Conversations Lately

So, every once in awhile I will write down a conversation or funny thing the kids said. Well, I think it's been 6 months since I've blogged any. So, here is what I have for the last 6 months:

Phrases:
Grace always says "just so know" and then starts her sentence. And yes, she leaves out the "you".

Grace says "rest-naunt" instead of "restaurant". And she says "kank" instead of "thank". And one day, she saw the mole above the corner of my lip and asked what it was. I told her it was a beauty mark. A couple of days later, she tells me she has a "cutie mark" on her leg! She was so excited!  Sure enough, she had a little freckle on her leg. And on My Little Ponies, the decoration on their hip is called a cutie mark, so I think she remembered that instead of beauty mark and now, when she sees a freckle, she will call it a cutie mark.

Grace has also always said "I think so I didn't/don't" and then starts her sentence. So, instead of "I don't think I want to go to the park today", she will say "I think so I don't want to go to the park today" or "I think so I didn't hit Atticus". I haven't worked too hard to correct it, but I think I need to work on this before Kinder!

Grace also doesn't enunciate her words. So, she will say "furture" instead of "furniture" or Pa-i-ngton" instead of "Paddington" or "carval" instead of "carnival". So, sometimes we have to work on those and once she slows down, she will say them correctly. And then she will randomly say the words so I can praise her for them being right! Ha!

Grace also can't do the "th" sound yet. It always comes out as an "f" sound. Except for "thank". She still says "kank". No idea why. I have started working on this and she tries, but just can't get it. Sometimes, I think about taking her back to her speech therapist that she went to for a few months when she wasn't talking at all, for an updated review and see if she needs any speech before Kinder or not. I just don't know if these things will work themselves out or not?

Grace and Atticus both still say "ree-dic-lee-us" instead of ridiculous and I love it.  And Grace says "flamily" instead of family.

I always tell Atticus and Grace that I really don't want them to turn whatever birthday number is next or go to Kinder/1st/pre-K, etc. just to get their reactions. On this day:

Me: "Grace, do you have to leave me one day and go to Kindergarten?"
Grace: "Mommy! It's ok! I'll still be in your family!"
Me: "You will? Will you be in my family when you are grown up?"
Grace: "When I'm a doctor, I'll still be in your family."
Me: "Will you doctor me?"
Grace: "Well, you will just have to rest in bed. If you throw up, you just need to get a bowl. Mommy, does your throat hurt? You just need to rest in bed if your throat hurts. Don't worry, Mommy, I'm going to be a mommy and take care of you when I'm a doctor when I grow up."

This story came from Vic:
One day Atticus was looking at pictures of endangered animals, while Grace is talking about Shopkins. Atticus says, "Grace! Shopkins are not important! These are endangered. There are dying animals out there!" (He's very serious). Grace looks at him and says "Atticus, it is NOT about the animals; it's about Jesus." And walks away. And basically drops the mic.

One day in the car after school, when things had recently been all about Mackenzie, I asked him:
Me: "How was Mackenzie today?"
Atticus: "Good, but can I tell you a secret?"
Me: "Yes"
Atticus: "It's not Mackenzie anymore. Now Lilly is in L.O.V.E. with me!" (and spells it out)
He smiles and then stops and says, "But wait. Why is the "E" in love silent?"
Me: "I'm not sure, Atticus" and I realize that I'm in good shape if he's just as concerned about the silent E as he is about girls!

Another story about girls:
Atticus gets into the car after school one day and says, "Mom! I am going crazy at school right now!"
Me: "Why?"
Atticus: "4 girls want to marry me!!"
Me: "Who?"
Atticus: "Reagan, Presley, Mackenzie and Lilly. I try to run away and keep playing tag with my friends but they just keep following me!"
I just remember how serious he was as if this was really making his life hard!

The kids get really confused about how marriage works. Right now, they know that you grow up, go to college, get married and then have kids. Atticus says he is not getting married because it's too expensive (since when does he have any idea the value of a dollar?). But, when they do talk about getting married, Grace will always say she wants to marry Daddy or Atticus and Atticus will sometimes say "ok, I'll marry Grace" to give in to her but usually he will tell me that you CAN NOT marry people in your family. Whew. Anyways, one day, Grace told me she was going to marry Daddy so we could both be mommies and then Everly could be our baby. And lately, she has told me she wants to be a mommy just like me when she grows up. Oh, sweet kids!

