YEE HAW!

Here's Caleb digging at the construction site!


Chuck and Buck were pretty excited to be ridden! Erik did fall right off...he kind of slid off, saddle and all! But, he got right back on. That was the first time Chuck (the dark one) had a saddle on! He did pretty good! Alaina got a little scared, so the riding didn't last long, but next time everyone will feel a little more confident!



Annika had no fear! She and Chuck could have gone all day! She just bounced around and laughed.


Here's Alaina and Erik on top of the mountain! They are really going to miss these sand piles when they are gone! (I'll go into greater detail about this tomorrow...I'm too tired now and need to get to bed! I have more fun pictures of the "sand dunes" as Annika calls them!)

4 wheelers!

Pupsi is having a good time with the kids....can you tell??! we went to Amy's for dinner (actually it was a David Cook party if you asked Alaina)! Alaina is riding Rosebud....she did very well! It was funny to see Rosebud come around the house with Caleb driving, though! Uncle Aaron was following close behind pointing at which way to go and he would turn in that direction! Caleb already wants to ride the 4 wheelers all day anyway!! That won't be enough....now he'll have to drive by himself!!

2 Wheels!

Erik was so excited to finally be able to ride a 2-wheeler! He practiced with Tim all day on Saturday up on "the hill". I was gone and didn't get to see him, so on Sunday morning he got up and told me that he just couldn't ride without his training wheels. He said he tried and tried, but it was too hard. Of course, he wanted me to be really surprised when he jumped on it and took off down the driveway! He had a permanant smile on his face and even sang while riding. It was so cute and he was so proud! The most exciting thing was the mud puddle at the end of the driveway!

Fat Wip

Whoops!! A little boo boo on the "wip". Annika is pretty tough....she just went with Tim to get grass bags and came home with a McDonald's ice cream cone. She said the ice cream made it feel better. :) And, while we were at Costco today I was never so excited to come across "freezies!" I just can't get myself to by the regular freezies and have been looking and looking for a "kid" popsicle that is not loaded with sugar (or the fake stuff) and that doesn't cost a fortune! Well, Mott's (100%juice) has a freezie!! There are 40 in the box for $7.99. How exciting!!

I always like to have frozen stuff on hand for accidents like this!

7 months

Time flies! Issy turned 7 months on the 19th. Isabel had a "first" and a "last" today. When we were at Costco she sat in the seat like a big girl! It was fun having her right there in front of me. Annika sat next to her (love the 2 seater!) and ate a Churro....a.k.a. fish stick! Erik started calling them fishsticks a long time ago, and it stuck. Well, Issy was not going to let Annika eat it by herself! She had to have many bites, as well. And, to think you could get a sample without having to share?? Nope! She is just a big girl all of a sudden! So, along with the "fish stick" she had curly noodles with marinara sauce, spinach ravioli, and a hunk of cheese.

She took her last bath in the kitchen sink today. For one, she kept flooding it over the side even though I didn't put very much water in it and she, also, kept trying to escape to reach things that were on the counter! No more for her. She has officially graduated to the big tub. It was just convenient to have her in there b/c then I can see what is going on in the backyard.

Erik still wishes Issy was a boy. Today Chloe was sitting by Erik, Annika, and Tim and Erik asked Tim if Chloe was a boy. Annika said she was a cute little girl. Erik decided that there are too many girls and that Chloe should be a boy. You can imagine the conversation between Annika and him! He compromised on calling her a "girl-boy".

Thursday...

It was so exciting watching David Cook win American Idol last night! WHOOO HOOO!

Yesterday Annika was helping me put laundry in the washer. "Mom, why do wash your boobs in the washing machine??!!" as she's throwing my "undies" in! And, to think...I don't even wash them on the delicate cycle!

Today we are gearing up to get our camper out tomorrow! The kids cannot wait. Its the last day of school for Erik and Annika (sniff), but Annika will have one of her teachers again next year. We are very happy about that. :) And, its Erik's last day of preschool....now he's a big kid!

socks

I am laughing b/c we were at Target today and I saw Thomas's English Muffins. I love those....especially with a fried egg in between! Well, I knew that Thomas's was big on HFCS in their other products, so I just picked up a bag to read the ingredients. Did they read my blog entry on HFCS?? Right on the front of the bag it says, "And now no high fructose corn syrup!" I bought them. :)

I took the kids to McDonalds for dinner so they could eat and then play. Tim is traveling the next couple of days, and we were out getting Alaina's glasses fixed (not a good idea to take all four to the eye doctor's office). The good, clean McD's on on the way, so we stopped in. I forgot about the "sock" rule and did not want to buy socks there so I told the kids to look around and see if they could find some socks in the van. Would you believe they all found a pair?? I guess when they get in after school off come their socks and crocs b/c they get rocks in there!! I guess I am a mother of 4 who drives a mini van....you never know what you'll find!!