Oh dear...here we go

I am afraid we have officially started a new stage with Levin, the why stage. I have been pretending for quite some time now to simply ignore the question "Why", when asked, but that is no longer possible. I think I may go crazy! It is all very wonderful that he wants to know and understand the reasons behind EVERYTHING, but how much is too much? I am happy to satisfy his curiousity, after all he has to learn somehow.

My question to all of you is, How have you handled this stage, is is fine to ignore the question after you have answered the initial inquiry? Somebody please tell me I am not going to go gray over this small, yet tiring stage.

Any Thoughts?

Yesterday we had a large family from church over for Sunday dinner, which was lots of fun, but now I have leftovers, lots of them. I am hoping that maybe someone might have a thought or two on what I might do with mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, and beef chuck roast, besides shepherds pie, as it is not a favorite amongst everyone in the family.

Help!

"Look...another boat"

Today we took a little trip down to the Tall Ships Festival, with my sister-in-law, and the cousins. The weather was great, which made our visit more fun.

Fourth of July

Where to begin?

I am not quite sure where to begin, as we have done so much in the last two weeks, but I will do my best. Let me begin with my weekend one week ago.

Friday, we had Darcee's wedding and receptions, which were all so lovely. The boys came with us to the wedding and church reception, and then Jason and I continued on to the "private" reception (down the street from us), at the Pribyl household. We had a fun time visiting with friends and family, without having to worry about what sort of trouble the boys would be into next. They stayed at our house with Grandma Ann and Great Grandma B.

Saturday morning we were up bright and early, to get down to Jason's parents to help with the family garage sale. That all went quite well, and now my basement looks so much more neat and tidy-at least for now. Hmmm.....maybe I should take pictures.

After a long day outside in the sun, we came home to get ready for a family gathering, to take place in our backyard. With family in town for the wedding, we took the chance to get everyone together for one last get together. It is always fun to share our yard with others.

After church on Sunday morning we headed out to the First Presbyterian Church's bible camp, for their annual church picnic. Our niece was baptized in the lake there, and so we were able to tag along for the days events. It was a nice day to be out on a lake, because it was just over 90 degrees.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

Too funny not to share

As Levin was going outside this evening, I reminded him that before going out that he needed to put his boots on. He replied, "I don't need my boots on...I have my toes on."

What a Week

This past week was very busy for us, but it was a good kind of busy. Allow me to share.

It all began on Tuesday, when the boys and I went out to my sister-in-laws to watch my nephew, while she went to my nieces Kindergarten graduation. We had a lot of fun, and the boys actually played really well together.

On Wednesday, I had a dentist appointment, which gave Aunt Jen a chance to spend some time with her favorite nephews-also her only nephews. While I was out I was able to sneak in a quick trip over to Costco, without the boys. It is amazing how much faster things go when you are minus two little ones.

Thursday we took a trip up to the Auburn mall with Aunt Jen. We hit the usual stores, and managed to find some pretty good deals, which always makes me happy. Yeah for new pants and Capris!

Shortly after we arrived back at home, Grandpa German brought a truck load of compost over. The theme for the rest of the day was moving dirt. We put fresh dirt on the backyard flower beds and boy do the look good.

We did get a slight reprieve when Aunt Heather and her college roommates dropped in. They are in town for my cousin's wedding next Friday.

Friday was a crazy day. First it was a park trip with my friend Michelle and her two little ones. Followed by "Make it Donald's" for lunch. Then a waterfront walk with recently expecting cousin and super friend Kjerste. After that we dropped in on my Grandma and Papa's so that my extremely handy father-in-law could get our car trunk unstuck. Thanks Papa!

The day ended with an invite to my sister's apartment for Pizza with the other grandparents, Aunt Heather, and her afore mentioned visiting roommates. It's tough cramming a whole month of June fun into the one nice day this month.

Today, all we did was stay home. You would think that would be more relaxing, but not when you have a pile of compost in your backyard. We spent the day moving dirt from the backyard to our flower beds in the front of the house and trimming bushes around the yard.

Highlights include the first de-slivering of Levin's fumb. (He was so brave, but who told him about the healing power of band-aids.) And boy do flower beds look nice with a fresh coat of dirt!

Hopefully we can share pictures soon, but until then you all will just have to stop by to admire all of our fresh dirt.