When playing one day...
Grace: "Mommy, I need these tools to fix my toys. I'm really good at fixing toys."
Me: "I know you are. You are the smartest girl in the world!"
Grace: "No, I'm not. I'm not he smartest. Atticus is."
Me: "He is? Why is he the smartest?"
Grace: "Because Jesus told me in my heart."
Seriously, in Grace's life, Jesus wins every time. As he should. :)


Waiting in the car line for Atticus one day...
Grace: "Look! It's a purple car! It's my dream come true! When your car is always broken, can we get a purple car instead? Please? Pretty please?"

At the house one day...
Me: "Y'all go back into the playroom."
Grace: "Oh Mommy! I'm going to give you a kiss on the cheek" and kisses me twice. "I feel so kind!" and cocks her head to the side sweetly. Then she gets very serious and says "Now, you get all of your work done and I'll give you a My Little Pony and let you play with me."

The kids are REALLY into Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes for about the past month and a half. (thank you Whitney for our Looney Tunes DVD from a long time ago! - it's on repeat in the car!). Anyways, they had watched something and although I don't remember what she was referencing, Grace runs up to me and says "Mom! Atticus got it on Tom & Jerry! He's the best boy in the world! I won't even call him a baby! I'll call him a big boy! I'm a lovely girl!"

One day...
Me: "Atticus, I love you more than anything!"
Atticus: "More than scrapbooking?"
Me: "Yes."
Atticus: "More than cookies?"
Me: "Yes."
Atticus: "More than HGTV?"
Me: "Yes."
Atticus: "More than Grace?"
Haha! You are a sneaky one, Atticus!

One day, Grace was smelling me. I know, sounds crazy. Kids are crazy. She tells me that I smell like roses and is so proud to tell me that. Then, she smells my feet and says they smell like dead roses. ha!

Grace will ask for "cuggles" which is a combination of a snuggle and a cuddle.

And, finally, here is True Love's Kiss, in case you were wondering how that worked. Sorry for my Iphone camera skills. I really need to invest in a real video camera!  My favorite part is where she pricks her finger on the spinning wheel (like on Sleeping Beauty). I didn't even catch that until I watched it back later! https://youtu.be/qE6QtfcULy4

I think that is all for now! I'll try to be better about writing these things down!

Last day of preschool for Grace

Grace had a wonderful year at Sonshine School preschool. She started the year with some tears and being hesitant to go to her classroom. But, Mrs. Kahla was the perfect teacher for her. She always gave lots of hugs, picked her kids up, snuggled them, and loved them. And, as I say each year, that is why we have loved Sonshine School so much. The teachers and assistants are just the best. Grace really became so comfortable at school this year and I know Pre-K will be great too. Grace is my little girl that is so sensitive and needs to know she is wanted and needed. She wants to please people and she wants to be a good friend. But, she can get her feelings hurt very easily if she feels left out or gets embarrassed. I find it interesting, because I feel like that's how I was, but as I got older, I didn't let on. I never wanted to bring anyone else down because I had my feelings hurt. As an adult, of course, I've learned to not spend anytime worrying about it and just move on. At least that is what I try to do! ha! So, hopefully we can just nurture Grace's sweet little self and teach her the confidence she needs as she grows up to be herself and know how special she is! Honestly, right now, she gets plenty of "you are the cutest, smartest, prettiest, most imaginative, funny, etc. little girl" so her confidence really shouldn't be taking any tolls. haha! It's good to be 4!

Anyways, as usual, I get sidetracked. But, preschool was a great year. Her best buds were Dani and Hadley, although Hadley left the year early. And I put her in extended care from 1:30 to 2:30 and Mrs. Kahla's daughters, Collins and McKenna, were in there as well. So, they became fast friends too. Grace went to school 2 days a week from 9 - 2:30 and will do that again this next year for Pre-K. Many of the 4 year olds go all 4 days, but I think 2 is enough for me!

Here are some quick pics from the end of the year!

Last day of preschool for 2016-2017! Onto Pre-K!

Dani and Grace

Grace practiced her end of year program song "My God is so big! So strong and so mighty; there's nothing my God cannot do for you!" (with more verses of course) for a couple of months. So, I made sure to take her to the program, even though it was on Monday when she doesn't go to school. Then, she got up there and got shy and barely sang or did the motions. Sweet girl!

My sweet 4 year old girl, I love you!

