary bug in the kids room today. I put the Uno card there so you could see that it really was super-huge! My cousin Catherine's son informed me it is a hornet and it can sting. Yikes! A turbo-charged stinging thing! I did overwhelm, overpower, and overcome the terrifying hornet though and it is currently a crumpled mess in the garbage.

This is Joshua in his favorite place. He likes to spend time on Lego sites and some other things I don't like so much.... like Sponge Bob. Thank you Robert for making the computer functional and accessible! You are the best!

This is Marian, in the tree in front. There was a baby bird in one of the bird houses. I'm not sure who saw it, but it was enticed or frightened out of its safe haven and ended up on a branch nearby. The kids spent all afternoon torturing the poor thing. They were fascinated by it. It was more of an adolescent bird, actually. Not so much a baby.

Here is Callie with the cute little bird. He perched on the tree branch and didn't move till the kids swept him into a box. I made them put the poor guy back. He was right here when we all went in for the night, and this morning he was gone. I really hope his parents rescued him and he didn't become dinner.

Its Fabulous Callie!

This is Delaney, on her second outfit of the day. Yes, she put this on all by herself once she noticed it. I had to make her change before we left for the day. I had another picture of her, but Dan didn't like that it showed her nakey-ness. See, yesterday morning Delaney waddled into my room, pants around her ankles, crying about poopy "beenders". Yes, she did have poop on her fingers and her bottom. I had to hunt down the missing diaper (conveniently left in the bathroom.) This kid is killing me!