It is officially summer

Daddy brought home a watermelon today. Summer is upon us! (Only 6 more days of school!)

Both kids ate their weight in melon, but Sammy seemed to enjoy it the most.

Links! Time to Browse the Web

Summer Projects
Dress for Anne

Or maybe this dress instead

Sammy's birthday theme?

Use up Sam's old t-shirts

Be housewife-y

A plan for Anne's dollhouse (currently in storage)


Someday Projects

Headboard

OTHER Headboard

Bookshelves/Nightstands

Farmhouse Table

OTHER Farmhouse Table

Mudroom Lockers

Laundry Room Pedestals

OTHER Laundry Room Pedestals (I need a non-leaking washing machine first)

Recipes

Chocolate Bread (made this already...amazing)

Microwave Chocolate Cake

Dorito Casserole (how white-trash did I feel typing that?)


Other Fun Blogs

Felt So Cute

Diary of a Quilter
Blue Skunk (library-related...be warned)

Remodelaholic (ack! Love this!)

Debbi Does Dinner

Prudent Baby

Kelly's Korner

Simply Step Back

Photo Catch-Up: Randoms

Sammy, enjoying his toy grill. Garage sale find!Anne trying her new tricycle. She was so proud when she pedaled it all by herself.
Yes, these kids cry sometimes...especially when tired...
But they usually cheer up pretty quickly!

A Set of Sweaty Sams

Father and son, in matching red shirts:Finally did some picture uploading last night--more photo-centric blog posts to come!

Whose kid are you? Oh yeah, your dad's.

Anne cracks me up some times. There are days when I see her and think "Ugh, you are my clone!" and other days "Wow, you are your father." (Funny how when she is bothering me, it is because she is acting like me....)

Last night we walked over to see Sam playing roller hockey. Anne was walking around the rink with 2 new toys--a Jessie and Bullseye set from "Toy Story", compliments of Nana. She was enthralled with them, but when another little girl wandered over, Anne blew me away. She said "Hi! These are my new toys. Do you want to play with them with me?" And she held them out and let this other girl take one and off they went.

Now, if that had been me at age 3, I would have looked at the other girl, rubbed my toe in the dirt, and turned the other way to find my mom. So shy! I'm glad my daughter has inherited her father's ability to socialize. She should have no problem making friends at preschool (though she may drive her teacher crazy!)

Cute Words

Both kids seem to be saying adorable things each day, and I am not doing a very good job of writing them down!

Last night Sammy swallowed funny and got a piece of food in his throat. He worked it back up himself and I said "Are you okay?" He replied, "Uh-huh. Owie. Have some milk." and took a chug from his sippy cup.

One of my favorite "games" with my kids is to sing a song or read a book and leave out a word, then wait for the kid to fill it in. Last night Sammy impressed me by filling in all the gaps I left while singing "Jesus Loves Me" He even tries to sing--so cute!

His fave song, though, is the Wild Anthem. I have been singing him this song since day 1, and now he asks for it by saying "hockey song? hockey song!" until I give in. It is a very boy-appropriate lullaby, in my opinion :) He is very good at filling in words in this song, too. Listen to it here: http://youtu.be/nvxQa9Z7z6g

Our neighbors have a 3-year-old grandson named Landon who spends a lot of time at their house. Anne, being the social butterfly, always notices when he is outside and runs over to the edge of our yard to say "Hi". For some reason she has a hard time saying "Landon" and always says "Andalyn". Last night they were playing together and it was time for us to go in for supper. Anne said goodbye and Landon kept calling "Annie, come play with me" and she kept yelling back "Andalyn, I said 'after supper!'"

After church on Sunday Anne was with me in the kitchen and she started singing, "Savior, he can.....my God is mighty to save, he is mighty to save. Forever.......he conquered the grave, he conquered the grave!" I said "Did you sing that in church today?" (I was on nursery duty that morning). She said, "Yep, we sang 'Conquered the grave'" Turns out they didn't sing it that day, but we've sung it before and it stuck with her. It was so cute to hear!

Here's a link to the song I'm talking about, if you don't know it: http://youtu.be/pYqogpLpC5Q