Daddy's Girl(s)

1. See Daddy

2. Run to Daddy

3. Love on Daddy

They all do this. But Juju still has that no holding back thing going on. Pure joy. I just happened to capture this since I was sitting leaning up against the car after the water park incident. Back at the yellow house we could always hear his truck coming and then we had the street and the long driveway to get ready so I was able to purposely capture it more. It's make me happy to have these even if they're far from what I would have liked.

awww!

Missed this one the first go round, probably because E's face was covered. Sometimes I can be too picky and miss the really good stuff. It's always good to go back through later and double check.

PB&B smoothie style.

I bought a whole bunch of natural peanut butter that is way too runny for sandwiches. And when I say a whole bunch, I mean like a years supply. Luckily it makes excellent cookies. And  yummy smoothies. I suspect it might make tasty milkshakes but I haven't gone there yet. PB milkshakes are my favorite milkshake so I don't need to know I have all that PB sitting under my counter just waiting to be made into a tasty treat.
But back to the smoothies. Just the PB, frozen bananas, some vanilla,  ice cubes and maybe some milk depending on thickness.
Straws optional.

Let me translate.

The water park is to your left. Go there. It is fun!

go der.

So, funny story. They actually built this not for themselves but for people to come. E actually got upset with me when I sprayed her with the hose, she was building the water park not playing. I think the success of their lemonade stand might have gone to their heads. They did have one very happy client though!

Last bit of nonproductiveness.

I can't believe we're about to start school! Goodbye reading during naptime. Goodbye playing on the computer. Goodbye life. Well, that's a bit dramatic. But I will miss the free time summer brings. What does any of that have to do with the cuteness that is juju?  Well, following a link on fb by a friend I found a cool scrapbook site that is definitely my taste. I can't handle all the doodads and "Stuff" - I get bogged down in deciding where to put all of it and end up spending weeks on one page. That doesn't work. It's where I got the stuff up above and totally ripped off the design of the layout while I was at it. I don't know why I don't scrap more(oh yeah, cause I can't ever finish anything because of all those doohickies)? I'd like to say I'm going to start again but I don't know if now is exactly the time. I also made some "art" for above E's bed. I needed something to balance out a window that's above R's. I looked at stuff in stores but most stuff the size I needed was either way too heavy or just way too expensive.

We're in the midst of doing their room - we didn't do much when we moved in. Then we replaced E's full with a twin and it was just a mess of unlovedness in there. They kept asking why Juju's room was pretty and theirs wasn't. So we'll see if we can't fix that.  Because we needed one more project around here!

sum, sum, sum, sum, sum, summer time....

That's what kept going through my head when I saw these. A picnic after our visit to the "water park" the girls built.

Proof. I'm in trouble.

My monkey in action. I don't have any of her trying to turn the stove on because I was of course flinging the camera aside and screeching No, No, NOOOOOO! And you might think the one with her foot up was captured midblink but it's not. That's her "I'm so cute face" as in " I'm doing something I know shouldn't be doing but I'm so cute that I won't get in trouble." And yes, my kitchen was a mess. Because, you know, we actually live here and use it and don't have a maid service or anything. And I'm okay with that.

Just messing around. Who would have thought it?

If I could write a note back to myself 5 years ago (when I first bought studio lights) it might include this: "Don't worry. One day, not only will she stay in one place but she'll like it. A lot. And it won't even involve candy. "

Turns out there is a huge difference between a 2 year and a 7 year old, especially when it involves Mama's make up. Huh!

Scavenger Hunt

the 4th... from my camera

Not all were taken by me ... there was a fair bit of camera swapping going on. Now if we can just get the Ashley version we'll be set. Especially since I do believe she has the best ones,all 5 kids in the hammock!

Before and After

I can not believe that with all the drama this cut produced that I didn't post before and after pictures right away. Buh-bye hair. And I can say with out any sorrow that we love it. No muss no fuss and especially no nasty matted tangles. Now if I could get her over the "hollow eyed, I just had double ear infections that almost burst my eardrums but didn't tell anybody my ears were hurting until I started crying in my sleep and oh by the way maybe I have conjunctivitis too" look. Then we'll be golden.

I can't decide.

Further proof of just how uneventful our summer has been. I have more pictures of leaves in the summer folder than I do of kids (and not a lot either). Or is just more evidence for the neighbors "strange lady" file? These involved no dignity, my driveway, the rain and more than one neighbor driving slowly by wondering what I was doing sprawling on the ground.

The begining.

Summer started with an amazing VBS program at Church. The big girls had a wonderful time - it was nice to see them asking to go to church instead of whining about it.

Then we headed to Piedmont for a visit with Grandma and Grandpa who were down from IL.

 

Is there some rule that says a Mimi's house = junk food?

We make our own fun in the woods. Obviously.

So where was Evie? This was the start of our bad time summer. She was in bed with a very high fever ... soon to turn into a stomach virus.  See the exciting things I have to document this summer?

Delayed much?

Goodness, this have been a messed up summer which has led to some major blog delays. There has been somebody sick just about the entire time. And we had some majorly stressful weeks where we thought Nathan was going to lose his job (again) and we're still not sure it's a very secure.  So forgive me for posting pictures that are 2 months old. This was Juliana "helping" me clean out the fridge.

I'm lame. But my sil has her act togather!

You can see some 4th pictures here  at Charlotte Days, her blog.

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