Building with Daddy

With another baby coming, we needed to make some space in the crib. Which means, Emily needed to get into the toddler bed, and Josh had to get a new one. Since Peter loves to do woodworking projects, we decided he'd make a bunk bed. We use the top for storage, and Josh sleeps on the bottom. Here are some pictures of the kids helping Peter with the hard work. This was actually done back in mid-June, but I've just been slacking on the blogging thing lately.


Emily helping drill some holes. Josh found the sawdust to be quite entertaining. Here he is dropping on the ground.

Josh's turn with the drill. He's got it figured out so that Daddy doesn't even have to help hold it.

Crescent Beach

On June 11, we headed over to the Atlantic Coast to a beach called Crescent Beach. You know what the sad part is? This was our first trip to the beach since we moved here 2 years ago. Wow! Have we been missing out. The sand is so pretty and soft. And the kids had a blast. Here are a few pictures of our short time there. I say "short" time because after we had been there for about an hour, it started to rain. We waited a couple minutes, but it became apparent fairly quickly that the storm wasn't going to pass. The temperature dropped a full 25 degrees, and the wind picked up, so we were off to the van as soon as we could get there. Oh well. At least we know now what we've been missing, and we already have another trip to the coast planned for my birthday weekend in a couple weeks. Yeah!

Building an "ice cream cone." Can you tell that Peter doesn't make it to the pool with us much? Talk about a farmer's tan. So much for living in Florida for him. ;)

The kids loving every minute of the beach.

Josh is off to find more sand. Can't use the stuff right next to him. Gotta get the prime stuff over there.

Close up of Emily. This isn't the shot I was going for, but I think it turned out so cute!

Just a nice shot of the ocean and beach.

New(ish) Hairdo

Peter has always wanted me to get a perm. He tried to help with an at-home perm kit several years ago. That didn't take at all. So, I decided a few weeks back to go and have it done professionally. Here are the results.

Before

Have you ever done boomerang curlers? OUCH!!! This was sooooo heavy. And it took 3 hours. So, just for future reference, this will be the only perm Peter gets to see me with. Sorry, honey. Hope you enjoy it! :)

After

Blueberry Picking

A few weeks ago, we were invited to go to the blueberry patch with some friends. Josh still mentions the blueberry patch. He had such a great time.


Josh and Elizabeth picking all they could reach.

Emily was so satisfied with her job... eating all she could find. If you look closely, you can see the remains of blueberry on her cheeks and chin. Life can't get better than this, can it?

Peter's favorite fruit is the blueberry. I think he was the most intent of anyone to fill up his bucket as best as he could.

Vacuuming

So, I remember vacumming was one of Josh's favorite activities when he was Emily's age. Of course, he still really enjoys it. But so does Emily, now. Hopefully this will keep up through the teenage years. ;)


Emily at 16 months having a blast with the chores.

Josh at 22 months, insisting that he can do it all by himself.

I have such good and sweet helpers!

20 Week Belly

It's a...

Thumb sucker! Sorry to tease you there. But we decided that since we have a boy and a girl already, we'd try out the surprise method. The baby is healthy, has all its parts. And loves to suck its thumb. And wow! Look at that bicep! :)

I am actually really thankful we went in hoping to not find out because the baby was breech, and the ultrasound technician said that's the hardest position to see. So, even the technician never saw whether we were having a girl or a boy. I would have been sorely disappointed if I'd wanted to know. But I guess this baby was just listening to its mommy's wishes.


We'll know more come the end of October. :)