Random phone pics. . .

His curls are back! This kid is so dang cute.

Just kickin' it pool side . . .
MMMM watermelon! Summer's back! (of course that was in like May cause now it's so stinkin' rainy and cold!)
So we were in search of free summer activities and found ourselves at the library. They had different art projects, this one included 3-d glasses to view their own chalk art. Thatcher was diggin the glasses!

So here's what happens when school's out. . .

She created an entire restaurant worth of food out of paper and markers, labeled her store "sweet tomatoes" and was constantly taking my order!

Here Gretchen drew her cousin, Katie, in her wedding dress (they are getting married in July). They funny thing here is that Katie is refusing to wear a veil (which her mother would really like her to wear) and Gretchen has clearly drawn her with a veil (and a hat as Katie said!). Oh, and note the chewed end where the dog got ahold of it. Stupid dog.

Gretchen's fun hair color from the school carnival (yay it didn't rain!)

The Easter cousins in Grandma Adler's coordinating outfits!

Camping and a lost tooth!

So as a kind husband, Chris took the kids camping, as a weekend off for me - and didn't even invite me! It was great! I think I slept about 11 hours and didn't even roll over once! Yeah, so my kids still don't sleep through the night - what's it to you? I must just be so remarkable fabulous they can't go more than a few hours without me near them! he he

Kickin' it at the campfire with cousins and aunt and uncle Moore!

pretty sure the highlight of the trip were the smores!
And of course the playing in the fire with their sticks, which would NOT have been allowed had their mother been present. . . moms can be such a drag.

So Gretchen had this loose tooth for about 6 weeks (it seems forever) and she kept wanting us to wiggle it. One night Chris talked her into letting him pull it. We couldn't believe she agreed, she is kinda a sissy, and we expected lots and lots of crying and whining. She was so excited! No crying or anything!

There is a slight look of terror in her eyes here . . .

Friday, June 19, 2009

Phoenix Zoo March '09

Susie, Katie and Sydney came down to visit us in March (in Arizona) (yeah I'm just finally going through the pictures!).


No one panic! I haven't cut his hair again - these are from March!

Thatcher loved the goat petting area
He had a hard time with this rule. . .
Yee haw! Who doesn't love a ride on a wild boar!

Katie checking in with the fiancee (about every 5 minutes)

Gretchen's last day of AZ school -

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Funny over-hearings . . .

Gretchen: "Thatcher don't go inside right now. Stay out here and waste your time with me!"

Thatcher: "Me Star Wars."
Me: "You want to watch Star Wars?"
Thatcher: "Yeah."
Me (knowing he's never seen star wars): "You mean Iron Man?"
Thatcher (very excitedly): "Yeah, me that one!!"
This was repeated for about a week, always the same.

Thatcher, when wrastling around, "Me nice bad guy!" (again in reference to Iron Man!)

Thatcher, when growling, "Me naughty monster! Arrrrh!"

Thatcher: "Me pock-i-sle."
Me: "No you already had a snow cone."
Thatcher: "No me snow cone, me pock-i-sle."
Me: "No. No popsicle right now."
Thacher, with a foot stomp: "Ahh. DANG IT! Bama (aka grandma) me no pockisle. Dang it!"

He's a funny kid. His cute curls and handsome little face leave me giggling even when he's mad.

Gretchen has finished kindergarten and is excited to go to first grade (after a fun summer of course!). We've planned some camping trips for the summer, and a celebration of cousin Katie's marriage! Some more pictures to come . . .

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