Last Day of Kindergarten

Last night, out of the blue, I realized I forgot to blog about Atticus' last day of Kindergarten! First of all, May was a busy month. For Kindergarten, there was something going on constantly for the A to Z countdown (a theme for each day - crazy sock day, dance party day, bring a book, bring a game, fun snacks, etc.). There were field trips. There was Muffin with Moms. There was Field Day. There was Literacy Cafe. There was Singalong. And then on the last day, there was Kindergarten Celebration. For preschool, even though we only go two days a week, there was still PTO teacher luncheon and their end of year program that, of course, was on a Monday, so it meant an extra trip to preschool since we only attend Tuesday and Thursdays. On top of that, we were finishing up dance and had the recital and were finishing up T-ball! May was busy. And we were just barely crossing that finish line to make it to school on time those last few days!

But, for as busy as it was, I love a crazy schedule. I LOVE downtime and relaxing time, but I still get excited when I see my calendar full of activities. So, although I was definitely ready for May 25th to arrive, it was bittersweet because that meant Atticus's year of Kindergarten was over.

It was a great year. Atticus became completely comfortable with Kindergarten early on. We had some tears a couple of times when I would come for an event and then leave (and he didn't want me to). But, otherwise, he fell in love with school. He loved "being a panther" and anything to do with Pebble Creek Elementary. He wanted to participate in EVERYTHING. He loved his friends and every activity in his classroom. He loved his teacher, Mrs. Downs. He went from not caring about letters or spelling to ending the year on Level F for reading. I am just so proud of him!

The only thing he didn't really love? Running in P.E. Haha! Mondays are running days, and from early on, he would realize it was a Monday on the way to school and would complain that it was running day. He loves to run and play, but running just for fun is not high on his list. I hear you buddy! Vic is going to have to show you why he loves it!

The other thing I found funny throughout the year was his handwriting. We used to spend every day after school writing the alphabet or making sight word word wall charts or writing whatever was on his mind. At first, he was obsessed with continuing school once he got home and doing whatever they had done that day. And, getting those letters and numbers right was important. But, by the end of the year, he had much sloppier handwriting and some backwards letters and numbers. Even the "S" in his name, that he writes all the time, usually has a backwards S. I'm sure 1st grade will set him straight.

I wasn't good to document Kindergarten all year long, so I'll just post a few pictures here. But, I want to say how much we enjoyed Mrs. Downs. She seemed structured but still so fun for the kids. I think she might be just what Grace needs for Kindergarten, so I'm hoping maybe we get to repeat with her! Fortunately, all 4 teachers seemed great and I never heard a bad word about any one of them, so I'm already curious (yes, over a year in advance) who her teacher will be!

Also, for the last day of school, during the Kinder celebration, Atticus proved how comfortable he has gotten in Kindergarten. He was a crazy mess up there! I'll post a couple of videos too. He was just a ham while they sang and he and Greer were the cutest talking to each other and laughing. In fact, while I didn't get a great photo, I will not forget how funny he was walking into the gym. Each class walked down the center aisle to the stage in line. Atticus came in laughing uncontrollably behind Greer and yells "SAY CHEESE GREER" while laughing and laughing, his little face so red. I have no idea what was so funny except that there was music and when Atticus hears music, he just wants to dance and sing and have fun. However, the singing performances were really cute and the choreography and songs were really cute too! After it was over, we went back to their classrooms to say goodbyes. It was around 10:00 am and the day let out early at 12:45. Most kids went home, but Atticus told me he wanted to stay with his friends. I think there were only 5 to stay and they were all Kids Club, except Atticus. Well, Atticus had the best day ever! He was so excited when I picked him up...except he wished I would have sent him clothes to change into for comfort. Oops! Anyways, he got to go through the class books and bring some home (like when the class would write about thanksgiving and then Mrs. Downs would bind each kids writing into one class book). He got to bring home some more school supplies (because we need more crayons...but I mean, they were Mrs. Downs' crayons so he needed them, of course). He got to go to each Kindergarten classroom to see what everyone was doing. I think one was watching a movie and one was playing games and I don't know what else. He got to go in the hallways, or in the gym, or somewhere to watch the 4th graders walk through for their end of year celebration. He got to play on the Ipad in his class AND eat a snack from the snack drawer. I have a story for that one - so, earlier this January, he started coming home to tell me he wanted to buy a snack from Mrs. Downs' snack drawer. I had never heard that they could buy snacks at school and I already sent his snack every day, so I would tell him he couldn't and that I didn't think Mrs. Downs' sold snacks. I would also tell him I wasn't sending money for snacks. Then he told me that they were free! Well, none of this made sense and we were reminded monthly to not forget to send snacks so I doubted Mrs. Downs' was just passing them out. So, I emailed her and found out that some parents send snacks for her drawer for when kids forget them. So, she said if I wanted to send some up there and then "forget" every once in awhile, then she would let Atticus have a snack from the drawer. So, I did and he loved it! But, I didn't do it often so when he got a snack from her drawer the last day, of course, it was special. And, then finally, when I picked him up, he was the ONLY Kindergartner in her class to come out as a "walker" and for whatever reason, he thought that was cool too.

