The Zoo

My Mumma bought Trevor and I Zoo passes for our birthdays so that we can take Elizabeth to see the animals.



She didn't seem to appreciate the fact that the peacocks were not locked up, luckily Dad was there to protect her


Turtles were a much better companion

We did find however that the most wild of all animals all congregated at one place


THE PLAYGROUND!!!!


The Wild Elizabeth:

Can often be found in the tunnel.
Her primary forms of travel are walking and buttscooting.
When viewed she was found eating orange screamers.
She is impatient with being to small to go on the big kids playgrounds.
Is most vicious around nap time and bed time.






The Docile Sam:

Content as long as he is being held.
There is no known form of travel without a companion.
Eats milk.
Doesn't seem to understand why he is not held at all times.
Is most ferocious around meal times and sleeping times.

Wars and Rumors of Wars

Kay we have mini wars at our house.

Clothing wars, hair wars, teeth brushing wars, eating wars, bedtime wars etc etc.

I put the clothes on she takes them off, I try to put the clothes on she wants to do it herself, I do her hair, she pulls it out, I try again she bawls, teethbrushing enough said (help me) She wants to eat whatever she wants, I only want to make one thing. and bed time, well that is pretty good but she is in a bed now and can get out (I am praying she won't learn how to open her bedroom door in the next few months).

I think that most of them will work themselves out by either her getting old enough to do it or me just being stubborn, but what do I do about the teeth? I don't want them to all fall out of her head but I feel bad pinning her down, holding her arms together, holding her head still, prying open her little mouth, manouvering around her tongue and brushing. By the time i get into her mouth i am worried i brush to hard. hmmm. input?? Besides moving to a nudist colony, shaving her head, little dentures and becoming a grouchy candyeater.

At least she is happy and independant.

Slacker on Strike

So I had gone on a blogging strike, don't know why, but I am glad to say it is over.

A lot has happened since I last posted

Trevor

Has finished his semester and got a student work visa and will be working for volker for the summer doing gardrails. But the more EXCITING NEWS is that in September he will start work as a STATE FARM AGENT. WOO HOO. After 6 months in ther application process he was 1 out of 300 that was hired to start in the fall in our area.

Elizabeth

Is as cute as ever. She has started to talk, or she would be talking if she wasn't so stubborn. She will say words for a day or two and then after that she will just smile and nod when you try to get her to say it. She has also discovered sharing. It goes all the way from sharing her blankie with Sam

to sharing mini marshmallows with strangers at the bank.

Sam

Is growing and growing. Can we say CHEEKS.

He is getting pretty cute now and loves to coo and smile. Can't help but love him.

Me

My allergies have been trying to slowly kill me. Runny nose bloodshot eyes the works. and I cut my hair. I don't have a good picture of it but I got bored it is just above my shoulder. The cool part is that Trevor cut it for me.

So other news and recent events are that we have moved out of my parents house. We are now renting a little town house and we are mostly unpacked. Just have to organize the junk in the basement, old childrens clothes and such. We just got home from Wyoming.

Joel, Glenda and the boys did the marathon road trip. picked up Jacob from the airport drove through the night here to bless Sam. Then the kids and I packed up and drove back with them to spend the week. Trevor flew in Saturday night and I spent the day in Utah with him then we went back to Wyoming for Jacobs homecoming and we drove back Sunday night. It was really fun, the highlight for me was that all 5 brother and I went to the country dance on Saturday. It was a blast. Elizabeth gave us so many funny stories throughout the week. She got her first scraped up knees, played hide and go seek with Papa (would have been nice if she had told him they were playing) and entertained everyone.