My Little Linus...

Fun at the Pool

Jana and Rachel's apartment has a very nice pool, so we've been having lots of fun swimming this summer...

Carter had a great time with his goggles.  I had to keep "accidentally" dropping toys into the pool so that he could retrieve them for me.  He also told me that he and Raeleigh waved at each other under water and "it was like they were having a conversation UNDER WATER!"  Pretty cool.

 Lydia and Meleah loved to kick around the pool in their little floaties.  Meleah kept herself entertained by switching from the green star, to the blue star, to the green circle, to the yellow lifejacket, to the blue boat...

Grandma spent most of her time taking care of babies, whether she was in the pool or not.  Gotta love Grandma!

We spent hours and hours in the pool during the week that my mom was here and my back got totally FRIED.  It's 50 spf for me from now on.  Meleah and Carter got a little burnt too, even with the 50.  Who knew you had to reapply if you're going to be swimming for 5 hours?! 

Proud Mommy Moment

One of my kids apparently cleaned up a mess they'd made without me even asking them to!!!

A Little Announcement...

Vegas, Baby!

My kids were reminiscing about our trip to Las Vegas last Thanksgiving...

Meleah - "I throwed up in Las Begas!"

Lydia -  "Yeah, and I throwed up on the sidewalk!"

Carter - "I threw up in Lost Vegas too.  It splashed ALL OVER the bathroom floor!"  

Good Times

Human Digestion

On the way home from my sister's house at 10:30 pm...

Carter:  I'm sooo hungry Mom.  Can I please have something to eat?

Mom:  I don't have anything for you to eat.

Carter:  But I'm so hungry and if I don't eat something I could DIE!

Mom:  You're not going to die Carter, you've been eating all night.

Carter:  Yes huh, I'll digest myself!

Mom:  You can't digest yourself.

Carter:  Uh huh!  One time my stomache growled really loud and it hurt and I digested myself!

Mom:  Well, you've had plenty to eat today and it's bedtime when we get home.

Carter:  You don't take care of me, Mom!  You don't even care about your oldest son!

Cam

Cameron

 - likes to whack people to get their attention.  Pretty funny when he does it to Carter or Bob...not so funny when he does it to kids his own age. 

 - lays down on the ground with his face in his hands and his bum in the air if he's sad/in trouble.

 - has a very expressive face.  I can usually tell exactly what he's thinking with just a glance at his beautiful blue eyes.

 - loves to be chased.  Especially around the parked cars in our driveway where all of our neighbors can see me "run" after him.  

 - picks around the meat on his plate, no matter how much I try to mix it in.  This is probably why he was anemic for about 6 months.

 - brings me the remote, then plops down in front of the TV to watch Super Why or Backyardigans.  

-  loves music.  He dances around when there's music on TV, but when I put music on my computer he knows it's time to clean up and starts piling toys into any box/bin he can find. 

 - has an excited giggle when I get his bottle/sippy.  He did the same thing when I was about to nurse him, and I'm so glad that I still get to hear the giggle.  It's so cute!  Yes, I know he's too old for bottles.  He takes a sippy, I'm just slowly weening myself from the hour of "me-time" that I get when he's laying around slurping his bottle. 

- has always been kind of a noisy breather.  I could usually hear his little intake/outtake of air before he even entered the room.  Turns out he had a chronic sinus infection that caused it, but it was cute until we discovered that!

- always grabs a piece of food really quick before I take him out of his chair, no matter how long he's been sitting there staring at it. 

Cameron's Dictionary -
uh-oh - I just dropped something on purpose so that I can watch you struggle to bend over and pick it up.   And yes, I am going to drop it again if you're stupid enough to give it back to me. 

ahm/Ma-Ma - me!

Daddy - Randall (duh)

no, no, no - this should have been his first word along with uh-uh-uh because that's what he hears the most.

bah-bah - bottle, sippy...anything that he wants at the moment, but usually edible items.  For some reason he always says this in his most angelic, high-pitched voice. 

hee hee hee - said with crinkle nose and squinty eyes either when he's being mischievous or when he thinks someone is messing around with him. 

go-go - Let's go! 

ow - unfortunately he says this quite frequently.  My last two kids can be a little clumsy at times (pretty much whenever they're awake, and even sometimes when they're not.)

uh go? -  Where did it go?  (said with upturned hand and lifted shoulders)