Laundry Mountain

I guess this is a sign I need to fold the pile of laundry that has been sitting all day in the family room.

Jo-Jo's Doctor Visit

Today Jo-Jo had his one year well check up. He is a growing boy. He is the 85% percentile in height and weight. He did get four shots today that were a bit ouchy. But, he did very well. Afterward we went to the mall and got him a cookie. Sam and Caleb also got cookies and they all played at the PlayLand together. It was nice to cruise around the mall in the air conditioning. We had a delicious lunch at SubWay. It was going well until Caleb dropped his sandwich on the floor and spilled his chocolate milk all over the place. Then he proceeded to try to "clean it up" by sucking the milk up off the chair with his straw. Yeah, gross.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

We made Dad a breakfast of bacon, coffee and waffles with real maple syrup for Father's Day. We took Grandpa Bob & Grandma Mary out to supper at The Brew House for Father's Day. It was a very nice day. Sam says it was like a Father's Day party all day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANDPA ROB!

Aunt Janet and Cousin Blair at the party Great Grandma Millie

Caleb blowing out the candles with Great Grandpa Rob. In attendance are Aunt Nancy and Grandpa's friend and neighbor, Bill.
Sam is getting in on the action now.
Who wants cake?

Here are some pictures from the party at Aunt Nancy's house for Grandpa Rob's birthday. He is 88 YEARS YOUNG! I love you, Grandpa.

Sparklers & a Bonfire

Drew
Caleb
Sam with 2 sparklers

Caleb at the bonfire

Our 1st bonfire at our new house
Ollie Jo-Jo loves his swing
Sam doing a cartwheel Jo-Jo and Dad at the bonfire

Our Backyard

We finally have a lawn to play in. The grass still needs to fill in a lot of spots, but it is not bad. Here are pics of my garden, some shrubs and flowers we planted. Hopefully we will get some nice veggies this summer to enjoy. I planted tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, basil and oregano. I can't wait to make some tomato sauce and eggplant parmigiana.

Flock of Geese

Driving home from the store the other day with my sons, Caleb and Sam, we saw a flock of geese crossing 795. We had to stop for them to cross the road and thankfully they all crossed safely. It was a neat sight to see, the family of geese. There were many fuzzy young geese in the middle of the pack being lead by their attentive moms and dads. Following up the back of the pack were a few adult geese hurrying the baby geese along as quickly as possible.

I pointed out the geese to the boys and they were so interested and excited to watch them. I said, "Look, boys, it is a flock of geese." Sam, of course, eagerly asked, "What is a flock, Mom?" I said, "It is a gaggle, or a group of birds walking on the ground." He responded, "Ah, yes, a gaggle is a flock." I thought to myself, Sam will remember that one, it is in the "vault" as Lee and I say about him.

Then there were Caleb's remarks. In his quirkiest laugh, he giggled with delight and said the word flock over and over. He thought the word flock was so funny. I wondered just why it was so amusing and asked him. He replied, "Mom, it's an AFFFLLLOOOCK, just like that commercial." Caleb remembered the AFLACK commercials where the duck is involved in some crazy scheme and runs around squawking, "AAFFLAACK!" It think it is Caleb's favorite commercial. I thought that was pretty funny!

New Toothbrush

How do you know when it is time to change your toothbrush? I think it is when you find your one year old son playing with your toothbrush. And when I say "playing" with the toothbrush, I mean you catch him in the act of scrubbing the inside of the toilet bowl with it. Wonderful.