Busy Bees

Yesterday we had a get together at Jeff's Grandma's house, his Aunt Susie ,cousin Tommy and his fiance Jennifer where here for a visit. Walter was excited that he and Daddy showed-up in style in the Ranger.

Today as Walter was playing with my hair he said "mama you hair saying I hungry." I said "it is? How do I feed it?" He said "put food in your mouth, it will go up to your head and then quickly down to your belly." You just never know what is going to come out of their mouths! Yesterday we brought out some puzzles and Rose E played with one she had never played with before anyway, I was surprised when she first saw it and said "bee fly" and "bird" before I even told her what they where. She certainly is our little busy bee these days she is also developing a little mind of her own and knows exactly what she wants.

Better late than never!

Happy Belated Birthday Emily! This picture was taken on Sunday out at the camp, I wanted to post it earlier but we where having computer troubles again, we are good to go now though.

Speaking of this meal, Walter made me laugh as for he didn't want to take too much time to eat because he wanted to play, anyway he asked if he could be excused from the table and I said "no, not yet it doesn't even look like you touched your food" then a minute later he said "I touched my food all over (literally) can I get up now." What a goof!

These other pictures are from the fair this past weekend. Walter sure did get a kick out of his first ride. He had a good time in Depere with his cousin Ariel too, it sounds like. Walter keeps asking to go back to see him and of course to go to the train hobby store again.

The kids entertainment the past few days have been plastic cups and paper plates! They have been stacked into everything from of course trains, to water towers and buildings. Rose E has been dumping toys from cup to cup and has pretended to drink out of them too. The imagination is so much fun to watch in young children! Walter must be rubbing off on his sister because yesterday I caught her driving her food around while making train noises! Her newest accomplishment is that she can point to her head, eyes, belly, hands, and feet when asked.

I set-up my Sunday school class today (I teach kindergarten and first grade) it his hard to believe that the summer is almost over, where did it go?

A sigh of relief!

Phew!!! Jeff's appointment is over and it went well. They did four biopsies along with the colonoscopy and ruled out the possibilities of some causes such as diverticulitis's. So we are still with a big question mark as to what caused his infection a few weeks ago but we are relieved at the same time. It's been a busy couple of days here! Yesterday we snuck in a short visit to the fair. Last year we went as well and Walter saw this kiddie ride that reminded him of the Chinese Dragon train from Thomas, we thought he would be too scared then, so we didn't have him go on it. Anyway, when he found out about the fair he asked if he could go ride on Chinese Dragon! This kids memory just floors me sometimes, how can he still remember things from when he was two? The other day too he saw a train on the computer and he said "that the kind of train that ran over our money (penny)" last labor day weekend in Wisconsin. Back to the fair the kids loved seeing all of the animals. When Rose E saw the rabbits she said "hop, hop" while signing it. It was also cute because when she saw all the rides she said "whee." They didn't have Chinese Dragon this year but they had a similar ride in the shape of an alligator so Walter was happy with that (his first amusement ride). I will post pictures later.
Today Jeff and Walter went to Depere, Wisconsin to help his brother and family move into a bigger home. Everyday Walter has been asking me what day is it today, especially when he has something to look forward too so Jeff found him a car calender and we have been putting a sticker on it every morning. I've been impressed because just after a couple of days he could tell me the month, the year and the days of the week.
Poor Rose E has been dealing with a fever and didn't sleep well last night, not sure what that's all about but she doesn't have a runny nose or anything to accompany it just fussy. Her new words lately have been "peek a boo," food," and "kiss."

What happened to summer?

Yes, this picture of Rose E was taken today! One day we are sweating bullets from the heat the next day I have to bundle them-up like it is winter (welcome to the U.P I guess), we where on our way out the door for our night time walk here. It was also a windy day too so we took out Walter's kite, Walter had a blast with it. Every time the wind would die down and it would land on the ground he would say "uh oh we had a train wreck" (absolutely everything is a train these days)! Walter had his dentist appointment today too and it went well (this time the cleaned his teeth) and Rose E of course enjoyed her time playing at Jeff's grandparents house. As we where leaving the house to go there she said "see ya Daddy, good bye." Her other new words today where "kiss" and "pop." She is also following directions more and more. While she was there she picked-up a dog toy and I said "that's Lacy's (the dog's) go give it to her" and she walked right over there and placed it in front of her. Lately one of her favorite things to do is to sing songs and she often sings about Daddy and Mama and now she has added Papa (grandpa) and Nana (grandma) to the mix.

