Coming UP

You don't want to miss my post later today - we have an exciting day ahead of us planned!!!

Zoee

Jessica and AJ had their baby, Zoee Marie Anderson, on July 6.

We finally got to go and see her on Sat.

Here a just a few shots of her!!!
(Thomas thinks she is pretty neat!)
She just wanted to sleep the whole time we were there, but we got her awake. Then she just wanted a diaper change (she is still so tiny the tiny diaper tried to slide right off). And then she just wanted her Mommy :)

Uh Oh

the ice maker is down, I repeat, the ice maker is down. EEK.
Thomas is going to have a rough couple of days without crushed ice at his every whim.

Grandma had to call the plumber to shut off the water to her fridge because the water tap wouldn't stop dripping. Because it's the 4th weekend, she won't be able to get the fridge man to come fix it until next week.

I guess I had better make some room in my freezer for an ice cube tray, (we don't have ice now, because we never use icecubes), so that when he demands, I can just wack it a little - for some not as instant crushed ice.

I know

I know it has been a while since I updated again. just not much interesting going on around here.
Our daily routine includes getting up around 7:30, I make Thomas his morning NOG, and he watches Clifford, Super Why, and Dragon Tales (not my favorite show). Then we try to keep him entertained until his nap at 12:30. Tyson and I eat lunch together as our big meal of the day. Then he goes to work. I like to get a nap in while Thomas is still asleep.
Then the whole rest of the afternoon is spent outside. Thomas loves playing with the waterhose! He usually waters the tree out back. But today he decided to "wash" his little red car and water the driveway. He washed away ALL of our chalk drawings that had accumulated on the driveway, so now we have a clean slate!
Around 4 or 5 we have dinner, and then we go upstairs and visit with Grandma and Grandpa - he can always find fun stuff to do at their house! And he loves that they have an icemaker in their fridge - so all the free ice he can eat!

So that is what is happening for us all summer long.
July looks to be slow at my work, so not so many hours for me. This week at the D.C. is probably the very busiest for Tysons department - meat and produce - watermelons and steaks LOL - so he is just hoping to survive this week (plus his boss is taking tomorrow off, so he has to do it alone).

The Pool

well, with the not so typical summer weather we have had thus far, this was the first "warm" day we have had. So we jumped at the chance to take Thomas to the Pool. He LOVED it so much last year, that we thought it would be an instant hit. But he "no, no, no, no, no'd" all the way there, and then protested getting in the water as well.
But once he was in, he was OK. He didn't have a blast like last year, but I am blaming that on the cooler breeze blowing today.
He was even brave enough to try the little kiddie slide. He protested everytime he went up, but loved coming down. I wish I could have gotten a picture of that, but I was catching him, so no hands to hold the camera, especially in the water.
So here is one picture, after all was said and done. He was more happy to go home and get some "Nemo treats" (fruit snacky things) than he was to go to the pool.

HI!

We finally have some sunshine!
After Thomas wakes from his nap, we are heading to the city pool!
I was lucky to not have to work today (first Sat off in a long time).
Tomorrow we are heading to Idaho to visit "Grandpa Tom, and Grandma Lori", and Thomas seems pretty excited about that.

I have added a blog list (on the side - way down at the bottom LOL ) - with all the relatives blogs I have,and several friends. If you are not on my list, and want to be, leave me a comment or send me an e-mail.

I thought it would make them links, but so far, it doesn't do that, so I am still researching how to do that. - oh, never mind, it works fine now!!!

cold, cloudy, rainy days

Very strange weather for June, I say.
Thomas has been well behaved, but he doesn't like being stuck in the house.
The sun finally came out yesterday, so we played outside.
But it went right back to cold, cloudy and rainy again today.
The forecast is a sunny weekend though.

But I just wanted to share what a poor cooped up little toddler does on these cold, cloudy, rainy days:




his entire "library" of books, that we keep in a large storage tote (because he won't leave them on the shelves), was strewn across his bedroom floor. Luckily, he made a game of it later, by picking them all back up.
But we have had the fun of reading some of the books that had been burried at the bottom of the pile.