This and That...

Alright, this is going to be a bit of a weird blog. 

Pretty much just some miscellaneous stuff that is going on over here...

Here we go.

Alex's favorite line this week is, "that's not fair."  God help us!  We officially have a four year old on our hands.  Not to mention he hates losing.  The crazy part is that we have always emphasized that it's about having fun, not winning.  I continue to say this at least once daily. I don't know...

Rhoslyn can be heard in the back of the car trying to sing to the music on the radio.  It's adorable listening to her try to sing to the music.  Umm she is also way too much like her mom.  Tonight at dinner she was freaking out because there was a fly in the kitchen.  Billy had to kill it in the middle of dinner just to reassure her that it wasn't going to hurt her.  She then watched as he put in the garbage and for the rest of the night she said, "fly all gone."

Rhoslyn also likes to act like she can't hear what we are saying.  Eventually after we have said it a million times she will do what she is told.  Or maybe it's because we then threaten a time out.  I don't know.  Yesterday she even crossed her arms around her and pouted.

Lets not forget that she likes to hit when she is mad.  This morning she went on two time outs back to back before we even sat down for breakfast.  She was mad because I wouldn't let her in the pantry. 

Alex continues to be obsessed with angry birds.  He also thinks that because he loves them so much, he should get EVERYTHING that has to do with angry birds.  We started a new system for saving his money.  One jar is for saving to put in the bank.  The other jar is money he can spend.  The downfall with this system... he wants to spend any money he gets in his spending jar.  Currently the balance is zero!  We are working on teaching him that if he saves a bit more money in there, it will allow him to purchase things that are more expensive. 

As for Billy and I... we are just hanging in there and dealing with everyday challenges that come our way.  We will know more hopefully by the end of this week about Iowa.  We thought it was a for sure thing, but now we are not so sure.  Our answers will come soon enough.  In the meantime Billy is still looking for a better opportunity for himself.  Hopefully it happens sooner rather than later. 

We can't believe how fast this summer is going.  We had big plans to go camping and now I am not sure if that will happen.  It seems like every weekend is already planned.  Goal for next summer: Camping!

I scream...

You Scream!

We all scream for ICE CREAM!

What better way to celebrate summer then eating an ice cream cone!



Last day of T-ball

I'm a little behind...

Last Wednesday was Alex's last game of t-ball.  He enjoyed it and I am pretty sure we will be signing him up next summer.

The two teams got together to play one last game (lots and lots of little kids).  After their game they seperated into their teams and recieved a ribbon from the coaches while giving high fives.

One of the parents brought enough baseball cupcakes for all of the kids to each have one.  It was the perfect ending to a great t-ball season.

Daddy and I are going to miss those Wednesday evening games...

Alex hitting the ball off the T.

Running to first base!  It was SO HOT out that once he was half way there he started slowing down.

Saying good bye to the coaches and getting his ribbon.

Ribbon for doing such a good job! 

One last team huddle and chear!  "Go T-ball!"

And of course I had to throw one of sister watching the game with her messy hair!



Dear Grandma Jackie

Hi Grandma, it's me Rhoslyn.  I have some bad news....

Today mom was up front printing off some recipes when I got a hold of a great "coloring book."  I was a little naughty and drew in one of the books my mommy borrowed from you.  I just wanted to draw her a picture.  I don't think mom liked it very much.....

Sorry Gram that I colored in your book....my mom said she would buy you a new one though!

It's not my fault mom wasn't paying attention to me...  =)

It's been pretty busy around here... but no worries, mom still has her camera in hand!

Last week Alex and I worked on writing letters/words with chalk outside while Rhoslyn played on the bikes.  He is getting really good at being able to copy or at least try and copy letters.

Alex also had his first official t-ball game.  Watching 3-5 year olds play t-ball is so much fun!  Some of the kids will hit the ball and then run after there own ball.  Too funny!  Usually when Alex plays t-ball Rhoslyn is entertained by coloring or drawing with a pen.  This seems to be her latest obsession. 

And lastly.... the kids enjoyed some time playing out in the rain.  A first for Rhoslyn.  They had fun getting drenched.  It was so hot and humid I had to keep wiping my lens off!

Yes... she is wearing Alex's sandles.  :)

A weekend up North

We had such a wonderful weekend up North.  Thank you to Greg and Cheryl for letting us stay at their cabin.  We spent the weekend with them and Grandma and Grandpa.  It was perfect!

Right away Saturday morning Alex was ready to get out there and get some fishing done.  That kid caught more fish than anyone else!  As soon as he would put the his hook and worm in the water, he would have a fish biting his line.  He was literally grinning from ear to ear the entire day.  Grandpa decided we better start saving those fish.  Between Alex, Billy, and myself I bet we kept at least 20 fish.  Which grandpa and Greg later fileted and we had a fish fry for dinner that night.

The kids also enjoyed playing in the water and throwing rocks.  This was probably Rhoslyn's favorite besides coloring endless pictures.

We ended Saturday night with roasing marshmellows (the huge campfire ones) and having Smores.

What a great weekend!

Big girl bed

Today was the big day for Rhoslyn.  We took out her toddler bed and put in her big girl bed!  We even went to Target yesterday and bought her a new bed set.

We weren't planning on switching her until later, but she loves going up on Alex's bed so we thought we would give it a go.  It took her a bit to fall asleep for nap.  I think she was just too excited!  At bedtime it only took her a little bit and she was out.

Daddy and I will be checking on her before we go to bed so we can see where she is laying on it.  =)

She loves it!