A busy week

This is the week of appointments for us. Today was Rose E's well baby check-up, it went well but the poor girl had to have some shots(that's always so heartbreaking to watch). She now weighs 24 pounds. I have noticed lately that her legs have gotten longer and slimmed down a little (now that she's on the go all the time) and that showed in her percentiles because her weight was surprisingly only in the 45Th percentile this time and her height in the 65 Th. Tomorrow Walter has another dentist appointment (this time to clean his teeth) and then on Thursday Jeff goes to Marquette for a doctor appointment, ugh, we will be happy when that is over with and we have some answers. Hopefully he gets good news.
The kids have been busy as usual the past couple of days. Yesterday after church we went out to the camp. It was such a hot day but nice out there with the breeze, I tried to take Rose E in for her first dip in Lake Superior but it was still too cold for her liking. So they set-up a little kiddie pool and Walter played inside it while the two of them drove boats around. I had to laugh when we left the camp though because since it was so hot we had the air conditioner on high in the van and Walter said "turn down the wind." He's(well I should say they're) always making us smile! Today he was running laps with Rose E from our kitchen to dinning room and he said "I am Jeff Gordon (a race car driver) and Rose E is heart" (I thought hm heart then I said "Dale Earnhardt Junior" and he said "yes").
It was cute today too because Jeff's parents watched Walter while I took Rose E to her appointment, anyway, Jeff's mom met us outside when I dropped him off and when I got in the van Rose E looked at Walter's spot and said "done!" Tonight Jeff and I got a kick out of her too during our walk because anytime she saw a playground she said "down" (I want to get down and out to play). She is just understanding so much! Then tonight I put her pajamas on and I was playing a game with her socks, I said where does this go and then I would put it in a goofy place like her ear, she would giggle, and then take a turn at putting it somewhere goofy on my like my stomach, while giggling, then finally I said it goes on your foot, where is your foot and she lifted it up for me to put it on.

Mining buildings and smokestacks of course!

And this is what my kitchen looked like today! This was just the beginning stages of the whole entourage of mining buildings and smokestacks of course. They sure found it entertaining. It was a tag team effort, Rose E digging in the pantry and Walter building. (at least it gave me a chance to get my shelves cleaned out I guess) Afterwards Walter topped it off with trains and a matchbox car.

I have been blown away with the little conversations lately with my little Rose Bud! This morning I said "is that what you want?" She said "that is." Then later on she said "mama?" I said "what Rose E" she said "hi." This evening I had to laugh too because we where looking at a picture of Jesus and I said to her "who is that?" She turned to me and said "someone." She also repeated "okay" today too.

Creativity plus!

Rose E made a new discovery today, how to open all of our cabinet doors and drawers! She is now officially into EVERYTHING! It was cute though because it started out that she was dragging her pull dog around while I was making lunch and I said "Oh does your doggy need a drink?" So I pulled out a little container and wha la the light bulb went on. The kids then used my plastic containers for everything from a train horn(which is what they are doing in the picture), to helmets, to a water tower to different buildings. It's been fun to watch that they have been playing more and more together too.

Lately Walter has been asking about trees so this afternoon we went on a scout for different kinds of trees. We took pictures of them and collected leaves (then covered them with contact paper) and I have started to make him his own tree book. Then I thought we would go back for each season and take pictures of them then too. He was fascinated with how many different kinds there are and started to recognize some of them.

He has been making us laugh at meal times whenever we sit down to eat too he says welcome to (pizza hut, or Chilli's, Arby's etc). He sure is just like his Daddy a little jokester and keeps us smiling that is for sure. Rose E has been quite the little social bug when she sees people lately too. Even if they are a distance away she has been saying "hi" and then when we are all done talking to them "see ya." Her new words lately have been "ball", "ruff ruff" and "on."