Oh Atticus! I hope you always love school and everything that goes with it as much as you loved Kindergarten! I know the older grades will just get tougher and be more work, but I think Atticus will always love learning. And, I think we are at such a great elementary school, so I am just so pleased.

Anyway, here are some pics from the last day!

 

 This is when they were walking in for their kindergarten celebration.

 Lots of whispering going on up there!

 Waiting to begin - there were 4 classes with about 75-80 kids altogether in K this year. And the year was heavy with girls. I know for Atticus' class, there were 11 girls and 7 boys. The other classes were similar.

 Crazy, loud singing.

 Leaving...or trying to. Still so wild.

 Last day with our beloved Mrs. Downs. 

 Friends.

 And then we have these four friends! Atticus and Greer have been best buds all year long and while they played T-ball, Ellie and Grace became fast friends too!

 When I picked him up from school, I attempted a cute picture in their cute outfits. #mamatried

And, that evening, we began a last day of school tradition: dinner at Torchy's Tacos! 

And now, here are some pictures from the year!

 In the spring, he got to read the day's lunch menu during morning assembly.

 He dressed up like an old man for the 100th day of school. He loved this day all year long. From early on, he would come home and tell me exactly what day it was. So, to finally reach this day was so much fun!

 At their Kindergarten Rodeo day, I got a picture of what Atticus called "the four friends". These guys had so much fun this year playing together: Greer, John, Atticus & Charlie.

 Crazy sock day. Vic loves crazy socks to wear with his business dress attire each day at work. So, Atticus loved picking out pizza socks for this day.

 Oh my. This is the view I had when I dropped him off for school in the mornings from my car. Some days I would walk him in to watch morning assembly, but as the year wore on, I just dropped him off in the car line. But, this view. He ALWAYS waved and ALWAYS told me he loved me and many times he would yell it back to me as he walked away. These little moments are just he best. Between regular 6 year old behavior always lurking about, he is just the best kid.

I just have to document this because right before school got out, he made a list one night of every kids in his class, their birthday, their age and their gender. I'm not sure he got it all right or not, but he was obsessed all year long with who had birthdays and when. Since he is April 30, he had to wait ALL YEAR LONG to turn 6 and watch everyone else turn 6 first. So, I think he memorized most of these.

 This was a picture Mrs. Downs took and put on her facebook page the first week of school. If this doesn't show how excited he was about school and learning, I don't know what could!

 This was Mackenzie, who dubbed herself his girlfriend early on. They were pretty cute though as many times they would just hold hands randomly. Mrs. Downs even thought they were such sweet friends to each other. This was on the way back from the Oil Ranch field trip on the school bus.

 Pajama day with Greer. And the fact that Greer also had a Star Wars backpack was one reason Atticus hit it off with him from day 1!

 Vic helped the kids carve a pumpkin back in October. I think our table was not only the wildest and loudest, but had the least perfectly carved pumpkin. I thought the kids should get to draw the design and help carve it, but later we saw that the other table's parents pretty much did the drawing and carving. I couldn't stop laughing because clearly, Vic likes good work and our pumpkin was a hot mess! But, those kids had fun!

And, this is from Book Character day. Somehow, the night before, I managed to come up with this costume. It was total luck to find a solo blue fleecy girls coat, although in size 12, at Walmart to to use! And I just cut and glued and pinned a bunch of felt together and it worked! He was the cutest tickle monster ever! Oh and it helped that the book came with a set of "tickle monster hands".

And, if you are still reading, here is the video. Why are his hands in his mouth? I don't know. It's been this crazy habit for about 4 months. We thought it started because he was always feeling for loose teeth, even though he had none. But, either way, it made me crazy! As I type this, he has recently stopped doing it so much. Good, because I'm tired of saying "get your hands out of your mouth". haha! Here's the video: https://youtu.be/N17tmxcr_uk and then my camera battery died. ha! 

