Safari Greg

This week at the library the kids saw Safari Greg from Nashville. He even let them touch a caiman.

"Parachute Girl"(and boy)

We saw Roger Day again this week at the library.
The kids LOVE him.
If you go to his website you can click on "listen to Roger radio" and listen to a bunch of his songs. He sings with the Indigo Girls on the song "Ready to Fly". It's kids music that won't make you crazy.

We also played and played in the alligator pool slash sprinkler.
Even though Cate's lips were blue, and she was constantly under attack, she didn't want to get out.

Happy Birthday to Jordan!

Baby Carrots you've done it again!

Baby carrots you've done it again,

Ever since we moved here I have been avoiding you baby carrots. This is only because every time I buy a bag you are all slimy and gross. Not just one or two of you, but the whole stinking bag. I had never had this problem before (sure, there had been a slime covered carrot or two here and there), but over the past two years we have turned into full sized, unpeeled carrot eaters. This really isn't a problem
So anyway, while we were on vacation in Utah we had many baby carrots. None of them were slimy or mushy or scary in any way. Even Brooks ate them (and that's saying something because he inspects every piece of food he eats with a built in magnifying glass eye). We had baby carrots out of the bag, in a vegetable tray, in salad, etc. and they were all crisp and delicious. This was no problem either.
Tonight while I was "running really quickly" to the store to get some stuff while Lewis worked diligently on the second layer of cement (bedding mortar) for the shower (who knew this was such a LONG and difficult process!?!?!?!!) I saw you little bag of baby carrots sitting so nicely on the shelf and I had a conversation in my head (don't pretend you don't do it too...): "oh baby carrots, should I just get the big ones?"
"but the baby carrots in Utah were so good"
"yeah, but the ones here are always slimy"
"but this would be so much faster and easier and then I could help Lewis"
"and they really don't look slimy, just wet"
"ok, baby carrots it is"
And I got home and they were slimy. But I washed them and we ate them anyway. I won't be buying baby carrots again. You sneaky little innocent looking carrots. You got me once, but you won't get me again.
THE END

*ps Thanks Jennie for the tip on widening my blog!*

The 3rd and 4th

We spent the evening of the 3rd at a local baseball game with fireworks after.
Cate enjoyed her some Coke.
It wasn't even TOO hot.
B had a huge snow cone.
And A's ice cream was at least 8 inches tall.

For the 4th we spent some time at a church carnival, but it was super hot. SO hot they had to shut down the bounce house

Lewis barbequed some great spare ribs and we had a wonderful 4th of July feast. Then we headed downtown for some more rides and bouncing before enjoying the fireworks.

God Bless America!!

My Little Fishies

I KNEW I should have kept her wet diaper on!

The sweetest baby on the block had her 12 month check up today and she is officially tiny!

16 lbs. 15 oz. and 27 inches tall.
Still sweet, but learning to whine a little bit.
She is a really good eater, messy (and I mean MESSY) but she'll eat anything.
She is crawling all over the place. Her favorite spots are:
the dog water bowl, the dog crate, the fireplace with the fun little rocks.
She can identify TEETH (of course), nose, and ears.
She can raise just one eyebrow, how cool is that?
Scared to stand up by herself, but cruises on furniture and the disgusting dog crate.
Says: Aiden (we try to tell her it's ELIZABETH now!!!!), num num for food, mama, dada, teeth, hi, doggie, and...
She still takes 2 good naps a day--where did she come from?!?!
She has 6 teeth and I am hoping her hair is strawberry blonde. (in some light it is)
She's our little peanut and we sure love her.
"Cate the Great, we love you Cate the Great!!!"