Chris and Sami explored a pond, creek and went fishing at a three day camp this week. They learned that the nearby pond was relatively healthy on Monday, but when they retested on Friday it was less healthy. This was due to the rainstorms on Thursday, the runoff and pollution from the roads hurt the pond. They had a lot of fun, at least Sami did. She is quite enthusiastic and emotional. Chris is a rock. He could be promoted to eighth degree black belt tomorrow and not be phased. He did proudly announce that he half caught two fish. He got them out of the water, but then they jumped off the hook.
They fished on Friday. When I went to pick them up, I was greeted by Sami with, can I have a fishing pole and can we go get it right now. She had all these plans for fishing on the Fox River. I told her we need to talk to daddy, and she still wanted to look at fishing poles. That way if he said yes, she would know exactly where to go to get her fishing pole. The girl can't sit still for a 30 second commercial, and talks non stop, she's not the best canidate for fisherman of the year. Dad agreed that she could get a fishing pole in a few months if she was still interested.
This week they are going to be junior entymologists. I really hope they don't have the local beekeeper talk to the kids. All I need is to have a very insistent Samantha demand we start a backyard apiary. She'll have visions of selling honey and getting rich.
We are off now to the Paramount Theater to see cousin Kathleen hula dance.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
These days I'm cruising the furniture and am walking with the help of my dump truck that is supposed to help me walk. (I think it's working.) I'm even pretty good at climbing the stairs.
I know my name but don't necessarily stop doing things when asked. I usually just turn and look at whomever is speaking to me and smile.
I'm still an awesome sleeper sleeping about 11 hours/night and take a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon.
I'm experiencing more and more big people food and think most of it is quite tasty. It's getting easier to chew too since now I have 4 teeth! I'm also doing very well feeding myself. My sippy and I are still working on our relationship, but Mommy sees our potential.
We've been doing a lot of playing outside and now I'm no longer afraid to crawl in the grass. My favorite pass times are swinging and going in the sprinkler pool.
I know my name but don't necessarily stop doing things when asked. I usually just turn and look at whomever is speaking to me and smile.
I'm still an awesome sleeper sleeping about 11 hours/night and take a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon.
I'm experiencing more and more big people food and think most of it is quite tasty. It's getting easier to chew too since now I have 4 teeth! I'm also doing very well feeding myself. My sippy and I are still working on our relationship, but Mommy sees our potential.
We've been doing a lot of playing outside and now I'm no longer afraid to crawl in the grass. My favorite pass times are swinging and going in the sprinkler pool.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
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