Outside "Fun"

Sylvia - 3 Weeks!

I bought a new camera! I haven't seen my other one in about 10 days. Half of her life! So I used up pretty much all my fun $ and bought a new camera. Enjoy. I'll be on a picture-taking marathon tonight :o)

Welcome Baby Sylvia!

Sylvia Ann arrived yesterday, Sept 1 at 7:53am! She was 8# 10.9oz and 22 inches long. She's adorable!

Dirk's First Day of First Grade!

I have a First Grader! I asked him how his first day went (August 30) and he said, "It's way funner than Kindergarten!" :o)

Victor's Facial Hair

He'd look pretty cute with a goatee :o)

Shopping

Here's what I got for $3.28

I'm a good shopper :o)

That's almost $80 worth of stuff!

In a world full of complaints, which I hear so often at work, I decided to email companies who's products we use in our house and tell them what I like about them. In return, I've received SO MANY coupons from them - many for FREE items! All for taking a few minutes out of my day to tell them why I love their products. Some coupons came from me signing up on their websites to be the "First to Know" about new products, which has also resulted in me getting more free item coupons! I still have more coupons to use, but I'm saving them to match them up with some better deals. You can use one manufacturer coupon and one store coupon per item, so I got a few extra free items because the store had a B1G1 free coupon, then I used my high value coupon and got it for nearly free.

Fun at the Mall

The kids have been cooped (sp?) up in the house for WAY too long. I cannot stand this weather this summer. I miss bringing the kids outside in the morning, but that humidity gives me headaches :o( So we brought them up to the mall to run off a lot of that energy that's been storing up for too long!


Dirk and Eve climbing the bear.


Victor really enjoyed this playground. Even if he was too short and too young to play in the area. Sorry, I broke the rules for the sanity of our family :o) But he did well, there weren't too many kids, so I didn't think it was a problem. I actually didn't know there were height and age requirements!

It's sponsored by the Mankato Clinic, so there's lots of "medical toys" and climbing stuff.

He's so cute, just loved climbing. Such a monkey!

Eve showing off her climbing skills, and almost falling off the bear.

DIRK LOST HIS 1ST TOOTH!

Dirk's tooth actually came thru about a month ago, but it came in behind the tooth it was supposed to push out. I called the dentist once that permanent tooth was about 1/2 in, wondering if we needed to get it pulled. Luckily, they said just start wiggling it, pushing on it, all day long, and after a few days they said it should fall out. Well, it's been more than 2 days, almost a week, but it's out!

Dirk is so excited to put it under his pillow. Hopefully this will be enough "bribery" to get him to go to bed well for the sitter tonight :o) And the tooth fairy already has a Gold Dollar lined up for him - he keeps saying that's what he's getting. I'm ok with $1 for a first tooth :o)

Happy Birthday, Auntie Christine!

Happy Birthday! Here's a few pics to make you giggle on your special day!

Lawn Question for Ernie :o)

What is this? And how do I get rid of it? It's overtaking our lawn and sidewalk cracks!

Dirk-ism

So we're at the grocery store...

D - Mom, we need the mouse cheese.

M - What? What's the mouse cheese? (I'm trying to figure out what he is talking about...cheese to put on a mouse trap? We don't have mouse traps...Is there a mouse character on the string cheese he likes? I thought that was a different character...Hmmm.)

D - (Looking thru the cheeses) The one with all the holes.

Haha! He wanted me to buy Swiss cheese for me - he knows I like it :o)

Victor - 18 Month Checkup

Well, he's 19 months today :o) Oops. A bit behind. I can't believe he's that old already! Where did the time go?

He's 28# (not sure I believe that, but he is thinner than the other two, so it may be accurate, they made him stand on the scale - well ya know how well that goes when they are that young!)

He's 33.4 inches.

Pretty much the same stats as his sister at that age. Dirk was chubbier and about 2 inches taller. Not sure which percentile that is in, I should look that up...70% is all! He's a peanut! lol

But he is wearing 8-8 1/2 size shoes. So I don't think he'll be "short" forever! haha!

Dirk-ism

D - MOM! I have money that has a duck on it, a fish and some creepy woods.

M - What? Show me. (I was so confused what he was talking about!)

This is what he had...

Randoms of Fun Fest

Dirk and Eve posing with Sparky.

The Vulcans got a hold of Dirk :o)

Cousin Brooke and Victor

Dirk has been asking for WEEKS

to go on the ferris wheel with Uncle Matt

Scott, Sarah, Me and Victor

Victor's 1st Haircut!

Such a big boy now :o)

Before (Yikes! I kept teasing him he was a girl
bcuz his hair was so long!)

That's my handsome young man :o)

THANK YOU, AUNTIE TRACIE!!

The Sprinkler

Victor was pretty stand-off-ish.

But the other two thought it was great!

I always get a kick out of watching kids run away

from the sprinkler one minute,

and running straight into it the next.

Can you imagine the screaming that this little girl did?!

Deafening! At least it was outside!

Boy did they have fun with that sprinkler!

This is the "Classic Victor Face".

I love it when he makes it - he's very expression-istic :o)

Bathtime

Ryan finally got the caulk redone in the bathtub - so I could take pics without the yucky caulk in the picture! Poor Victor, 18 months old and I finally take a pic of him in the tub. He LOVES the bathtub! Lately, I've had a hard time keeping him from drinking the bathwater. I hate that stage, all kids do it. Ick.

Happy Birthday, G!

Happy Birthday, G! We love you! See you in a few more sleeps! Are you ready for us? :o)