Max brought home a plant he had been watching grow for a couple of weeks. They had measured it, took care of them for a couple weeks then measured again. He was extremely proud of his sugar snap pea plant and quickly gave it the name "Sugar Snap". When Jason got home, he is our resident planter man, they went out and planted it in the back yard. A day or two later Max went out there and I found him watching it grow which he did for about a half hour. I sure hope we get some peas out of it, he would be thrilled.
Sleeping baby. I love everything (well, almost everything) about this kid. But those cheeks, those hands, that chin, that nose. I can't resist.
This is a very frequent scene these days, the boys and Lily playing on the front lawn. We are going to be sad when she moves and will definitely need to have her over. Jason was commenting to me the other day after listening to the boys playing inside that Lily has forever changed how they play. It is very imaginitive, with voices and extremely creative. We love miss Lily.
While they were out playing I went out and decided to do his 6 month photo shoot. I admire all these moms who do it every month to show their kids progress but lets face it, I don't even think I did that with Levi so Davis gets this and his yearly's and that's all this mama can handle. These are just ones I took with my phone.
Origionally I wasn't going to do it at this time, in the front, with that outfit. Some times I get an an image of what I want to do and then reality hits and then I just have to get it done which in reality is what I should be doing in the first place as opposed to thinking their is an 'ideal' way I 'need' to do something. Just chill mama! And I have to say the pictures I took turned out really cute. You couldn't even see the carrot on his shirt! I'll post them once I download everything off my camera. I can't believe he's 6 months!
This kid eats a ton and is a pretty decent sleeper overall. I wuv him. In this 6 months he has mastered the art of picking up poofs and putting them in his mouth. Now
Oregon actually got a little warm, some might even say a little hot. So Slurpees were in order. I love getting to surprise my little guys sometimes. They thought we were just driving home from school.
And Max's 100 day of school. He had been talking about it for months because in their class every day they add to their catapiller (I forgot the name.....) and planned a fun 100 day party. He's got the best teachers.
Daddy time with Jason practicing his balancing skills. Davis didn't even notice.
We have been carpooling with the Rowlys all year and finally had them over for a playdate. I probably should have done it sooner but while I nurse I tend not to have people over as often because baby feeds a lot and I'm kind of private that way. But Davis had decent spans in the time he was eating that it's all good now and a lot easier.
The boys had a blast. Water balloons were thrown at the wall, chase was played, toys pulled out. We are definitely having them over again soon. There were zero fights as well, which almost never happens at least with my guys.
Then Jason came home so he could get in his scout gear and head off for an overnighter with the scouts.
Saturday we (the boys and I) went to Levi's school to help cleanup. It is a church that rents out to PHA as well as a preschool. Part of the church's agreement with us (and the pre-k) is that people volunteer 1x a week to do cleanup and maintenance. So for those who go to PHA it equates to having one family go about two Saturdays in the school year. Last time we were scheduled to go cleanup was cancelled and this time there wasn't much to do but the boys had fun playing around.
After that we went home for our own cleanup. I'm going to be honest, cleaning up with my kids is something I do not enjoy. At all. There is usually a lot of complaining and opposition from all and also, they are terrible cleaners. But that does not mean I don't do it. While it stinks to put on a chipper 'let's all clean!' attitude and try my best to get them to do what there supposed to do, I know in the long run it is a good thing. It teaches them to be responsible, capable, contributing human beings.
Anyways, while Davis was napping I took some time to clean with the boys and this time we mopped the kitchen. The liked using the steamer and so were less opposed to the whole thing.
By the end I was tired. Part of this was because I was expecting Jason home at 1 or so, which is the normal time he gets home and I kept telling myself, 'you only have to make it to 1'. Which turned into 'you can make it to 2'. Then 3, then 4. Not that I don't love my guys, cause I do, but I just needed to 'tap out' for a bit so I could regroup. But I waited and waited for my break to come but it was much, much later than I planned. Turns out it was a later campout and he had told me but knowing me it just went in one ear and out the other. Next time I need to write things down so I can prepare myself mentally. Parenting. It's all a mental game.
Then it was regular Sunday. Ok. Not so regular in that we got a new bishop. I totally called that one because they have been a presidency for a while and with a new RS president called (Miss Emily) and her husband being in the bishopric I knew it wouldn't stay that way for long with them having 5 kids.
We talked around the house (even with the boys) speculating who the new bishop would be. There are so many that would have made great bishops and I'll say I'm a little surprised with who they picked. Not because he isn't amazing but because they recently lost their teenage son to cancer and his wife has been the RS president for years. I just figure they would get a 'break'. Nope, the Lord has plans and he is going to be a great one along with the rest of the bishopric.
To celebrate we did an ice cream social where the new bishopric served everyone ice cream and everyone chatted. My mom was kind enough to stay home with Davis so we could just hang without worrying about him. Eventually the kids made it out to the back parking lot and were playing catch with Jason and some of his YM.
It was a good week.
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