Look what we woke up to practically in our back yard last week! I heard the loud swooshing sound that a hot air balloon makes and knew there was one very close. I ran to the door to look and found this! I had no idea it would be THIS close!
And then there were two!
They landed in the park behind hour house to deflate. The kids all went over to watch. When they got back, Alli, who was visiting said, “Who wants to do a doughnut run??!” and Liberty said, “Can’t we just walk?”
A few days later Cade got his cast off.
It’s a little nerve wracking for a mother to just sit there while a virtual stranger takes a loud buzzing saw to her child’s arm. The nurse assured us it could not cut him, but he and I were still skeptical and I will admit to holding my breath. She was right, though. Go figure!
5:00 AM Scout Camp departure. Yuck.
I’m the lucky one who had to get him up that early.
Rock was up at scout camp for a night and caught this one of Reagan fiddling with the 2nd of two knives he purchased at camp which brings his total arsenal up to five.
The same day Reagan left for camp, Levi had his gum graft done. The boy has no gums at the bottom of his front two teeth and that is not due to any harm or accident that he has gotten himself into, believe it or not. The gums just didn’t grow there right. The Periodontist (now you know what a gum doctor is called) did a transplant of someone else’s gums onto Levi’s. Here he is drugged up and loopy before the procedure.
Doctor’s orders were to keep him still for four weeks. Yeah, right. This is LEVI we are talking about. He can’t go five minutes without getting hurt. But I’ve done my best to follow the Dr.’s instructions. He has not been able to run, jump on the tramp, eat anything sharp or hard, or ride his bike. I finally let him out of the house but he has to recite the rules before he leaves. Mom: “Levi, what are the rules?” Levi: (rolls eyes) no running, biking, jumping (on tramp), no bats or balls (if other kids are holding them) and no rough housing.” We are on the home stretch now. One more week. I don’t know whether he or I will go crazy first. Between Cade’s cast and Levi’s gums our summer has been much lacking in adventure.
But thanks to Liberty it has not been lacking in humor. Here are some funnies I have been saving up.
1. While cuddling with mom one morning she said, while half awake; “I like it that pandas aren’t mean like other bears.” Yeah, I was just thinking that same thing.
2. One afternoon when I was trying to get her to eat all her lunch she said, “Mom, let’s make a deal.” I don’t even remember her proposition because I was laughing so hard.
3. When she got a card from grandma that said “Follow your dreams” she made a face and said, “I’m not going to do that.” Totally confused as to why she would say such a thing, I asked her why and she said, “Because I had bad dreams last night.” I then had to explain to her that there are different kinds of dreams.
4. While waiting for brownies to finish baking one day I captured this picture as she said in despair,
“This is never going to end.”
Short n Sweet 