Monthly Archives: July 2016

Lex is a well child

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We went in for Lex’s 11year well child check up today.  No surprise, he’s a well child! The inurance only covers one per year (of course!) so they end up getting farther and farther from his birthday each year. He did have to get some vaccinations, which he handled like a champ!  By his standards.  There were some tears, but he used some deep breathing techniques and got through it.  I was very proud of him.  We opted not get the HPV vaccine this year.  Maybe next year.  Maybe not.  We’ll see .  

He is 57.5″ and 114lbs.  Growing right up! 

4th of July

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We celebrated a quiet 4th of July this year.  No plans during the day, then the usual fireworks party with friends in the evening.  Now that we have a wagon we decided to give walking a try.  It was great!  Everyone was a bit tired on the way home, but not bad at all and so much nicer than sitting in traffic!

Off to the fireworks!

Thanks for the filter, Snapchat! 😄

The mandatory hill rolling. The grass was very dry and prickly, but that didn’t stop them for long!

Cuddle time with Daddy

Sparklers. A friendly police officer came over after a few minutes and told us that sparklers are considered “personal fireworks” and therefore not allowed. Oh well.

King Lex

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She’s back!

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We picked Eve up from camp today.  She was so bouncy and happy to see us!  We all had brunch together, then Eve gave us a tour of (some of) her favorite places.

Someone was happy to see little sister!

Siblings reunited!

Brunch in the dining hall. (Ignore that pile of carbs on Lex’s plate.)

Eve took us on a tour of her favorite places. (This is kind of a trippy picture!)

See the pretty horses.

She told us stories the whole way home and then went right to her room and almost cried from exhaustion.  I thought she would take a nap, but she listened to music and worked on a friendship bracelet while I took a nap!  😄

My favorite story came when I asked if she got the package I sent her with the disposable camera in it.  She brought her toy camera to camp, but it takes terrible pictures and probably ran out of battery, so I made a special trip Wednesday to the drug store and post offic to get her a camera.  I envisioned pictures of her friends and her counselors and the horses.  Ya know, camp pictures! I had plans to make copies of some of them to share with the other two families.  My plans evaporated when I ask her about the camera and she said, “Yeah, but it was really confusing.  I mean, it had no screen so I didn’t know if the pictures were good, then I couldn’t figure out how to make it work, and I think it needs something called film?!”  I was laughing so hard!!

Now the neighbor kids are over.  We couldn’t say no to them because they are leaving tomorrow for a month long vacation!  I think everyone will sleep well tonight.  I know I’ll be happy to have Miss Eve back in her own bed.  ❤

PS. Lex and Asher saw the camera on the counter after I unpacked Eve’s stuff.  Eve peeled off all the stickers and wrappings so its just a weird black box.  Lex figured out how to take a picture, but I had to show him how to scroll forward to take the next one.  The boys took a few pictures of each other but got bored when they realized they couldn’t immediately see them. Hahaha.

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