More Than Just Breastfeeding...sort of
Ailey was asked by her preschool teachers how her mom was doing and she replied with "Oh she's just breast feeding, breast feeding, breast feeding!!" (Apparently her teachers got quite a kick out of that.) Although it does feel like the majority of my time IS spent breast feeding we do occasionally get out and do a few things. Here's what our family has been up to lately:
1.) Nervous Nelly
Right now I'm a bit of a nervous overprotective mother. Reilly is at 6th grade camp for a few days. This is BIG. This is her first solo trip somewhere without the family. This requires me putting faith in other people to keep my child safe and even more putting my faith in Reilly that she will take the lessons that we have taught her and put them to good use while out on her own. I'm sure she is having a great time but I will be glad when she is back home on Friday!!
2.) Geocaching
We have been having a lot of fun geocaching lately. This lets us get out, enjoy the weather, do a little hiking and look for treasure. Plus...Kameron and Reilly have both gotten very good at working the GPS...a good life skill right?
This particular day not only did we find lots of hidden treasure but we also found a lot of ticks!! Ticks are so revolting. Ugh. Ailey had to have a field trip cancelled and another location found due to a huge tick infestation at the original spot and apparently there is a tick problem up where Reilly is at camp. Gag.
3.) The Trek
The kids' school had their yearly walk-a-thon/fun run called the Trek. They had a great time! Tyler took the kids. I stayed home with the baby and Ailey. Reilly and Kameron came home exhausted. Kameron ran 18 laps!!
Reilly and her friend Breanna (Do note how Reilly has jazzed up her Trek T-shirt...and yes...she has it tightened up in the back too.)
Kameron and his best buddy Jonathan
Reilly is a member of the ASB so she got to work a shift at the concession stand. Tyler snapped a picture to document Reilly ACTUALLY working. Miracle of Miracles...we needed photo proof. Around our house she does a lot of "acting like she is working"!! :)4.) Trying to get a decent picture of Bryn smiling.
She is a smiley baby but stops the minute you try to get a picture.
Crazy picture but I love it!!
I think Bryn looks just like Tyler in this picture...if her hair was red and she had a little football tucked under her arm she would look just like Ty in one of his baby pictures.
At last we have some success...a little sly dog grin.5.) Cleaning up the disaster of our yard that Crazy Ernie left in his wake.
Tyler did do something that I have been begging him to do for over 5 years...he removed the fence in our front yard. I hated that thing. Does anything spell white trash more than a chain linked fence in the front yard? I expect the Outsiders to rumble in front of it or Ponyboy jump it. Thankfully, it is finally gone!! Yahoo.
3 comments:
You have been making me laugh with your last few posts. I'm glad you are enjoying Bryn so much. That's the point of breastfeeding, I think. We get to slow down and bond and gaze at our beautiful babies.
I love geocaching but not ticks. Gross.
Breanna is so grown up! That's the crazy thing about reading all of your blogs...your kids just keep growing and then when you show another person I used to know, but haven't seen in a while, the time since I've been gone seems like a long time. The trek is so fun, though.
Wow, you have been crazy busy! Love that cute little baby. Can't wait to see her.
So, guess what? Jason is up at 6th grade camp with Jonah. The buses were one hour late picking them up and Jason came home while he waited. Mrs. Hentges had given him the list of kids in his group and Reilly is one of them and so was Samantha T. Jason wanted me to call you and let you know and I totally spaced it. We will have to get together so Jason can tell us all about it.
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