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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Sunday July 6 to Friday July 11, 2008
HOLD ON AND LISTEN TO OUR LAST WEEK--
This photo is Gretchie pouring herself a cup of water--she is quite self sufficient she thinks---ha!
Of course I am always asked what in the world do you do when you don't work??? Hello--I have a two year old and love every minute of it (ok--not all minutes but you understand..........) ALSO--LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER IS NOT TRUE AT OUR HOUSE---We are on the move-------------------------
**Sunday evening--Funland (no pic)
**Monday morning I took "G" to VBS from 9 am to noon---She did pretty good considering it was 3 hours--For craft we made monke
y name tags!!
For snack we had rice and a pizza snack--she did TRY IT! At 11:30 am during the last song she laid down on the floor and just had had it----I thought oh no here is a big fit-NOPE I scooped her up and we left-whew---never know the mind of a 2 year old! Just plain tuckered out--teheee!
Oh yeah and the theme of VBS was CHINA--sooo Sunday morning the dragon float (from the 4th
parade) was in the corner of the foyer---she was scared to death to even go in the front doors of the church! So when we pulled up to church on Monday the front was decorated wth colored posters of monkeys---(she sometimes freaks out with monkeys and hides and says she is scared--MY PERSONAL OPINION--play it off and she is fine---Last summer a monkey jumped at the 
plexiglass at the zoo and she cried!!--so I think its a hidden fear----then what did we do buy her pink monkey sheets not even knowing---it took forever to put them on -she now loves them) So with the monkey posters outside on the church and then the Chineese dragon inside---it was a rough start (BUT no TEARS) (Just very CLINGY)Talked about VBS all day--so I took her back Tuesday--Monday afternoon we took the paper binoculars she got at the zoo and looked for ANTS 
outside and then made a ant hill with brown construction paper and ink pad and then raisins----HOW FUN!!!
**Tuesday--VBS--walked in by herself past the
posters and dragon----ahh! Looks at me and says THE DRAGON IS NOT SCAREY---IT'S OK MOMMY!
Craft--made paper lanterns!! Snack was graham crackers and frosting and "RED STICK" (licorice)!! Tuesday after nap we had planned to go to Mrs. Fun's house but change of plans and I took G to the Gretchie park instead! It
was so hot that she crawled under my legs --I was sitting on the steps and she curled up under my legs and said lets go----funny girl!
**Wed--Baby Boogie--she loves this class! Storytime/Craft --made a bumblee bee sack puppet. Checked out Horton movie and more books--- asleep on the way home again. After nap---Mrs Fun's house with Zaq (7) Quinn (4) Cooper (2) from 3-5pm and of course it was hot hot hot and 100 degrees!! They have a huge blow up water slide they shared with her this afternoon---(I GOT NO PIC) But she just played in the botto
m and would not go up-----she had fun !!! In fact when it was time to go and they deflated it she said I am still playing!! We were invited back ----
This is the same child who stood on the towel and refused to put her swimsuit on and was dripping with sweat for the first 30 min we were there! She then asked to go potty and I took her suit in to the bathroom and she put it on (SMILED AND SAID LET'S GO HAVE FUN!!! (gee)(could she be modest so young--which is good)
**Thursday--we went grocery shopping since I had nothing left--we were there quite awhile and talked to four different people we knew!! She fell asleep in the car and then my friend Shanna and Seth (5) and Jenna (19 months)came at two from Walla Walla!! They stayed for dinner and left at 7:30 pm! What a fun day catching up--Mary stopped by for a couple hours also. Shanna taught with me at McNary the four years I was there--and stayed with us one weekend a month when she got her Master's degree! Gretchie had a fun fun time playing with her new friends----she played in the dirt outside and went to bed. 
**FRIDAY--VBS!! She made a Chineese scroll and had raisins and a fortunate cookie. She read and read her fortunate--stuck the paper in her pocket! We had hotdogs at noon and then they had carnival games for the kids--she loved her tied purple balloon animal. We left church at 1:30 pm and she kept herself awake the whole way home by singing---we then watched DORA and rocked and she still stayed awake-after an hour I decided to go claim my $100 first place we had won back in April off our electric bill and get our rodeo box seat tickets and buffet dinner tickets!!! G was so tired and would not get in the carseat in the driveway----laid down on the floor and said I don't want to go----after punishment I buckled her in----I did not want to get her out at the UEC office but had too--She had her blankie, elephant, tied balloon, and new rubber tiger from VBS! The clerk thought she was so cute--I still was exausted from trying to give her a nap and putting her in the car. The lady hande
d G a Ty beanie animal--and it happened to be an elephant (THAT IS NUMBER 10 stuffed elephant) The girl needs NO MORE ELEPHANTS!!! Gretchen's reaction was adorable OH THANK-YOU SO MUCH --ELEPHANTS ARE MY FAVORITE!! I AM HAVING AN ELEPHANT BIRTHDAY!!! (I had to hug her on that--no prompting on my part just plain cute!!!) It made my day --plus the clerk was talking to the other lady when we left!! SUNSHINE EVEN IN THE MIDST OF NO NAP!!! She fell asleep at 4 when we went to get Papa Murphey's Pizza-I woke her 15 min later when we got home.Played with older neighbor kids and bed!
