No Wonder Their Grass Is Always Greener

Georgia spent the afternoon outside playing hard at a neighbor girl named Natalie's house. When she came home, I put her in the tub. I told her to go potty before she hopped in the water. She said, "No, I already went." I asked her when she went. She said, "I went outside, in Natalie's backyard."  Horrified at what the neighbors must be thinking I asked her how she did that. And she proceeded to show me exactly how she squatted down in the grass and took care of things. I am truly raising a little girl in a household of boys. Good thing I am trying a new thing, where I pretend  things like this don't faze me.

Walker's Words

He is a smart cutie patootie. He thinks he can carry on a conversation these days. I think that is a good sign!

Happy Birthday Del

It is my very smart, very kind, and very patient, husband's birthday. Happy Birthday!

Holy Smokes!

This past Sunday at dinner Wally was asking why he could not go out and ride bikes like the other kids in the neighborhood that day. Del was explaining that we want to keep Sunday, the Sabbath Day, holy. So we try not to do a lot of the things that we do on every other normal day. After the explanation, Del tried to see how much of his little lesson actually stuck by promoting the children. He said "So Sunday is the Holy.....????" Looking for Sabbath.

Georgia answered, "Smokes!"

Speaking of Holy Smokes! My little gal started pre-school. She was so excited the night before, and the morning of, that she did not sleep at all, and acted like a total stinker all morning while I got the boys out the door. I knew it was just her nerves, and she calmed down as soon as we were on our way.

She loved moving from one activity to the next in the classroom. The one area she had no interest in? The little "play house" area. Aaaa, that is my tomboy for ya. I will be interested to see if following the lead of other girls there will spark some interest.

The water table is a big hit, and makes a big wet mess, as you can see from my pants, that were not spared.
Georgia has got a few areas to learn in. She was not very cooperative with the teachers. They said smile for a picture, she looked away. They told her to stop playing in the sand and line up, she continued until she was lead to the line, where she cut in front of other kids.

They told her to sit down in the circle, she stood, and then rolled around in the middle. Let's hope a little peer pressure goes a long way here, and she drops her tendencies to fight for what she wants. What can I say, she is the only "sister" in a house full of boys! I think pre-school is just right for this very strong willed little girl! It is funny because Walker was also being aggresive with what he wanted. He would crawl over to a block tower and knock it over, and try to get out of my arms the whole time. "I got a lot of the comment I hear ALL THE TIME, "Boy, you have your hands full."
You have no idea.
 We are excited. She keeps telling me that next time she goes, I have to LEAVE! I am glad that Georgia has her "thing." It is much needed.

Lake Geneva

Our Labor Day was spent at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, with the Tyson family. We decided we better try to hit a beach one more time this year. We ended up getting a bit of a blustery day, but after a few rain drops, we were in the clear for some fun. The kids can't get enough of the beach, and loved racing around on the water on the Tyson's boat.

Lake Geneva has got charm to spare! It is a lot of fun checking out all the houses clustered around the lake. It is so fun to go up, even if it is for Walker's Dr.'s appointment, which was our last purpose for a visit. Boating does beat that.

On the Lake.

On the beach.

So sad to see Summer go! It seems like we just waited all Winter long for it. Now we start yet again.