August 12, 2009

On Wednesday we went to Grandma and Grandpa Runchey's for a night. We got the roller coaster out, and it got far, far more use than it did when C and E were little.

Mr. Long Legs:

August 11, 2009

We had an impromptu gymnastics meet one night. I didn't get the camera down there fast enough to catch Jon's floor routine, but I did get to see Rowan do a forward roll. When we tried to get him to repeat it, he kept trying to do an Ellie version.

August 10, 2009

We had a pretty windy storm the other night, and it knocked down two of Conor's sunflowers. This one may make it to the end of the summer, but I don't really like its chances.

August 9, 2009

On Tuesdays I take Ellie to gymnastics, and the boys stay home. Usually they eat frozen pizza for dinner and watch the NFL Network. This time Rowan brought the football players upstairs and set everything up by himself. At first we thought he was really getting the game, but then he kept bringing the referee to Jon saying "Open dis please", so maybe not.

August 8, 2009

1. I am not a water balloon magician. I actually have to fill them up at the sink.
2. Just a mental note to do Ellie's hair a little more often.

August 7, 2009

We have a lot of toys for boys. Most of them for boys over 3, but that doesn't seem to stop our not-first-child.

August 6, 2009

I asked Conor and Ellie what the one thing was that they wanted to do before school started. Ellie wanted to go to the pool one more time. It was definitely hot enough, so we went. For some reason it was about 20 degrees cooler at the pool, but the 7 year olds didn't mind. Rowan only wanted to swim for a bit, and then he ran around on the grass.