This photo is Gretchie pouring herself a cup of water--she is quite self sufficient she thinks---ha!
Of course I am always asked what in the world do you do when you don't work??? Hello--I have a two year old and love every minute of it (ok--not all minutes but you understand..........) ALSO--LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER IS NOT TRUE AT OUR HOUSE---We are on the move-------------------------
**Sunday evening--Funland (no pic)
**Monday morning I took "G" to VBS from 9 am to noon---She did pretty good considering it was 3 hours--For craft we made monke
y name tags!!For snack we had rice and a pizza snack--she did TRY IT! At 11:30 am during the last song she laid down on the floor and just had had it----I thought oh no here is a big fit-NOPE I scooped her up and we left-whew---never know the mind of a 2 year old! Just plain tuckered out--teheee!
Oh yeah and the theme of VBS was CHINA--sooo Sunday morning the dragon float (from the 4th
parade) was in the corner of the foyer---she was scared to death to even go in the front doors of the church! So when we pulled up to church on Monday the front was decorated wth colored posters of monkeys---(she sometimes freaks out with monkeys and hides and says she is scared--MY PERSONAL OPINION--play it off and she is fine---Last summer a monkey jumped at the 
plexiglass at the zoo and she cried!!--so I think its a hidden fear----then what did we do buy her pink monkey sheets not even knowing---it took forever to put them on -she now loves them) So with the monkey posters outside on the church and then the Chineese dragon inside---it was a rough start (BUT no TEARS) (Just very CLINGY)Talked about VBS all day--so I took her back Tuesday--Monday afternoon we took the paper binoculars she got at the zoo and looked for ANTS 
outside and then made a ant hill with brown construction paper and ink pad and then raisins----HOW FUN!!!**Tuesday--VBS--walked in by herself past the
posters and dragon----ahh! Looks at me and says THE DRAGON IS NOT SCAREY---IT'S OK MOMMY!Craft--made paper lanterns!! Snack was graham crackers and frosting and "RED STICK" (licorice)!! Tuesday after nap we had planned to go to Mrs. Fun's house but change of plans and I took G to the Gretchie park instead! It
was so hot that she crawled under my legs --I was sitting on the steps and she curled up under my legs and said lets go----funny girl!
**Wed--Baby Boogie--she loves this class! Storytime/Craft --made a bumblee bee sack puppet. Checked out Horton movie and more books--- asleep on the way home again. After nap---Mrs Fun's house with Zaq (7) Quinn (4) Cooper (2) from 3-5pm and of course it was hot hot hot and 100 degrees!! They have a huge blow up water slide they shared with her this afternoon---(I GOT NO PIC) But she just played in the botto
m and would not go up-----she had fun !!! In fact when it was time to go and they deflated it she said I am still playing!! We were invited back ----This is the same child who stood on the towel and refused to put her swimsuit on and was dripping with sweat for the first 30 min we were there! She then asked to go potty and I took her suit in to the bathroom and she put it on (SMILED AND SAID LET'S GO HAVE FUN!!! (gee)(could she be modest so young--which is good)
**Thursday--we went grocery shopping since I had nothing left--we were there quite awhile and talked to four different people we knew!! She fell asleep in the car and then my friend Shanna and Seth (5) and Jenna (19 months)came at two from Walla Walla!! They stayed for dinner and left at 7:30 pm! What a fun day catching up--Mary stopped by for a couple hours also. Shanna taught with me at McNary the four years I was there--and stayed with us one weekend a month when she got her Master's degree! Gretchie had a fun fun time playing with her new friends----she played in the dirt outside and went to bed. 
