August Adventures
Can’t believe it is September already. The summer has just flown by and we have been busy enjoying every minute of it. I just finished stripping the salmon colored paint off our deck. I read the back of the container and it said to use a bristle brush to remove the paint, so I went to the store and got myself a brush. After spending a few hours scrubbing this stuff off, my friend informed me that it would be much easier to use a power washer. My hours of work could have been completed in like 5 minutes (in her words). So I guess I’ve learned a little bit about decks and paint and how much work it takes, and now I know for future reference what to do. I’m loving having a home and figuring out how to do all these home projects that just seemed like easy things for Mom and Dad back in the day. Live and learn, eh? I ran out of light by the end of my project, so I was out there holding up a flashlight in one hand and scrubbing with my brush in the other. I’m sure my neighbors think I’m nuts and I wonder what it will look like in the morning? Maybe I’ll end up using a power washer after all. No, I think it will be fine, especially since there’s some other wood prep product we are going to put on too (our association had the decks painted last spring, but the guy did a poor job with his sprayer, so now they supplied stripper and paint telling us if we wanted it redone, we had to provide the labor ourselves). Not too happy with that, but I think the deck will look nice once it is done.
Dan’s at the hospital on call tonight. He surprised me when he called and invited us over to eat dinner with him at the Cafe San Marie (that is the employee cafeteria in the basement at St. Mary’s Hospital). So the crazy crazies (as I often call the boys) and I headed out to see Daddy for a little while over dinner. One lady at a table next to us was watching us and commented that the boys sure can get what they want. She said they were like 2 little balls bouncing around and we were just talking through it all. So maybe it wasn’t the greatest night out as far as the boys being on their best behavior. I’m still trying to figure out exactly what she was saying. Sometimes I just try to ignore the craziness instead of getting upset, thinking that if I don’t acknowledge the bad behavior maybe it won’t be as noticeable. Guess I was wrong. It was quite the adventure none-the-less, and hey, I had no cooking or dishes. Heaven.
Well August is now over and we have been having so much fun. I think I’ll recap with pictures and captions of the some of the fun things we have been up to.
We took a family trip to the Olmsted County Fair. It wasn’t quite as fun as usual since we got there the day it opened. They somehow forgot to mention that all the carnival rides and games wouldn’t be open until the second night. So we just enjoyed the animals and food. The owner of the little calf in the picture below brought him over for the boys to pet. The calf was still huge compared to the boys. Michael is not the biggest fan of animals and refused to pet him.
We had an outing with “Aunt” Meghan to the Zollman Zoo. It was especially hot that day. I specifically remember because we’ve had very few hot days this summer. Apparently we have never seen the whole scope of the zoo (even though we’ve been there quite a few times). They have this old house/farming tools, bison, and deer. We’ve never taken this little trail across the road to see the rest of the park. So it was quite an adventure. Michael didn’t like the buffalo.
Davey got his hair cut. Our little baby is growing up so fast. I tried to use the buzzer on a longer setting but his hair was so fine it wouldn’t cut until I went a bit shorter. He was just a good boy and just sat there happy as can be.
I got a hair cut. It was quite the experience this time, having to go back in and have someone else fix the “bite” out of the back of my head. It seriously looked all jaggedy. The right side is still longer than the left in the back (this is after the other lady fixed it). I still need to get this taken care of. Mikey and I were posing for a few shots together to show off my new look.
Davey celebrated his first birthday. And what did I do for his birthday? Scheduled a well check doctor’s appointment and gave him 3 shots in the legs. After re-evaluating, I think we’ll save appointments for a day or two after the birthday. But hey, we got stats exactly a year to the day he was born. I even got confused with his percentages from a year ago when looking at the chart. He’s 43% length (2.5 feet), 39% weight (22lbs), and 75% head circumference. The shots in his legs didn’t seem to bother him at all. Michael seemed to take charge of the rest of the day’s festivities. He made sure all David’s presents were opened and the candles were blown out. He tried to facilitate when everything would happen and after so much begging I even let him open one of David’s presents before we started our little celebration. To be honest, it was hard to enjoy David with Mikey taking over. Michael loved it. Dan and I were exhausted trying to keep David’s toys away from Mikey so David could enjoy them. Note to self: don’t start a birthday celebration at 7:00pm at night, especially when there is a 3 and 1 year old involved. If I hadn’t scheduled the doctor’s appointment, maybe the cake would have been ready before dinner. Another note: don’t make a birthday cake the day of a birthday (especially if making one from scratch). It takes up to much time from enjoying the day together. Mikey decided we should make a carrot cake for David. It was delicious, but a little too much work in the end. All in all, it was a fun-filled day. Happy 1st birthday David!
Michael is learning to ride a bike with training wheels now and Davey can now walk, clap, wave, point, shake his head no, grind his teeth, and say all kinds of things, one of my favorites is “ought oh” when he drops something. He’s found a new spot to sit under the piano and has this new huge smile with now 4 top teeth coming in, it is just so funny. He cracks me up. Mikey and he love to rough around with each other. I just don’t seem to understand it but when Mikey and he roll and pull with pillows and blankets even though he seems to be getting smooshed David just laughs and loves it. Yes, these are my crazy crazies and we have so much fun.
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