We went to the airport to see Dave and Joy Forney & crew today. They're here for 2 weeks, then off to the East Coast, and then back in Sept. until January. We are so excited to spend time with them!! We got to see Alan & Theda and their little granddaughter, Ella, and Angie and her 5 little blessings, and Pat and Rakel Thurman, too! There were 15 busy kiddos around us! Very fun!
Modest tank tops--anyone know of any? I wore a tank top today that appeared to cover things well, but then at the airport, I picked up Ruby, she held onto my shirt, and wa la, there was my colorful bra, right as I was standing there talking. Oh my!!! I just edited an article and wrote more about *modesty* to post on Serious Moms. *Oh my!* Sorry to everyone who saw it!! Help! I need good, modest tank tops!
I bought yellow shoes several months ago and I'm never brave enough to wear them. They look a little to shiny, I think, but I think that's in? Well--I keep debating "should I just return them??"...Today I am wearing a shirt with yellow, it would have been perfect. But I'm not that brave. Oh me oh my!
I planted 4 tomato plants my brother gave me on Sunday (he got SIXTY free tomato plants!!! He planted about 50 in his yard--they have 3 acres now!). NICE! The plants were almost dead on my back porch. I hosed them down every now and then, but they needed to get in the dirt. Well, they're in it today!
I picked raspberries with the kids, in our backyard. I've been getting a lot, recently (a big colander full the other day), but only 1/2 a bowl today since the kids (especially Ruby) were eating, eating, eating them up before they went in the bowl! That was fun though--except for the bees! And I think I got a spider bite or something--my arm started stinging, and there were two tiny little holes that were bleeding, and then it puffed up and got pink around there. It's calmed down now, but I'm wondering what that was?
Kaleb got lunch on the table. Since we don't eat gluten, the kids simply had lunch meat (no bread :) and some Pirate's Booty, and a jell-o snack out of the fridge (all sale items!) and some of those tasty raspberries. Mmm.
My right thumb is hurting, right under the nail, because right after the kids ate lunch, they all went down for nap, except for Noah, who helped me shell a bunch of peas. We spent 30 min working on a full grocery sack of peas and got just enough for 1 meal. :) It's nice to be able to spend time with just 1 kid. He was the only one interested (he wants to be a farmer, and I told him farmers do this :). He kept calling the peas "babies" that he was getting out of their mommy's tummy...oh he's so cute.
This week the boys have gone to VBS 3 days at the local 4square church. I have had 3 mornings from 9:30 to 12 to just hang out with Ruby. We went grocery shopping every day (Deal shopping!). We went to Target day 1, then Albertsons, Walgreens + Target day 2, then Walgreens, Rite Aid & Fred Meyer day 3. Anyways, just going with her was such a nice treat. I taught her where her ears, elbows and knees are. We worked on the ABC's. We sang a few songs (She's perfecting "Holy, Holy, Holy," it's VERY cute!!). I taught her that she's "ONE" and she has "THREE" brothers. :) She was such a big girl--she walked with me a lot and didn't require me holding her. She got her very first Starbucks drink (a water!) and soon after choked on it (requiring me to pull over as I was driving!). :) She loves the big red balls at Target and shouted "BALL!" right as we drove up, and wanted to hit them all as we walked up to the store. OH she is so cute!
I scheduled well-child check ups for all 4 kids next week, and cardiology appointments for Isaac & Kaleb for the end of July (they have bicuspid aoritc valves and should go every year, but I think it's been 1.5 or 2....Yikes...). I am worried about two things with Kaleb:
~~He has started coughing after physical activity. Maybe a bad habit (Karry said he did that for a while when he was a kid until his dad told him to stop it). Maybe asthma? I want to get him checked out, just in case.
~~He says that his chest hurts, often. Today at nap he said it hurt (now he's sleeping on the couch right by me so I can keep an eye on him). His chest pounds very, very hard, even resting. He pointed to his sternum and said it feels like a giant is pushing down on it really really hard...and then he said, "well, maybe not really, really hard, just really hard." Kaleb was born with a huge sternum and a lop-sided looking rib cage. When he was a baby it stood out to me and made me worried that something was wrong with his heart (it was very big around his heart, and smaller on the other side). It's not as noticeable now that he's bigger, but it still makes me consider that now that his sternum area is hurting all the time. I'm worried about what could be going on with him? Huh!? Any thoughts? I said to Karry "maybe his rib bones are just all too big there and now that his heart is growing as he gets bigger, there's pressure in the area. Karry said "huh, I've never heard of that. " :) Me either, but it's a theory. :)
I've been working on a new, improved Serious Moms with rss feeds and css and includes. Oh yes--I've been learning. :0) Or--uh--Karry's been learning & helping me! Someday soon, coming to an internet near you, SeriousDads.com. Someday! :)
Tonight is our last night of t-ball, and my coach hubby and half-the-team-boys will get to go play with their team for the last time. Then we have a picnic and awards tomorrow night. 1 trophy per team, for the kid with the most team spirit or something like that. My kids aren't getting it, and I'm ok with that, less junk. They might be disappointed though. Oh well. I want to build a shelf up high in their room for things like that. We've got 2 soccer trophies, and piggy banks and Mickey Mouse hats could go up there too. Maybe someday. :)
There were coupons in this last Sunday's paper for $2 off of Starbucks ice cream and it's $2.50 at WalMart this week. We'll be in Hubbard for t-ball, so we're taking a quick trip to the WalMart in Woodburn to get some ice cream! :)
That's all!! :) Have a great, sunny day! :) :0)
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