Wow time flies...I have been avoiding posting, knowing I will undoubtedly forget to post something. Now I know I will, as I am going way back....lets review.
In May, Mark and I worked our little tails off, incorporating 20 yards of rock in our backyard landscaping. Mark also made me a few extra garden boxes, and I weasled some more land area out of him. I have had the biggest garden harvest yet....however, we just planted a dwarf apple tree and a grape vine in May, and the peach tree we planted last year only produced one peach this year. So, in a couple years we will be living off the land!
June 8th was Macy's last day of kindergarten. We miss Mrs Holland and kindergarten days.
In June two big things happened with Jensen....he took his first poop in the toilet (hasn't happened since...not interested at all). And, we taped up his thumbs......it was so easy....three weeks and he was done sucking. What a big boy.
Macy turned SIX!!!! We had a party July 7th with her friends, then Mark took the next week off of work, so we could have a "staycation". We went to Sandy Point on Macy's b-day, and did other fun things around town together.
That's my BOY! Always finding new hats around the house...he's big on AIRPLANES, cars, wearing hats, and brushing his teeth. He's combining words to make phrases, surprising us all the time. My favorite word is still belbow (elbow), with bice (for ice) in a close second. He scared me on Friday when he said elbow instead of belbow, but alas, he has said belbow ever since. He is particular about certain things...it's hilarious....since I introduced him to ice, he won't drink water without "bice" in it. He always insisted on sleeping with a stuffed dog and a fan on, until the weather started cooling off and I took the fan out..he had a huge tantrum. Now he insists the blanked cover all body parts and touches his chin and covers his dog....he asks about body parts to make sure they're covered....feet, arms, belbows, neck, chin. He reminds us about family prayer before we tuck him in, and prays aloud even if someone else is giving the prayer....he murmurs, "food, water, Blake, Kim, Allie, Max...."(our neighbors and their cat). We have two kids with big personalities.
Macy lost one top tooth in June, and one in July. What a sweetheart. She is always talking about "baby Raegan"...worried that when she lives with us again, we won't have enough room in the car for her. I love how she always talks about her and helps me remember her little sister. She is very helpful (when she wants to be), and a good organizer. She still has a spitfire personality that is both very fun, and very challenging. June we had a ball together, July was ok, and August...we'll, I wouldn't want to repeat August...maybe she was acting out because she got bored? Recently she has been helping me make tags for the boutique I'm going to be in...she has worked hard and made some money...now the money is burning a hole in her pocket...always asking what she can afford to buy with what she made, and spending it right away. She was upset when she had to pay tithing on it, but she did tell me she gave a quarter to her friend for the quarter sale...
August 10th, Jensen turned 2!!!! Here he is eating one of many of the cupcakes he feasted on that day, and his new BYU cougars shirt.
He wasn't very helpful with taking b-day pictures.
August 30th, Macy started 1st grade. When I asked her how it went, she said it was "boring". That is her new word now, boring. Everything is boring.
