That's My Story

Strawberries

Jacey had her sink bath last night. Joel and I were cleaning 3 flats of berries from Sam's. She decided to dig in and eat up! Love the juice running down her chin and belly:) We had a very full day Wednesday but did get a lot done. The day today continues to be busy as we try to get ready for the holiday week-end. Swimming lesson finishes up tonight. Then back to the pool with Mara! She is excited to get in the water. I'm enjoying my new iPod touch and the typepad app. It great for short updates and pictures too!

The cast is off

Mara got her cast off today:). It is healing well. It will be hard to keep her from over using it this month. Her next check up is July 21. We are off to the Thursday night!

Jacey

Jacey loves the sand box! She crawls right in and plays for the longest time. She is getting big. No walking yet, but getting close. Being outdoors is something she loves. Eating is a close second. Jacey eats everything we feed her. Favorites are Papa's strawberries and asparagus, cherries, pears, and peas. She says Mama and daddy but not to many other words. Miss Jacey is at a very fun ages and we love to watch her grow!

New roller blades

Aubrie is taking a roller blading class this summer. She got her new rollerblades today. I did get her to try them out after a lot of nervousness! To her surprise if was fun! I think she will love it.

Joel's birthday redo

We had a nice birthday redo for Joel last Wednesday. Mara broke her arm on his birthday so we thought a redo would be good. Nana made a great supper of turkey and fixings. She also had cake! Some deer visited Papa gardens too! We could watch them play it was fun!

Mara's cast

Today we got Mara's new cast. It has puppies cows and is green.

Random things from our house!

We went roller skating last night for the 99th birthday of Girl Scout. It was so much fun!  Mara has not even made a sound yet end it is 8:30.   Aubrie and Mara had never been skating before.  I have not skated in many years.  It was fun to watch the girls learn to skate.  Aubire took many falls.  Her knees and elbows show it this morning.  She was so determined to skate.  It was about 2.5 hours we skated.  Aubrie only stop to get a drink once and she was back at it.  She did get going pretty good by the end of the night.  Mara was a bit better on the feet than Aubrie.  She did take some fall to but not has hard as her sister.  She skated most of the time but did take a break to eat pizza and pop.  Aubrie ate hers cold in the car on the way home.  I had fun and am glad I skated with them.  It’s like riding a bike you don’t forget how.  Here are some pictures

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Miss Jacey is getting very big too!  She is starting to stand up to things.  We find her all over the house and sometimes in some trouble as you can see in these photos!  Yes she is in the turn able cupboard in the kitchen!

 

She still army crawls most of the time but can crawl on her hands and knees.  She is eating mostly all table food already.  She still likes sweet potatoes some days for baby food but that is about it.  She loves to get anything she can of her sisters stuff as most kids do!  Wednesday she was very quiet I found her in the laundry room putting socks in the dogs kennel.  Bella was then eating them. 

We have all been healthy for some time now.  I think about 2 weeks.  I hope it stays like that. 

We are excited to get the new camper in a week.  Everyone is ready for camping season and hopefully some warm weather!  

you and me go together By: Aubire

you and me go togethr like appls go with penenbutter

and fowrck goes with a spon you

and me go together like the stars go with the moon

and a eggs go with bacen

you and me go together!

Found this while cleaning her room last night not sure when she wrote it.  I found it very cute.  It is just as she had written it.

From the Kitchen of

The kitchen remodel is coming right a long.  I do have some before and now pictures.  It is not finish yet.  It has been changing to have meals this week.  Monday Nana cooked for the kids.  Tuesday was Subway.  Last night frozen pizza.  Tonight ????? I was hoping to have a functional kitchen but do to some remodeling fun.  I’m not sure what we will have.  Our children have also been hit with a stomach bug.  Jacey got sick last night and seems to be ok today.  Miss Mara is still ill.  She is resting now.  I’m hoping she is over the most of it.  Here are some pictures!

 

In these picture all that is finished is the new floor.  Today the new counter is being installed.  It’s not going the best because someone measured 9 inches to long better long than short.  It will make the dinning room side a little smaller than we planned.  I did gain 2 feet on the kitchen side.  That will be very nice.  More pictures tomorrow I hope.  It will depend on if the last child gets sick.  

G is for Gingerbread House

We made our first house last year.  It was a fun time.  So a got one on clearance last year for this year.  The first house was $10.00 this years $2.00 and it is bigger.  I guess old gingerbread is cheaper than new.  I saved the first one so we’ll see if we improve in the skill of gingerbread work.  This years is much bigger!

So the last child got sick on Thursday night.  I so glad I had so much done for Christmas early this year.  If I need I would be feeling very overwhelmed.  I haven’t got much done but rock ill babies.  I was feeling very sleep deprived.  I did get a good nights sleep last night.  I think I was so tried I just slept because Joel said he was up with Jacey and Mara a couple of time.  I didn’t hear a thing From 11p.m to 6:30 a.m.  I feel much better today.

We did get to the house over the week-end.  It is fun and frustrating.  We started it before Aubrie’s program so it could dry.  When Joel went to milk we decorated it.  I forgot how hard it is to get the candy to stick.  The girls helped out for awhile and then it became my project.  Aubire did come back and put some finishing touches on.  I give you the next piece in the gingerbread village.