What great memories from his Kindergarten year!

Our 3rd Week of Summer

Our 3rd week of summer did not go quite as planned. We began our week with a dance party in the kids room. They asked for craft supplies, snacks, music and a tent. They had a great time.

Then, later that morning, we ran errands. First, we took some quick pics of our girl standing up! Grace was not interested.

We got Grace a haircut. Here it is before...so long. And later that day, I took an after picture. And, Atticus is now into Pokemon cards, so while Everly sat in my lap and Grace got her hair cut, we chose our favorite Pokemon cards. Of course, you know this was tough for me...I mean, I just have so many favorites! But, he is my organizer and he loves to separate and organize them and think of things to do with them.

 

We stopped for lunch at Torchy's Tacos, our favorite! Then, Atticus asked me to take their picture outside the restaurant. When he did, he said "Mom, can you take our picture? Then, when I go to college, can you give me the picture so I can hang it on my wall and look at it every day?" Oh my! Of course, Atticus!

 We headed home for the afternoon and that night, Atticus went to First Baptist Bryan for VBS. The next morning, we got up and took Grace to Cinderella Circle, at Expressions, for a fun dance camp. It was 9:30 to 11:00. For the first day, Atticus, Everly and I were planning to just stay and entertain ourselves in case Grace needed anything. But, by the time we left, I was sure I would just leave her the next two days. She had a great time. They could wear anything and she chose her flower girl dress for Day 1. They danced, had a tea party, made a little flower pot craft, went "shopping" with Cinderella dollars and danced some more.

That night, I took Atticus to VBS again. Then, right at midnight, Grace comes into our room crying and saying she just threw up. And, in that moment, the future of our week changed. We got her cleaned up and setup in the living room on the little couch and me on the big couch. She was sick all night and into the morning. She finally stopped getting sick and just slept. But, in this moment, Everly is bothering her. In fact, she is pinching her. Everly has recently decided when she is not happy with one of the kids, she will pull their shirts or hair or pinch them. What a toot! 

 

She wanted Grace's water, at this moment, and was pinching her because she couldn't have it. So, being sick meant that Cinderella Circle was not going to happen on this day and I was so sad for Grace. It also meant that we did not know when and if anyone else would get this stomach bug. But, because we would not want to pass on possibly contagious germs to anyone else, this also changed Atticus' plans for the week. On Wednesday (this day), he was supposed to go play with Nathan and Cole and trade Pokemon cards during dance camp. And on Thursday, he was supposed to go to a movie with Cole and Nathan. So, I was sad for him too. But, while I tended to Grace, Atticus played and setup his ranch set. And when Everly and Grace napped, Atticus and I setup a science experiment from Kindergarten and played Animal Tracks in my room.

 

 That night, Atticus went back to VBS for Night 3. Then, because I was going to be on the big couch anyway to be up with Grace, Atticus got to sleep in our bed! What a treat!

 On Thursday, Grace was still sick. I finally bathed her that morning and she crawled right into bed afterwards and slept for 3 hours. At this point, I am having a hard time getting her to eat anything. She would ask for something but not even try it once I made it. So, I felt like she had no energy from being sick but also because she wasn't taking anything in. Also, nobody else had gotten sick so I think this is one of those bugs that Grace is sensitive to and gets easily that everyone else seems to escape.

 But, this monkey was having fun and being silly as always!

Thursday night, I took Atticus for his last night of VBS. He had the best time and I hope the friends he made will be friends for a long time, if we decide to join FBCB. I was so impressed with all of the volunteers and the activities and message and music each night. It made me miss being a part of VBS but hopefully I will volunteer next year! 

On Friday morning, after sleeping on the couch for night #3 and Grace not getting sick at all, she woke up feeling better. We were up from about 1-4 because her days and nights were mixed up, but she was perky and even ate a bite of something. I really thought that getting outside with fresh air and doing something would be good for us since she seemed to be on the mend. Also, since she really needed to eat something, I asked her to pick a fun place and we would go. She said Chick-Fil-A so we got dressed and went for lunch. By the time we got food, she was wearing down. I think she was tired, but I was determined to get her to eat something. She ate one nugget and 3 bites of ice cream and that was it. Ugh. We had plans to run an errand, but back home we went. Everly, however, LOVED her lunch and showed me with this giant "CHEESE!"

