I have a full diaper bag, a picnic lunch,
blanket, and the works, all ready to go to a playgroup then a
picnic lunch and puppet show today. As I’m about to put Eve in
her car seat, Lex says “Don’t want playgroup. Want to stay
home. Want to read to myself.” Hmmm…. what can I say. “OK” So
here we are. Instead he spent the morning doing his new
favorite activity — “read” every book on the shelf and make a
huge pile as he goes. Luckily he’s a good boy and puts them all
away (with a little help) when he’s done. Then we had a picnic
lunch on the floor in the office. He was thrilled! I have some
pics but I’m having technical issues so I can’t get them up at
the moment. Maybe later.

Lex’s favorite blanket seems to have
disappeared into thin air. I’m very confused by this. The poor
boy has had to fall asleep twice now without it and he’s none
too pleased. Actually, he cries about it but it doesn’t really
seem to have much affect on the total time it takes him to
settle down and go to sleep. We have searched high and low and
in all sorts of random places. I’m eager to find it just to see
the odd place he chose to hide it. I’ll keep ya posted.

My 4month old baby is doing so well. She’s so
happy and can now hold things in her hands and bring them to
her mouth. I think she has begun teething because everything
goes in the mouth, though she seems to prefer her hands best of
all. She also likes to be on her belly and push up to watch Lex
play. Today he brought toys over to show her and they really
seemed to be interacting. So sweet.

PS. Happy August!!!

We usually put Eve in the shower, but she was
pretty dirty and a shower wasn’t feasible, so I put her in the
baby bath yesterday. She’s getting a little big for the tub,
but she loved it. This picture cracks me up :)

I just noticed that Eve is 3yrs, 3mos, 3
days and Lex is 2yrs, 2mos today. That’s kind of
neat.

My friend Michelle had her baby yesterday!
Yay!! Dylan has a new baby sister — Caitlin Lee. She’s tiny,
6lbs 12oz, tinier than any of my babies :) She was also 2 weeks
early. I guess they fatten up more when they are in there three
weeks longer! Anyway, congrats to their happy family!

Remember that book? Good stuff.

We went blueberry picking on Sunday. Lex was in
such a mellow mood and Eve slept for most of the time. It was
really nice. We brought a big white bucket and two halloween
pumpkins to fill, then sent Lex on a mission to find the
blue-ist of blueberries. He did pretty good. My friend said
that early-season blueberries are great, but after what we
found I still hold to my belief that mid- to late-August is
really blueberry time :) But we got a lot of decent berries and
so I decided to try my hand at blueberry jam. Lex and I started
it this morning (washing, squishing, etc.) and I finished it
while he napped (boiling hot berries and canning). I have to
let it sit for 24 hours, so I’ll let you know tomorrow how it
came out.

For the second time today we are in the car waiting for
Alan. This is how I’m amusing myself. Wish I had my book!

Weird that some of these came out
bigger than others. Cell phones are weird.