Rachel had a Reading Fair project due tomorrow. She finished it up last week ahead of schedule. It's about the book Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket. All of the info about the book is written on the little "peeps" she made, and put in the pockets. Turned out pretty well for her first big school project.
Annie was bummed to miss swimming lessons on Tuesday because she had a tummy ache, so Wednesday we got out the pool for the kids to swim in. It was really windy that day so Rachel didn't get in at all and Ryan only stayed for 2 minutes or so. Annie played for a while in the pool, and eventually got out to warm up. She laid down on her towel, asked me to cover her up, and shortly afterwards I found her asleep. On the nice hard bricks in her wet swimming suit.
Ryan has been on a coloring kick lately. Unfortunately it's always markers he finds to color with. Luckily we've learned to only allow washable markers.
Sometimes he gets extra creative with his coloring. Water table, arms, goatee, and lemonade stand all colored thanks to Ryan.
Ryan's other love (besides markers): cars.
He lined them up here and counted: 1, 2, 5, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 19, 20!
A few weeks ago I decided to paint our other crib white so it will match the girls' room when the baby eventually moves in with them when she's sleeping most of the night. The girls both sleep like rocks, where Ryan will wake up at little sounds, and I'm unwilling to give up the beloved play room (though she may sleep in the play room for a few months with some of the toys moved out into the loft), so we'll have a girls' room and a boy's room. The girls are very excited about it. For now. Annie was especially excited to help me paint the crib. She got her fill after two 10 minute sessions, then I was left in peace to finish it up.
Our garden is looking very pretty. We're getting tons of tomatoes and some squash, all from plants that survived the super mild winter we've had. The other plants are all coming in nicely and should be producing in the next few weeks. Here's a carrot we pulled that the kids got a big kick out of. They liked how it could walk with its legs. :)
Daddy is thankfully sometimes the popular parent that everyone wants to sit with. My tummy is getting so big and the braxton-hicks contractions have gotten well underway, so whenever a kid climbs on me it gives me a contraction. And they love to climb. So I'm always thankful when Daddy is the preferred parent and I get a break.
Ryan sporting "Daddy's hat!" He won't wear his own hat for 5 minutes, but he wore this one for at least a half hour. It only stays above his eyes for a couple minutes, though, before you can't see his face behind the bill.
Thursday night Ryan got the throw up bug that Annie had had the previous week, and Rachel got Sunday night. Thankfully, while the girls both threw up for hours on end, Ryan only threw up twice. I don't know if it was the hour of pleading prayers on my part while I lay by his crib waiting for him to throw up again, the blessing he got after throwing up the first time, or a strong immune system, or what, but whatever it was, it was a miracle and I was SO thankful to not have to deal with it any worse than it was. And now it's gone through all the kids, so hopefully we can all be healthy for a little while.
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