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Summer Fun

Ah, they grow up so fast, don't they! Seems like yesterday that Olivia was crying over going through the door at preschool (and kindergarten) and now she's going into 2nd grade. I need to take a deep breathe on that one. Not long ago I was posting pics of Logan finally sitting up and now he's walking all over the place and getting into everything! Wonder if I'll still be posting when they graduate and get married?? LOL

So it's been really hot here, like everywhere else and our pool is now currently filled again (rich felt the need to drain and refill). So we haven't done much to beat the heat other than stay inside with the central air on! Logan wants outside 24/7 and it's no holds barred when he wants out. He's being awful about it and throwing raging fits about not being able to go out! Oh, the life of a almost 2yr. old.

I have finally started to think of trips I want to go on and go see this summer, I'm still brainstorming over some things. This should be a fun summer if everything works out.

Below are some really cute pics of Logan wanting to really figure out the muffler Rich and his dad were trying to put on and it just got priceless after awhile. Then he figured out I was laughing and taking pics of him doing it and then he kept going back over and being funny.

Logan's shirt says "What's Not To Love", it gets the girls every time!

Happy Father's Day

Nothing much has been going on here lately, to really speak of. The weather has been fantastic and the kids have been playing themselves out at night running and never stopping. I think the weather is going to play a factor in going down to the lake tonight for a free concert .

I keep plugging away on spring cleaning the house. That what happens when you have a small house and have to keep going through stuff and getting rid of it and shifting it here and there to make room :( I hope one more week and that will be done and then we can get down to summer vacation. I do soon want to go to Pa. for a week and this year I AM going to see the Flight 93 memorial. So we will see where we decide to end up at this year. I am getting anxious to get going places. Ok, I'm off for the weekend. Happy Father's Day to all dad's!!

Oh, those lovely signs of summer. We have had some really gorgeous days here lately and we have taken full advantage of them. Life is getting easier the older Logan gets (yes, I will bite my tongue on that later), so I decided this summer we were going to take full advantage of getting out and doing stuff again. First trip was to pick strawberries. This went so well, I almost have to pinch myself! Logan found a piece of hay (he's into pointing everything with a stick lately) and kept himself occupied poking the strawberries and plants........whatever, he kept him busy! Olivia couldn't get over how many (acres) of strawberries there were, and just how many we could pick. Fun was had by all and Logan managed to keep his piece of hay with him to the car.

Busy hands are happy hands!

Olivia had my camera outside the other evening and was going to town taking pics, and I have to say, she's pretty good at it. It's funny sometimes to look at what they see and why they see it, after all aren't we too busy to notice the little things in life..........

I just can't believe how much Logan's grown and how much more he is doing. It just thrills me when he's in the yard playing on his own, oh how I longed for this day for so long!!

Schools out for summer!

Sorry for the title, you know you all have that song in your head now. Olivia's last day was Thursday and I'm learning once again this summer, busy hands are happy hands. Believe me, if all I had to do every day was play with my kids,life would be grand! She can't find enough to do to keep her busy, I guess it's going from being busy every minute of the day at school to be home every minute of a day now. Logan seems to like having her home all day now, keeps him occupied with someone else here. Above is her art award she received on Wed. and very proud of it she is. I think there may be more in her future........just saying.

Can we fix it? Yes, we can! Such a boy.

Let me see how exactly you do that dad, so I can do it next time. Can't you just read his mind!

Logan has grown so much lately, physically and mentally. He's understanding more each day and is doing awesome outside playing. Needless to say, he loves it outside and don't try to bring him inside. He is also into hiding things he has in his hands, which is quit comical sometimes. You will find his cup when your not even looking, just happen to stumble across it in the cupboard or take the other night when I tore this house apart looking for his toothbrush he ran off with only to find it 3hrs. later in the silverware drawer. It has become kind of funny looking for this stuff cause you never know where he could put things. Rich's truck keys down in the couch, on purpose! What a boy!

It's good having a big sister to ride you around when your feet will only likely reach pedals in 2 more yrs. (i joke). Didn't think he would stay seated, but he loved it and it kept the two of them occupied for awhile.

I finally got my hands on the newspaper article with the list and pics in of the Springfield book! I cannot tell you how excited we are!!

Once again we awoke this morning to a surprise out front! Like I have said before, "you just never know what you are going to find in this yard!" A turtle was a pleasant surprise until the neighbor tried to take it away to his pond and found out it was a snapper!