So far the only thing consistent about this blog, is that I’m
inconsistent in updating it! But that
shouldn’t surprise anybody that knows me!
We are now officially half way thru with our 12 week program. We only have 2 more days to finish this week,
then next week is a short week here and long weekend at home (yay!) and then we
will only have 4 weeks left! I really
can’t believe how fast this has gone. This
week has been a slow week of fun activities because Adeline has VBS until noon
and Drew is doing 5 sessions this week.
We usually have Thursdays free and that’s when we go on our
adventures. Monday night Drew and I had
dinner and hung out with our dear friends from Knoxville that are also doing BB
with their son. We went bowling today.
The kids weren’t much into it like they were the first time. Drew was more interested in the video games
and poor Adeline was just wiped out from VBS.
At least I got to bowl. I didn’t bowl
the first time we went because I didn’t know how much I would be chasing Drew
around with the arcade just outside the lanes.
I didn’t do too shabby considering it’s been a REALLY long time. My high game was a 135. That may be a little inflated thanks to the
bumpers. We had a lane that didn’t have
the automatic bumpers. The kids played a
couple of video games, we got our 50₵ wings and went home.
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| His feet are facing the bowling lanes and he is staring at the arcade! |
You may remember we took last week off from BB and stayed
home for the week. It was VBS at our
church and it was also Abby’s birthday.
Well let me tell you, that week kicked our arses! Saturday I helped Matt move some farm
equipment between the barns. And not that this is related to BB but I saw a
baby red fox hanging out beside the riding ring!
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| Baby red fox |
Sunday was Father’s Day and family fun night for VBS. Sunday seemed to set the tone for the entire
week. The kids and I spent the entire
day at church helping get ready for the kick off. The theme was Jungle Safari so we had a
petting zoo come set up in the parking lot.
They had miniature goats, full size goats, a donkey, some alpacas, a
bird and a snake that gave me the heebie jeebies just being in the same parking
lot! Much to my surprise, Drew actually
went inside the fenced off area WITH the animals!! I couldn’t believe it. AND he pet the donkey and brushed an
alpaca! AND he didn’t go running for the
hills when he saw the bird. He used to
be scared to death of birds. When my
aunt was staying in an assisted living facility they had a bird off the lobby
and it was everything I had just to get him to go inside the building. Thank the good lord above he wasn’t
interested in the snake! A couple from
our church also brought these really cool pedal karts for the kids to
ride. They are like go-karts only you pedal
them. Drew loved them!
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| He was acting like he didn't feel good so his new friend Jessie was carrying around a bucket and he decided he would wear it on his head! |
After that long day, Matt got an alarm call
from work at 11pm. We had just gone to
bed about 20 minutes earlier. He did not
return home until after midnight TUESDAY!
He worked 25 hours!! God love
him. Abby had a dentist appointment on
Tuesday so we went straight to church after that and hung out so Matt could
sleep. I have to say I’m really impressed that
he was not an ogre for the next couple of days.
Wednesday was Abby’s 13th birthday. Matt surprised her and came home for lunch
and brought Chick-Fil-A. Then we all
went swimming for a little while. I
think she really enjoyed that. She kept
saying I wish daddy could come home for lunch every day. Then
I took her to the AT&T store so they could activate her new iPhone. She had the guy at AT&T cracking up the
whole time. She was so excited about her
phone that she couldn’t stop cutting up!
She was a riot! He finally looks
at me and says “You have your hands full don’t you?” And I was like you have no idea! Next up was VBS. They sang happy birthday to Abby during the
opening ceremonies. I missed it because
I was up in the kitchen helping get snacks ready…bummer! Our sweet friends brought her a vanilla frapp
from Starbucks and our children’s minister’s boys made her homemade handprint /
footprint cards that were the cutest thing I’ve ever seen!
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| Birthday Swim |
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| Abby's birthday cards |
Abby had her birthday party Thursday night. She had a couple of friends come over and
spend the night. My family came for
dinner. Abby’s favorite dinner is tacos
so I made up a taco bar. That day was
crazy! I went shopping for all of the
food at 1pm. Her friends were to arrive
at 5pm and dinner was supposed to be ready at 6pm. Don’t ask me how but I managed to pull off a
pretty nice taco bar and it was ready by 6:30!
We had corn hole and four square set up outside. It was a lot of fun. I made the girls waffles, bacon and fruit for
breakfast and they all got picked up around noon. Abby told me that was one of her favorite birthday
parties because they just got to hang out.
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| Drew and Geoff |
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| Corn Hole |
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| Four Square |
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| Taco Bar |
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| Breakfast |
On Sunday, Abby left for Passport Choices camp in NC for a
week and Drew and I headed back to GA Monday morning. I’ve missed having Abby here with me.
And now back to Drew
- On Father’s Day, I whispered to Drew to tell his
daddy Happy Father’s Day. He turned to
Matt and said Happy Father’s Day daddy!
In the past he would have whispered it, copying me.
- During VBS he was sitting in the floor playing
with Lightning McQueen. Next time I look
over at him there is a circle of boys around him and they are taking turns
rolling Lightning McQueen to each other.
This is a pretty big deal that a) he let other kids touch his toy and b)
he didn’t run away when they sat down with him!!
- Taylor came over on Abby’s birthday while we
were in the pool. When she came up the
driveway Abby said “There’s sissy.” Drew
said “That’s not sissy, that’s Taylor!”
- He really tried to play four square at Abby's birthday party. He did pretty good too!
- While we were swimming he sang the entire Happy
Birthday song to Abby by himself clear as day.
- Sunday while we were swimming I asked him to
swim across the pool for me (all of 12’) and when he was done he stood up and
said tada!!
- I asked him to turn the TV down a couple times
and I finally told him to turn it down or I was going to shut it off. He looks at me and says “Are you serious?”
- Saturday I had to take a sample to Children’s
hospital. While we were sitting at the
light at the exit ramp he yells “baseball”.
Back in April, we went to a UT baseball game and took that exit to get
there. His memory is unbelievable.
- He played in a mud puddle at the playground! I know this doesn’t seem like much but this
is typical boy behavior. Not something
he normally does.
- Today, Amanda and I took the kids to Once Upon a
Child. After bowling, Drew says “I want
to go to Once Upon a Time house. I didn’t
even know he knew the name of the store!
- He continues to eat different things every once
in a while.
It’s now 11:30pm and I’m exhausted so I’m going to wrap it up
for now.
Until next time,
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| Abby was experimenting with watercolor pencils |
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| Drew copied Abby and he wrote 2014 |
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| Sitting on Geoff's shoulders while they play Mario Kart |
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| Playing in a mud puddle at the playground |