 

 So, we got home, got Everly down for a nap and I put a movie on for Atticus and Grace so they could hopefully fall asleep! Well, Grace perked up a little and laughed and laughed at the movie Minions and never fell asleep. I was glad she was feeling better. After the movie, we started getting ready for Cole's 8th birthday party. I had already talked to Megan about dropping Atticus off for the party if Grace was not feeling up to it. As we start to get ready, Grace fell asleep in her room. Oh no! Waking kids from needed naps is never fun. Since we had time, I had Atticus clean up his things. When I went in to get Grace, I realized Atticus conveniently placed his things on top of Grace. Brothers! Believe it or not, she is under this pile of stuff.

 

 I woke her, took Atticus to the party and just drove around and waited in the car for Atticus to be done with the party. That evening, we forced her to eat a few bites of taco meat and a couple bites of applesauce (between tears) and a few hours later, she threw up again. And she fell asleep until about 1am and then woke up hungry, but still didn't eat. I was at a loss. This stomach "bug" was lingering, although I really think her system was so empty that when she ate, her gag reflex combined with feeling weak from no food, just made her throw up. I don't know. It was weird and I was back and forth on whether I should take her into the doctor. I knew she was hydrated though, so when she woke up feeling good Saturday morning, I decided we were FINALLY on the mend. Oh and here is Atticus with his science experiment that sat on our counter for the week. The Walking Water experiment worked!

 

On Saturday, we had to get a few things done for Vic for Father's Day. Grace perked up at one point, so we started making our flower pot wind chimes by drizzling paint onto flower pots to dry. But, it didn't take long and she was back asleep. Atticus and I had bought Vic a lounge chair for the backyard the night before and we were hiding it in my scrapbook room. So, she napped there and Atticus joined her later to snuggle. Side note: Grace only felt better when snuggling all week. That's how she usually is anyways, if she is super upset or tired or feeling bad. And this week was no exception; EVERY single time she started to cry, she would just want "somebody to snuggle with me". Poor baby. She just felt terrible. And, she didn't play all week. Her toys, which she plays with all the time and can never get enough pretending with them, were never touched Wednesday through Saturday. So, when she was up for this activity on Saturday, I was encouraged.

 Then, when Vic went to the store, we all snuck out to take a quick photo for Father's Day. Atticus dressed himself here and was sure to wear his cross necklace "that looked like stained glass" that he made at VBS for the photo.

 Grace actually looks like she is ok here!

 Later that night, Grace threw up AGAIN after I forced her to eat 3 bites of something. And then she fell asleep again. I was really at my wit's end. I had no idea what to do to make her better. But, while she napped on the couch, Ana and Charley arrived for the night. They had an event in Houston and just came to see us after that! Woohoo! Atticus was excited. Oh and he loves the Red, White, and Blue too. In fact, the night before, we had to make 4th of July signs to hang in his room because he really needed to decorate it. We made the signs but he has yet to hang them up. I actually plan to add some pictures to some of these and use them for this year's scrap booking because he was so excited to make them "from mommy's scrapbook stuff". He even told me he loved scrap booking! His future teenage boy self will be embarrassed to have said that. Oh and his pajamas are getting small, because they are last year's. And he kept telling me all night that he thought they were really Grace's pajamas and then crack up because he thought it was hilarious to wear Grace's pajamas.

The next day was Fathers Day! I'll post separately on that. But, we got to spend the morning with Charley & Ana lounging and eating and visiting. It was great! And, good news. Grace woke up after sleeping really good all night and ate breakfast, lunch and dinner with no more problems. Goodness! Glad that is over!

 Everyone had a person. Atticus had Ana; Grace had Charley; Everly had Daddy. And her favorite book. I should have taken a nap or done something productive because I actually could have and no lovely child would have interrupted me. :)

 After Ana & Charley left, I actually did take a nap. After 5 nights on the couch in the living room getting about 5 hours total, I was sooo sleepy. And then I woke up to this sleepy head.

We celebrated Father's Day with a fun dinner and then finally put the kids to bed for a normal night of sleep and nobody being sick! So, our 3rd week of summer was not what we planned, but it was a typical week when you have kids! Hopefully next week is back to normal summer fun! Until then, here are some pictures of Everly playing on Vic's Father's Day chair. You know how much she loves to crawl into seats, so this was no exception.