Dirt

This is what Conner decided to do while waiting for his sisters to get off of the bus.

He had fun.

And with his new hair cut.

Visitors

We had a couple of visitors at the end of last month and early this month.

First Penelope's BFF came for a playdate.

Aren't they cute?

Then Abby, Bethany, Skyler and their puppy JD came for the weekend.

I didn't get any pictures of them or the dog. Not really sure why.

Well Bethany and JD stayed with us.

Then Mom, Dad and Abby came back. 

Mom and Abby went to Ohio with Aunt Tracy for a Pure Romance thingy.

So Dad, Bethany and JD hung out with us.

Bethany helped me work on painting the kitchen.

Also Lenore the little girl I watch was with us in the mornings for a week. 

She is usually here at night after everyone else is in bed.

 

Cheerios are always better when shared with a friend.

Then Mom and Abby came back.

They stayed for a couple more days.

Fun times.

Conner walking...

kind of.

He is trying hard. But he still only goes a few steps at a time.

Conner walking

Penelope's 6th Birthday

Penelope's 6th birthday was Saturday.'

Singing Happy Birthday

Becca's 3rd birthday

 A couple of months ago Becca just out of the blue started telling us when her birthday was. One of her sisters must have taught her because I sure didn't.

Here is a video of her telling us.

When's your birthday? 

Well her birthday finally came. 

She was very excited. Of course her sisters were bugging her that it was her birthday and that she was 3 now. 

Well she didn't like the idea of being 3 because she would yell at them when they would tell her she was 3 that "NO!! I'm 2!"

But thankfully that is over and now she says that she is 3.

Here is a picture with her "pupcake" as she called it.

 Becca's birthday

(sorry but the birthday song never sounds good at our house)

Happy Birthday to Becca!

"Slippery like a fox"

That is what Penelope  said yesterday while they 

were playing in the pool that their Granddad got them.

They had lots of fun. 

Here is the video of the fun.

Slippery like a fox

Garden update and other stuff.

For anyone who has been wondering about our garden the update is not that great.  After being able to harvest about 8 grape tomatoes a deer discover my garden. :(  It ate any of the tomatoes it could find.  The green ones and the almost ripe ones.  It even thought it would be nice and break my grape tomato plant that was doing half way ok.  
Even after that  destruction the plants appear to be trying to make a comeback. 

So fingers crossed.

The strawberry plants are still producing fruit just not a lot.

That carrots are kind of growing.  I have been thinking about making a change in the soil to see if I can grow some better ones.  We pulled our first edible carrot from the pot.

  It is still on the little side but it was very yummy.

We washed it and sliced it so everyone could get a bite.

Yesterday while cleaning the yard we lifted a brick and saw this.

A Skink (lizard) with some eggs. 

We showed the girls but the brick back and hopefully didn't disturb them.

This is what Penelope and Rebecca like to do with their summer.

This is what Sydney and David did with the first part of her summer.

Will do a post about their adventure soon.

And last but not least Conner's new trick.

He is learning to stand on his own. 

Also thinking about walking, but I think we have a bit more time before that happens.