My Current Top Ten

The current top 10 things that make me happy.

1. A good photo of J,K & L together
2. Taking Pictures
3. Scrapbooking when I'm in the groove
4. Reading a really good book
5. Chocoalte Chip Cookies
6. Iced Coffee
7. Pizza
8. Sleeping In
9. Making Katie, Jusitn or Logan Laugh
10. Hanging out at the Pool

If a week just includes just a few of these, it is a good week!

"My Little Bed"

Kaitlin has been sleeping in a toddler bed for the past three nights. She loves it. She calls it "my little bed". Tonight I asked her if she was ready to go to bed. She runs to the bedroom and excitedly says "My little bed!" I'm so glad that she likes her new toddler bed. It is another milestone that she has already reached. Bitter sweet!

Inspiration Word: Nurture

Scrapbooker, Ali Edwards encourgaed scrapbookers to pick a word for the year and to journal about it several times during the year. I didn't know about this project until she was doing her June update, but I figure better late than never. She picked "nurture" as her word and I am going to copy her.

Nuture is a great word to focus on with 3 kids, especially now that it is summer and the boys are home so much. I am trying to Nuture responsibility in the boys. Since they are home, I have been trying to get them to be more responsible for cleaning up after themselves and helping around the house. I am also still trying to Nuture them academically by having them work on their Summer Bridges work books. A page a day is a good way to help them stay in tune with some math and English concepts. We have been good about getting at least one workbook page done most days.

The other thing I need to Nurutre is their love of reading . We have not been reading enough this summer. It is definitely something to work on.

I need to work on nurturing Kaitlin's love of books too. I need to make time to read with her more often. Kaitlin is loving puzzles right now. She asks me to help her fix her puzzles all the time. I have definitely Nurtured her love of puzzles. They had some 12 peice puzzles for $1 at Target and we bought all the different ones they had. I have also bought her some nice wooden puzzles. Her favorite right now is a a map of the world. It is pretty tricky becasue there are alot of water and land peices that look similar. It cracks me up that it is her favorite.

Bug Friends

We had put a inflatable jumper toy outside for Kaitlin's Birthday. When we first put it up, losts of little spiders and ants started running around in the bottom of it. Kaitlin got down on the ground on her tummy to watch them. She called them her Bug friends. How cute. She has really been into bugs and insects lately. She likes to watch them and she likes to read books about bugs. They really are her bug friends.

The Other Part of the Swim Meet

Of course, the main focus of the swim meet is swimming. But the boys enjoy the hanging out with their friends playing video games alot too. They all cluster around connecting thier Nintendo DSs and playing 4 players at once. They trade games, but they always know who owns a DS or a game. Sometimes they even help each other. Logan wanted some characters in a Pokemon game and some of the other boys helped him get them. Eventually they get bored and do other things, but they spend alot of time playing together.

Make up

Kaitlin decided to do her own make up. She used her self inking stamp to give herself eye shadow, lipstick and rougue. I guess I failed to teach Kaitlin that blue makeup is very 70s.

She was so proud of herself and liked looking at herself in the mirror. A little water took most of it off. Thank goodness. The rest faded in the shower the next day. She loves coloring on herself. What's a mom to do?

Swim Meet - June27th

I love spending the Saturdays in the summer at swim meets. Justin and Logan have both become such good swimmers. I am so proud of them. It is exciting to watch them race.
Today we raced against Rhonewood. Justin is great at the backstroke, free style and butterfly.
Justin got first place in the backstroke today and also got an honors time in the butterfly and
freestyle. Justin swam the backstroke in the mixed-medley replay and his team got first place.
His free-style relay team got second place this team.

Logan is also doing really well. He got his best time ever in the breast stroke today. He also got an honors time in the butterfly. He keeps improving his times every week and his technique is improving all the time too.

What's Up?

Kaitlin's new favorite expression. She will say it over and over again. She likes to say it in a high squeaky voice and then sometimes in a low voice. It cracks me up!

Logan in Geology Rocks

Logan did the play Geology Rocks. He got to be a Rapper. He was so excited to dress up in glasses and a bling necklace. He looked so cute and he delivered his line with lots of enthusiasm.
"Everything that he ate was served on a tektonic plate"

Kaitlin's 3rd Birthday

Kaitlin just turned 3 years old. We had her Birthday party at our house. It was a pet theme. Kaitlin got to color animal masks, put on tatoos and play on the waterslide. Kaitlin loved all the animal finger puppets on her cake. She also loved the puppy pinata. She walked around holding it even after the party.