Whatcha doing?

We have been busy lately! I had a rummage sale this last weekend on Friday and Saturday. Friday was pretty much rained out and Saturday was just plain slow. I think we will attempt another one in the fall at my MIL's house since she probably has more traffic. That finished, we have been having lots of friends over, for dinner, for sleepovers, for playdates etc. Morgan's best friend Lainy stayed overnight with us last week. Then Morgan had a playdate with her friends Kirstin and Kenneth on Saturday night and we are headed to a friends house for dinner tonight since Robert is golfing today for the RTMA and won't be home until late.
I took both kids to the doctor today for "well-kid checkups" and they are....well that is!:) The doctor thinks Morgan is kind of light for her age (31 lbs at 4.5 yrs) but otherwise they are both doing great. We are planning to be more consistent with their diet of no-dairy and no-wheat to see if that will help her gain some weight. What a blessing for them to both be healthy though!! Morgan has discovered the joys of bike-riding thanks to a bike that we got from Lainy. I will post the video below. Notice that she is still not the greatest at steering, you should see the marks on the walls!! :) Oh well. It has been fun to see her enjoy it.
Rylan James is teething...again..sigh. I posted some video of the one and only thing that gives him relief right now...his beloved fussy. Notice that he carries around a spare one. Smart boy.

Fields of flowers..

The kids (Morgan especially) love to pick the "flowers" that are growing in the front yard. So I have fistfuls of these lovelies in cups of water all over the house. Rylan brings them to me one at a time and Morgan brings me handfuls of them. Very sweet! They are so proud to them to me and I have to be careful not to discard them or they get very upset.

Aint he cute!!!?

Snappers game and Father's Day

We decided to take Rob's dad to a Snappers game for Father's Day. It was actually pretty fun for the kids though they did kind of melt-down by the 7th inning. Morgan surprised me by consenting to sit on the mascot Snappy's lap for a picture. Rylan was having none of that, so no pirctures of him.

They do some fun things at the game to keep people entertained, including games for the kids and a raffle. Here is Robert (his brother in the red shirt) explaining the raffle tickets to Morgan.

Gotta have popcorn at the game! Popcorn was about the only thing Rylan could eat there and he was pretty enthusiastic about it.

All in all it was a pretty fun day...we left before the game was over but I guess the Snappers lost. Oh well. Happy Father's Day to grandpa (and Rob too) anyway!!

Mama found the camera, see what we've been doing....

I finally located my camera (acutally Robert found it, thanks honey!). We have been busy with outdoor projects, indoor painting, part-time jobs (mine) vegetable plantings, jet-skiing (Robert)yard work and so on. The kids are loving the yard here and Robert's idea to put the playset out in the "woods" at the back of the yard was a good one. It is always shady and cool back there so no one minds being outside for lone periods of time. I bought the swingset on Craigslist for $250 and the playhouse for $50. Good buys, both of them. The swingset just needed some stain and some sand and we were good to go. Daddy has to put the slide up still but other than that, it is pretty much done back there. We have also put stairs off the back deck, a retaining wall off the back sliding doors and "grow" boxes along the side of the house. Whew! We have lots of other projects in the works, including a rummage sale in two weeks but we are taking a break for a while to enjoy. Hope everyone is enjoying the summer!