It's Just Too Hot

It is way too hot to put effort into anything... including blogging. Our swamp cooler's not working right and we're hoping someone will come to fix it today. But the past several days our thermostat has read in the 90's- degrees, that is. It does not affect our moods in a positive way. Sigh.

Kite Day

The other day, Nichole decided to make a kite. She had a piece of paper and a pair of scissors and a pen and made a "kite."

She had me tie a piece of yarn on it so she could take it outside to fly it. Jr. again wanted to be like his sister so he took a piece of paper that he'd cut some bits off, quickly drew something on it, and had me tie a piece of yarn on it.

He was too wiggly for a non-blurry picture.

So, we went outside and I took some pictures of them "flying" their kites.

Ah, imagination and creativity are a wonderful things.

Happy Father's Day

To a great husband and father who works so hard to take care of his family. We love you always. Hope you get some rest on this Father's Day.

Inspirational Thought

The other day I was driving down Geneva Road to go walking with my sister-in-law at a park. I passed a sign that said the following and I wanted to share it:

The only people you should get "even" with are those who have helped you.

My Picky Eater

Maybe my mom will know this one. Was I this picky in this way when I was younger?


I was so thrilled the other day when I was going to fix dinner and Nichole said that she wanted broccoli and carrots. Hurray. I hope she actually eats them. So, we went to the frozen vegetables- Normandy Blend from Costco- anyone else get that? It's so handy. All vegetables that I will eat. Nichole let me know that she only wanted broccoli and orange carrots, not the other things. I let her know, well I will eat the yellow carrots and the cauliflower. So, we put them in a pot to steam while the rest of dinner was made.
When it was time to eat, I neatly divided up food for her in different sections on her plate. She often doesn't like her food mixed, whereas I'm the person who, at a buffet or potluck, will have things piled on top of each other, cherry pie running into my mashed potatoes. So, neatly divided into different sections. She let me know where to put the carrots and where to put the broccoli. Perfectly satisfied... until she was about to eat. Then she got upset because the vegetables were warm. Of course they were, we warmed them so we could eat them. She didn't want warm carrots and broccoli, she wanted them freezing. Sigh.
Well, I made her wait until I was done eating my carrots and broccoli and cauliflower, then I got the frozen vegetables back out of the freezer and gave her a few pieces. She was perfectly content. She ate them that way. And she was happy. She ate quite a few, too. She was picky enough to care about which vegetables she ate and how they were prepared. In this case- freezing. Sigh.

But what can you say? She's eating her vegetables, right? This is the girl, who for a long time, refused to eat something if it was green. She's eating that green broccoli now... as long as it's frozen.

The KAT's Meow

Me: How you doing, Nichole? You worn out?
Nichole: No. I'm just tired because I did lots of sweeping with my broom.

I can't think of a good title for this one.

After Thursday's show at the library, we were DONE. They were cleaning up some of the decorations when one of the library workers offered to make Nichole a skirt from the little streamers that they'd been using. Of course Nichole was very excited about it- especially since it was purple.

The lady was sweet enough to make one for Jr. as well.

He sure likes to be like his big sister.