Look-a-likes

Family Swimming

Edward's sister's family and his mom and her husband came for a visit this weekend. We headed to the pool for an evening swim.

I was sad I didn't have the camera out, but Papa Otto was doing flips off the diving board!

The kids took advantage of the dads being there. There was a lot of dad wrestling going on.

Mallory and Andrew had just as much fun in the pool as they did making footprints.

Twelve

Just For Fun

6 Months!

How can that possibly be?! Lucy has been with us for half a year. She is such a joy. This has been a busy month for her. She finally rolled over. I think it took so long because she rarely gets put down! She is a laugher. She belly laughs constantly, and it's contagious. She sits up now, and she has two cute little teeth. She is a champ at eating baby food and never misses a chance for a meal. She has enjoyed popsicles on a blanket in the grass the last several evenings.

At today's check-up, Lucy weighed 17 lbs. 15 oz. (75 - 90 percenile) and was 25 1/2 inches long (25 - 50 percentile).

This Week's Crazy Things

*Dancing in the 80's was hard. (Elizabeth, said while playing The Michael Jackson Experience on Wii)

*Did you forget to pay the water bill or somethin'? We always run out of hot water so fast. (Drew, said after being the last kid to bathe one night)


*I've only brushed my teeth twice this week. (Ross, said after coming home from camp)

*It was easy. That's because she doesn't even move. (Drew's friend, said after I told the boys thanks for keeping an eye on Lucy when I stepped out of the room)

*Weird is the new brown. (Drew)

*It looks like a car crashed into my hair. (Elizabeth)

*I want to have a big hoosier wedding! (Drew, said after I told him I absolutely will not tolerate a cake smash at my children's' weddings)

Right, Dear?

Mouse Hunt

To get ready for a yard sale, I spent every waking hour this week (that I wasn't nursing or fixing meals) down in the basement going through our junk. Unfortunately I discovered evidence that a mouse was residing there. I picked up some mousetraps and prepared them late one night.

Man! Those suckers hurt! I REPEATEDLY snapped my thumbs trying to set the traps. I felt like I was in a Tom and Jerry episode!

I ended up bruising my right thumb...
...and my left.

I'm not the type of woman that flips out when I see mice, snakes, or bugs, but I have to admit I was a little nervous walking downstairs the next morning to see if the traps had been sprung. And one of them was. Ick!

Elizabeth was away at a tennis clinic that morning, but you'd better believe the other kids were right there watching me dispose of the little vermin. When Elizabeth got home I told her about the mouse and asked her if she wanted to see it. She did, but she told me to wait a minute. She ran up to her room for a while. When she finally came downstairs I led her to the garbage can outside and showed her the mouse. She felt sorry for the little critter and then dropped something on top of the mouse.

While in her room she quickly crafted a little tombstone for the mouse that read:

R.I.P.

Fred the Mouse

Born: Sometime

Died: June 9, 2011

Rest in Peace, Little Fred!