**FRIDAY--VBS!! She made a Chineese scroll and had raisins and a fortunate cookie. She read and read her fortunate--stuck the paper in her pocket! We had hotdogs at noon and then they had carnival games for the kids--she loved her tied purple balloon animal. We left church at 1:30 pm and she kept herself awake the whole way home by singing---we then watched DORA and rocked and she still stayed awake-after an hour I decided to go claim my $100 first place we had won back in April off our electric bill and get our rodeo box seat tickets and buffet dinner tickets!!! G was so tired and would not get in the carseat in the driveway----laid down on the floor and said I don't want to go----after punishment I buckled her in----I did not want to get her out at the UEC office but had too--She had her blankie, elephant, tied balloon, and new rubber tiger from VBS! The clerk thought she was so cute--I still was exausted from trying to give her a nap and putting her in the car. The lady hande
d G a Ty beanie animal--and it happened to be an elephant (THAT IS NUMBER 10 stuffed elephant) The girl needs NO MORE ELEPHANTS!!! Gretchen's reaction was adorable OH THANK-YOU SO MUCH --ELEPHANTS ARE MY FAVORITE!! I AM HAVING AN ELEPHANT BIRTHDAY!!! (I had to hug her on that--no prompting on my part just plain cute!!!) It made my day --plus the clerk was talking to the other lady when we left!! SUNSHINE EVEN IN THE MIDST OF NO NAP!!! She fell asleep at 4 when we went to get Papa Murphey's Pizza-I woke her 15 min later when we got home.Played with older neighbor kids and bed!Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Saturday July 5th
FUNLAND PARK--and boy were we having fun until mommy went down the slide and sat in someones coke! Talk about disgusting but trying to stay on the positive side of life--here are the photos!! Since I stayed up until close to 11 pm watching fireworks---I was very bossy and cranky and fought going down for a nap! The afternoon was better and mommy ran to WalMart without me because I did not want to take my new Dora suit off!! We BBQ hotdogs played and made homemade icecream!!!!
ELEFUN GAME!
WHILE we were in Spokane I priced the elefun game for her birthday(October)....It was $24--way to high for a kids game in my pocketbook! So I settled for another very cute elephant game with peanuts that was $13! When we got home that Friday 6/27 our neighbor across the street washaving a yard sale--and h
ad the ELEFUN game--she charged me $2--which I should have offered lower but boy did "G" have a blast with it---well worth the $2.00!We have not been home since to play with it
-ha!!
FOURTH OF JULY!!!
WOW-what a packed full day! We started out at 8:30 am Pancake breakfast in the Park (Stanfield--10 min away) We then watched the parade and cheered on the church float! We stood by Corinne(Mrs. Fun) and Cooper (2yr) Cherilyn and Brooke and Clara all from church! We then went birthday shopping for Cole (our nephew). Bimart and Big 5---Nap at home--then we drove to Walla Walla (one hour) went to Big 5 because they were out in Hermiston and honored our Oregon sale price!! Safeway to pick up whipping cream !! Looked at some propety and on to Papa and Nana's for kabobs and icecream cake!!! YUMMY!!! Fireworks at 8 pm and G rolled down the hill with Aunt Sheila and then daddy played with her!! She was so excited all day and kept asking when is the 4th of July!!
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VERY FUN DAY !!!! EXAUSTED ---LEFT WW AT 11 pm--home at midnight!!!! |
Tuesday 7/15
SHORT EDITED POST! I posted three very cute smilebox photos(my opinion) (probably Amma and Nana's opinons too)teehhee! They were of Gretchen and my week in Spokane June 23---27th! These were extremely difficult to add for some reason I kept getting error remarks---FINALLY POSTED and ENJOY!!!! The post is under I am still here post!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
I AM STILL HERE........
The lack of posts has been due to the fact this week has been BUSY BUSY BUSY!! Nonstop and full of fun and no time to download photos since the 4th of July! I even woke up at 6:15 am Sunday 7/13 just to finish laundry and straighten the house before church! But guess who decided to wake up 30 min after I did---ahhh love that girl!!!! Thought I had at least an hour!!! She took wonderful 1:45 to 2 hour naps this week up until Friday ---downright refused a NAP--so she fell asleep on our errands at 4 pm! I let her sleep while picking up the pizza and home but woke her after 15 min! Saturday we were busy all morning fell asleep at 12:40 on the way home and transferred her to her room and 30 min later woke up with smiles and said I AM DONE TAKING A NAP!! IT WAS A LONG NAP ---UH MOM?? GREAT!!! So guess who I took to the party at two with me---my party girl!!! AND boy did she have FUN!!! I even did--not wanting to take her to a suprise 40th birthday! Daddy stayed home and we were gone until 5:30 pm!!! Ok--I also have to download my photos from Wed to Sat. so I can take MORE PICS! We are leaving tomorrow for Wilsonville for the week (Lee's last training week). Maybe I can catch up while I have Hspeed a the hotel---assuming G takes a nap--she is really funny this week and has started asking when she wakes up WHERE ARE WE GOING TODAY? --Since it was VBS this past week ---
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