Click-Clack Mafia: July 2009

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

No More Training Wheels

It's a big day in our house, while Jason is taking the bar exam in Tampa, Natalie can now officially ride her bike without training wheels!! We tried last week for a few minutes and today she gave it another go. Her confidence soared after a few rides with me chasing after her assuring her I would not let her fall. I got my workout for the day and she can now do it on her own!

Sunday, July 26, 2009

End of July

It's Sunday evening and Jason is putting the finishing touches on his massive study effort that he embarked on in May. He heads out tomorrow, Mon, for Tampa to check into his hotel. The bar examination will be all day Tuesday and Wednesday. I've been both amazed and impressed with his perseverance and commitment to studying. I didn't expect anything less, but still! We wish him much luck and know he will do great! He won't know his results until late Sept.

While he's been away preparing, we've been enjoying our summer. Here's some of what we've been up to.

L feed herself some yogurt while I was cooking dinner. You have to look closely to see the damage.

V had a sleepover with L...the first of many I'm sure.

The girls having a lemonade tea party with their tea set from London.

Mary and the girls taking a walk on the land behind our house. The sandhill cranes are regular visitors.

Without the zoom.

They came back with treasures of an eggshell and feather.

Princess in a plastic teapot...she's a crazy kitten.

V is very into fairies :) She has some fairy houses and even hand sewed a fairy dress.

One of L's favorite activities is to get our neighbor to push her around in the babydoll stroller. Here she doubled her pleasure by carrying the kitten at the same time.

We hit Daytona Beach this week and enjoyed the sea, sand and friends.

After we played by shore, we headed up towards the pool, but L had other plans. She was really impressed with the soft sugar sand. She sat right down and enjoyed herself.

L has been into babies lately. This morning she wouldn't put this one down to eat her cereal. What a good mommy.

Sporting Grandma's high heels.

Natalieisms-

N has been complaining her room is too hot and she would like a fan. Jason got her one and Mary brought over one for her the same day. Mary said she'd take her's back and N replied, "No, I'll keep it, I need lots of blow."
I always want to remember the million love notes Nat gives us that she writes "ILY" for I Love You.
N saw a bible chapter and verse on her vacation bible school craft "John 3:16" and told me - "that's the time in case you need it."
We were talking about how the brain sends lots of messages all over her body. Her response was, "It's really busy!"
"Mom, I don't know how, but some how salt water got in my tears."
I told the girls we were having frozen pizza for dinner. She says, "Mom, I don't want it frozen, I want it hot!"
While she was riding her bike she says, "Mom, it's hot can you bring out a fan?"
"I have go to the bathroom really really super 100 bad!"

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Princess

Meet our newest addition....Princess (guess who named her)

A 4 year old girl's dream....her very own kitten to love and play with.

Natalie takes very good care of her.

Our other 2 cats are not very excited to have an additional feline in the house so they hiss at her a lot. Daisy, on the other hand, is so incredibly sweet to her. Princess feels very safe with Daisy.

She sometimes thinks Daisy is her own little jungle gym.

A baby kitten's nightmare...Lauren!

"I'm gonna get you kitty!"

"Gotcha"

L now knows she isn't supposed to pick up the cat and when I yell at her to put her down, she'll drop her then run, knowing she shouldn't have picked her up. We're really hoping the cat is smart and fast enough to keep herself safe from L. (Actually, since it's been a few days L is getting a lot better about picking her up.)