I know that they may be difficult to see, but I tried to snap two shots of Harvey's teeth.
He got the top four in on Saturday the 16th. The full moon must have brought out his inner werewolf. He did howl a bit around midnight.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Toofers
I know that they may be difficult to see, but I tried to snap two shots of Harvey's teeth.
He got the top four in on Saturday the 16th. The full moon must have brought out his inner werewolf. He did howl a bit around midnight.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Family Vacation 2008
This summer, we drove the family up to Patten Lake to stay a week at the family cabin. Grandma and Grandpa Allord drove up with us and stayed with us about 4 1/2 days. It was very nice to have them there. Their extra hands and attention helped ease the burden of watching our two kids. We got to take a nice boat ride (Harvey's first time), catch some fish, go on a very short 4-wheeler ride and take a day trip to Eagle River.
We were sad to see Grandma and Grandpa go in the middle of the week. We were left constantly wrangling the kiddos. Harvey was extremely interested in the wood burning stove. Although it was never lit, he managed to touch any part that would cover his little hands in black soot. Mind you, black soot is not the easiest to clean off a little boy that is very squirmy. The dog's water dish was upturned several times as well. Andy was able to fish off the dock with Rowan at the shore. She threw stones in the water, giggled, then threw in more stones. The first time she proclaimed to have to use the bathroom, we decided it was time to teach her how to use nature's amenities. After the first go, she thought it was the greatest thing in the world. It's always a proud moment when your daughter is stripping off her underwear just as two men motor past in their pontoon boat. "Rowan, sit down in the water!" She didn't sit, but at least she waded far enough to have water up to her navel. Pontoons go slow, and they were looking.
When we visited Eagle River we got to check out some neat stores. At the kids' toy store, they had a lot of cool toys. Rowan got a bucket of plastic food and a plastic fishing rod/fish set and Harvey got a nice "touch and feel" book. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa. All the toys were enjoyed by both kids. Rowan wanted to go out every day and practice fishing with her little set. Eventually she started to use the rod instead of just picking the fish out of the water with her hands.
The weather was in the mid 80's most days and there was a slight breeze most of the time. Rowan did get to play in the water, but there was no official family swim this summer. There really were no injuries, however the mosquitoes all decided Rowan had the sweetest blood. It didn't matter how much bug spray we put on her, she ended up with a million bites - which she scratched.....constantly. So, some bites ended up needing band-aids. Poor kid....she took one for the team.
Since the departure of Grandma and Grandpa Allord had a big impact on our fun cabin activities, we decided to leave a day early. If we were going to be chasing kids 90% of the time, we figured it would just be easier to chase them at our own house where we had more gates and toys.
We had a lot of photos from this trip, and instead of loading them all to this blog (which take a bit of time), I figured it would just be easier to post a link to the vacation album at photobucket.com .
So here's the link, you may have to copy and paste it in your browser:
http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k81/janea1313/June%202008/Lake%20Patten%202008/
We were sad to see Grandma and Grandpa go in the middle of the week. We were left constantly wrangling the kiddos. Harvey was extremely interested in the wood burning stove. Although it was never lit, he managed to touch any part that would cover his little hands in black soot. Mind you, black soot is not the easiest to clean off a little boy that is very squirmy. The dog's water dish was upturned several times as well. Andy was able to fish off the dock with Rowan at the shore. She threw stones in the water, giggled, then threw in more stones. The first time she proclaimed to have to use the bathroom, we decided it was time to teach her how to use nature's amenities. After the first go, she thought it was the greatest thing in the world. It's always a proud moment when your daughter is stripping off her underwear just as two men motor past in their pontoon boat. "Rowan, sit down in the water!" She didn't sit, but at least she waded far enough to have water up to her navel. Pontoons go slow, and they were looking.
When we visited Eagle River we got to check out some neat stores. At the kids' toy store, they had a lot of cool toys. Rowan got a bucket of plastic food and a plastic fishing rod/fish set and Harvey got a nice "touch and feel" book. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa. All the toys were enjoyed by both kids. Rowan wanted to go out every day and practice fishing with her little set. Eventually she started to use the rod instead of just picking the fish out of the water with her hands.
The weather was in the mid 80's most days and there was a slight breeze most of the time. Rowan did get to play in the water, but there was no official family swim this summer. There really were no injuries, however the mosquitoes all decided Rowan had the sweetest blood. It didn't matter how much bug spray we put on her, she ended up with a million bites - which she scratched.....constantly. So, some bites ended up needing band-aids. Poor kid....she took one for the team.
Since the departure of Grandma and Grandpa Allord had a big impact on our fun cabin activities, we decided to leave a day early. If we were going to be chasing kids 90% of the time, we figured it would just be easier to chase them at our own house where we had more gates and toys.
We had a lot of photos from this trip, and instead of loading them all to this blog (which take a bit of time), I figured it would just be easier to post a link to the vacation album at photobucket.com .
So here's the link, you may have to copy and paste it in your browser:
http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k81/janea1313/June%202008/Lake%20Patten%202008/
Approaching 3
I made Rowan scrub the wall. She colored on it with crayon and that is not allowed at our house. She did a good clean up job, but I had to put in some of my own elbow grease too.
And if you step out of the kitchen, make sure all off-limit items are out of reach. I guess I left the nail polish on the kitchen table. It was a good thing I had a plastic table cloth on the table. She got polish on her hand, the table cloth and two drops on the plastic place mat.
No, it doesn't get easier going into the third year. How much longer till college? 16 years? Good grief.
No, it doesn't get easier going into the third year. How much longer till college? 16 years? Good grief.
Monday, August 11, 2008
My test results....
 | 75 As a 1930s wife, I am |
I saw a link to this 1930's test on a friend's blog and just had to try it. I was quite surprised at the results since I thought I consider my house a mess and I'm not all dolled up by 6 am everyday.
So funny!
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