Not much to report. Tootie said the funniest thing, yesterday. She got in big trouble and I went to put her in timeout and she said "Don't smoke me, Mom". Quite the riot.

Sophi does the cutest animal sounds and yells "Hiiiiiiiiiii" when Eric gets home or when J gets her up from her nap. It is adorable. I was at water aerobics last night and Eric was watching the kids. Sophi was being changed and decided to make a dive off of her table and Eric dove to catch her and did. But she ended up with a handprint imprint on her face. Poor baby. She is just the sweetest baby in the whole world.

Ok, well all kids went to bed at 7:30 and now I'm done. So Eric and I are going to watch "Date Night"

Happy HOT Weekend

Well, we didn't do very much this weekend besides clean. I started out mowing yesterday when something on the mower broke. So I helped Eric. We removed all the tar from the new truck (We bought my Pampa Bud's pickup), then we washed it twice, Eric polished it, then waxed it (including the bed), then I detailed the inside,and Eric put the liner back in. Then he sanded and grinded the towing bumper, primed it, and painted it today. I also got all my flowers and bushes fertilized and trimmed up.

Then today, which was a hot one, I finished mowing and trimming and cleaned house. Luckily we grilled out for supper and even fixed Smores so we didn't have to turn the stove in. I went out to pick raspberries but it was a short season and they have all fizzled out. But my blackberries should be ready next week. Yay!

Nothing about the kids to report except for Sophi can definately say "Chip" for cheese puffs. She LOVES them!

Last Swim Meet

Well yesterday was our 4th and final swim meet. Whew!!! It gets a little tricky keeping the girls happy for 3 hours. J always swims the last event so we have to stay for the whole thing. He swam 4 events yesterday, the 100m Medley relay, Freestyle, Backstroke, and 100m Freestyle Relay. We played against Greencastle Tiger Sharks. His Medley relay got 4th out of 6. He got 4th out of 7 in the Freestyle, 5th out of 7th in the Backstroke, and he was first leg and his relay got 2nd in the 100m Freestyle. He had a great time. He looks so little standing next to all the 8 year olds. As you can see, we had fighting between the other 3 over the swim cap. LOL!

The kids stayed busy yesterday afternoon watching Toy Story 3, which I pirated off of Forum W.

No photos but funny stories

Well, I didn't take any pictures today but have some funny stories. We woke up this morning and it is so darn hot and humid we decided to head to Mom and Dad's and take advantage of the pool. So I called and it took me a couple hours to get everything in the house squared away..ie laundry, dishes, beds made, toys straightened, trash day, you know the story. So I figure I would call Dad and let him know on the way. Well, there must have been a huge cell tower down because I had NOOO cell service from West of Bainbridge to the Oakland Newman Road...so like 90% of the way. We pull in and the phone tree of Mom, Dad, and Eric had started. But they found me. LOL!

On the way home this evening, the kids and I made lots of stops. Toots fell asleep right out of the driveway, but woke up just as I had bought J a marshmallow milkshake at "The Big Berry". And of course she says, "Where's my milkshake?" Well Mom had sent me home half gallon of milk since I'm totally out of milk and need to get groceries. So I pull over and put part of the shake in her sippy and fill it with milk and shake. A few miles, Soph starts fussing since she needs a cup of milkshake, too. So I did that and gave her hers. Well, J notices I poked a whole in the bottom of his cup. So I have to stop and put a diaper on his cup. I tell you what even when my kids are out of diapers, I'm going to carry some because I have used diapers for MANY different reasons and emergencies. Including wrapping a bloody hand. Then Tootie realizes she wants pants on since her only shorts I brought got wet when J thru his swim trunks on them accidentally. Yes, she was riding home commando. So the only thing I have are a pair of 12m capris that fit Sophi a LONG time ago. Tootie says she'll take them. So we pull over and put them on but she want the pant legs to touch her ankles. So we have to pull the crotch of the pants all the way to her knees but she was happy since her pant legs were at ankles. LOL!

Sophi can blow kisses and make the kiss pucker and huge kiss sound. It is so adorable. I went to get her out of her pack n play after nap time and she had been talking to someone or something. Then I heard someone talking back. I opened the door and Wheezer jumped the pack n play and headed out the door. The cat had slept with Sophi for naptime. She must have been hiding under the desk in the office when I put Soph down and just decided to take a siesta with Soph bug. It was really cute!! Especially hearing them talk to each other.

J's swim meet II The 100m Freestyle Relay

I thought J and his teamates did so good in this relay. Keep in mind J is 5, Evan 6, and the other 2 boys are 6. All the other relays teams in this race were 8 yrs old. So I thought the little boys held their own. They got a standing ovation and we were so proud. Nene and Pop drove all the way over sat thru the 2 hour meet. J's relay was the very last event, of course. Thanks to mom for walking the girls around and keeping them occupied so I could focus on J. :))))

Sisters holding hands

Now that Soph walks or runs everywhere, Tootie always wants to hold her hand. Sometimes she is in the mood to tolerate Toots and sometimes she's not. She happen to be in the mood after Tootie's bath the other night.

Sophi's starting to say things like "Wow" and "Oooooh". I love it. She really is the sweetest little thing.

Sophi's learned a little vengeance on her big sister. She will snag Tootie's sippy cup when she's not looking and run off to the closet and stand in the corner and drink it. It is so hilarious. Then she brings it back and drops it off empty and I hear "No, Sophi, no. Mooooom Sophi drank all my ba ba"

These are the ones I had taken for Eric for Father's Day

More of My favorite 18m pictures

Sophi's 18 month pictures

Father's Day morning

Here are the kids playing "Memory" this morning waiting for pancakes and some pics of Eric's strange teeth that grew back where his other dentist supposedly removed the old ones 15 years ago

Happy Father's Day All

Happy Father's Day!

Well, we went over to Mom and Dad's yesterday and went up to see the new fence. Dad and Mom finished the last half of the fence that Dad, Eric, and Craig didn't get finished last weekend. It looks beautiful and Gig's central air should be finished today!! The kids swam and had a good time.

Well, Bible school is over and the kids are going to miss it, especially Tootie (and Soph and I ;) ). Eric had his 2 teeth extracted. The looked like baby teeth, it was weird. The doc sent home the teeth for J to see. Eric felt fine by the end of the day.

It was 92 with a heat index of 110 but that didn't stop me from putting my 2 layers of clothes, with sweatpants and sweatshirt, army boots and hat. And picking raspberries for 2 hours. I would rather sweat like that for 2 hours than deal with poison ivy, chiggers, and mosquito bites for 2 weeks! Tootie told me not to get stuck by a missile (that's what she calls thistles) it was so cute. I saw a 5ft long black cow snake it in my raspberry thicket so I came home to tell J about my adventure and he said "what did that snake say to you?" So I told him the snake said if they came in the woods he was going to come and find them. Since then I have been asked if snakes can open doors, if they can fly, and "do they have super powers?" So funny.

Here are some pics of the kids posing for Bible School.