This is what my girls do EVERY single morning for about an hour...grab the doll strollers and push them all over the house and the back yard...Lauren puts her doll and the doll's blanket in; Kate puts in her doll, Bobo Bunny and every assortment of "things" she sees, and it's different every morning. But if the stroller tips over or something falls out, then it's absolutely necessary for every last item to get put back in...this usually requires my help to balance it all in there. And then when we leave to take Lauren to school, most of the "items of the day" must come with us in the car...it's quite the site. I just had to take a picture this week...one of those quirky things that will soon change and we'll forget, but we'll always remember and laugh at the picture. FYI--the walls and trim in the living room and dining room in these pictures have since been painted...bye bye brown. Still no furniture...
Like I mentioned before...my mom is the workhorse behind most of our home projects...these hall closets are SO deep, and she stuffed herself clear inside them to prime and paint them...wow, they look a million times better--how the previous owners lived with flowered contact paper for 10 years is beyond me, but now everything is nice and white and clean.
Lauren had her first AYSO soccer game on Saturday (yesterday)...Andy is the assistant coach. Before we moved to Glendora Lauren begged me to sign her up for soccer, and I kept promising that when we moved to the new house I would sign her up...jury's still on whether it was a good idea. She's only barely 4, and probably WAY too young to be on an organized team...she doesn't even understand the difference between a practice and a game. Luckily, she's not the only one...Andy goes to all the practices and says that most of the girls spend their time kicking around in the weeds. Oh well, the most exciting thing about yesterday was that she finally got to where her uniform and one of the moms made them all matching ribbons for their hair. Can you believe I didn't even go to her first game? I had 2 baby showers to attend in 2 different cities, and I figure it'll be the first of a million games--does that excuse me? She looks cute, though. Go Blue Angels...
Here's Kate standing in the door, longing to go with Daddy and sister to soccer...she stood there until they pulled out of the driveway...you can see our "new-to-us" bench for our front porch...we plan on staining it black to match the shutters and the front door (which is white now, but hopefully the black paint will find it's mark in the next week or so...) You can also see the result of our concrete removal...on the other side of the van we had a concrete strip taken out in order to put in a hedge to cover up the ugly fence you can see...our front looks awful right now...the workers finished taking the concrete out, now we've got to get moving on the rest...it's just too hot to think about working outside in the yard! I guess my only real job is to get the bids on the brick work for the walkway and front porch, which will be laid in brick also...Andy has a lot of manual labor ahead of him---I shouldn't complain. It's time to get going though...our neighbors might begin to wonder...
We take dessert seriously in this family...it's become a sort of Sunday-ritual to make cookies or something every Sunday afternoon...
You missed a spot Kate...
Here's Kate in her position of waiting for the ear drops to dry---you may not know that Kate is our ear infection kid---constant, constant ear infections, complete with 2 perforated ear drums just this summer. We have an appointment with an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor on Wed to be evaluated for ear tubes--not fun. She's had 4 ear infections in 4 months, and I'm TIRED of taking her to the doctor...I feel like I'm always there--each infection requires at least 2 visits---one to be diagnosed, and then a follow-up---and I'm tired of filling prescriptions. We'll see what they say on Wed. Poor kid.
7 comments:
That's great you document all the little things that it's true you will eventually forget even though they happen every single day.
And I didn't know that Kate gets lots of ear infections. I'm sorry! I hope they'll find a solution!
I love how the girls love their strollers. Charlie is such a cute name by the way.
Shannon,
Your house is looking incredible. Could your mom please come and help me. She is insane. I could use a good motivator to get this house painted. Everything is looking so good though. I love the bench. I totally understand the stroller obsession. We have to have multiple strollers in case a friend comes to play. Brooklyn freaks if another child touches her things. Oh...the wonderful twos. Please tell me its just a phase. I'm dying here.
I love the soccer uniform. We started Emily at 3 and it was way too young. She has played every year since and LOVES it. I love going to the games as well. Keep it up. Can't wait to see pics of the house when it is all done. Keep posting.
Your girls are so cute. Peyton loves her stroller too. Your house looks so good. I love the black shutters. And you Shannon look beautiful. I love that your having a boy.
How funny about the strollers! Kate will laugh when she's older and sees how quirky and cute she is!
I love watching little kids play soccer. Avery and Brayden are playing this year. Avery's starting to get the positions, etc. but Brayden is still playing huddle or magnet ball. So cute! You'll love the name Avery's all-girl team of 6-8 year olds chose - the cheerleaders! Yikes!
Hey Shannon. I just peeked at your blog- its awesome. Your kids are adorable! So, 53 days until baby #3? How exciting! Or should I say baby #4, your new house may be #3. Its so cute- the house that is. I can't wait to see how your front landscape turns out. I'm all into home and garden. So, congrats on the new house and soon to be new son!
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