July Photo Dump (Part 2)

A life jacket at dinner, just in case.

 Addie entertained Garrett while he laid on the chair for almost 20 minutes refusing to swallow his bite of vegis.  He finally swallowed them.

 A play date with baby M.  We never got a good picture, but we tried pretty hard.

 Late night cookie makin'.

 This girl is determined.  We went to three stores in the shopping complex, and she carried this bag from the furthest store to the car.  It was a long hot walk, but she wanted to help!

 I guess she's seen me push the cup buttons, because she does it now too.

 A free community car wash and BBQ.

 National Ice Cream Day.  Any excuse to eat ice cream on a hot night.

She was bored while brother was in Utah for a week.

 At dinner, arm in arm with Daddy.

 Vegi pickin' with my baby girl.

Paul had a day off so we headed to South Coast Plaza.  Garrett insisted that he push the stroller.

 He'd push as hard as he could and she how far she would go.

 The kids loved The Land of Nod almost as much as I did.  I could spend a lot of money in that store.  (If I had a lot of money.)

 "Look mom! No hands!"

 Addie swept the kitchen for me, holding her purse the whole time.

Photo Dump: St. Paddy's, family dates, etc.

Since it's Easter and the end of the month, I figured I better cover St. Paddy's and some of March...

 Family Date Night- "Fries and Ice Cleammm!!"

Family Fun Day #? ...We've kind of slipped on Family Fun Days. (Paul's weekday off on his on-call weekend.)  "Garrett, where should we go to lunch?"  "Out-in."

"Hiiii!"

"Mom!"

"Nigh-night, Dad."

St. Patrick's Day:  Cookie Making.

I squeezed some food coloring in the milk and waffles.  But I've been sneaking spinach into so much lately, that everyone is used to green tinted food and no one even noticed.  

It was a beautiful day, so we went bird chasing at Rose Hills.

 Watching a train go by.

 I love this picture.  Both feet off the ground.  Happy face.  Pure joy.

Gifts we sent to Taylor, Samira, and Baby Will.

Dinner. (by my FIL)

I was tucking Garrett in, and he kept flipping his hand back and forth saying, "no mom, turn around"  I finally figured it out that he wanted the tiger-striped furry side of his blanket against his body.

Lulu's Toes.

Checking out his haircut while brushing his teeth.

She won't eat oranges, but she pulls them from the fridge and out of the fruit bowl and carries them around all the time.  She thinks it's a scented ball.

Helping me sew.  Always, always, 'helping'...

I saw on Pinterest that #6 plastic works the same as shrinky dink.  We happened to have a #6 to-go box in the fridge, so I tried it and it worked!  It's so cool watching it shrink.  But the permanent marker scratches off easily so not a good idea for jewelry, mostly just to scribble and have fun.

just 2 or 3 more posts and I might catch up.