Cousins

Shyanne came for a visit today while her dad had surgery. June just loves to hug and kiss her over and over again. I had her lay down next to Shyanne so that I could get a picture of them both, but every time I tried, June would wiggle away at the last second.








I finally decided to give up on the laying down picture. Sitting up was much easier.

Squirley

So, I'm in the kitchen and all of a sudden

I hear a bang and a strange scratching

sound. As I enter the livingroom, I see

our cat, Sassy, leaping toward the window.

When I get there, this is what I find...

This cleaver squirrel had scaled up our

siding to try to get to the bird feeder

that hangs from our window. He was obviously not afraid as he allowed this close-up.

Sassy spent the next hour by the window.

Houdini

Riding in the car with Junie is interesting. She has learned how to pull down the top buckle of her five point harness car seat and shimmy her arms out which has not made mom happy. I've pulled over the car repeatedly to pull the straps back up while scolding her. After a couple of times of doing that, she has finally come around and is leaving the strap up. Problem solved? We'll see.

So, with the warmer weather, I've been dressing her in sun dresses with nothing on underneath but a diaper. I was sure that I was going to find her with her diaper off somewhere around the house, but somehow it stayed on until...

Gabby and I were doing some spring shopping. It was a hot day, so we were in shorts and June was in one of her sun dresses. It is about a fifteen minute drive to the mall, so Gabby and I were talking and listening to music. Usually, June babbles along with us from the back seat, but this trip she was unusually quiet. I suddenly realized that there's no noise coming from the back seat, so I peeked back to see if she was asleep. She wasn't, but she was totally naked from the waist down. Somehow she had undone her diaper and pulled it out from under her and around the five point harness. If my grandfather had seen this he would have exclaimed, "You little sh&#!" Fortunately there wasn't any of that in the seat, just a naked hiney. Gabby got a good laugh out of the whole situation. I was glad there wasn't a mess to clean up.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for...

ICE CREAM!

YUM!!!

Spring Shopping

Gabby, June, and I went shopping for spring clothes for both Gabby and June. It was a very long day, but we had a bit of success. Because it was so hot, I ended up changing June into a short sleeved shirt that we had bought her along the way.

This is June before the trip.













This is June after hours of shopping. We totally wore her out.

Art Project

Gabby brought home her latest art project today. I really thought it was great.

It's much better than I could do. I just had to post it.

Success

It didn't take duct tape or safety pins. A simple spinning of the pajamas worked like a charm.

It took two people to get the pjs on backwards. Everytime John would get the arms on, June would take them off.

Finally Gabby and John were able to keep the top of the pjs on and spin the feet around so that everything would work. Now just zipper it up and we're set.

It might look a little funny, but it works. Two mornings in a row with both jammies and diaper in tact. Hurray!

Backa!@wards

June has gotten in the habit of taking off her pajamas and daiper every morning. This morning, Gabby went in to get June and, as usual, found her totally naked. What she also found was a wet crib. So, John and I are trying to come up with some ways to keep the pjs and diaper on. John's first thought was duct tape:) Moving on to more practical ideas, we were going to do safety pins, but with June having nothing but time on her hands, I'm sure she'd eventually figure it out and then, "Ouch!" So, tonight we are doing our first trials. We're going to put the sleeper on backwards. I've never tried this before, but I've heard that it works. We'll see what tomorrow morning brings.

Spring Break Fun

Today was the first really nice day during the kids' spring break, so they took advantage of it and spent some time outside.

Considering the size of the basketball compared to June, I'm surprised that she could carry it all over the place.

Both Junie and Gabby were having a great time. It was definitely a hug moment.

Tameka thought that Taylor needed some basketball pointers. Taylor didn't mind.

June was full of love. She made sure that she christened everyone with her juicy kisses.

What a great day!

POC

So, Junie has been saying lots of new words. She says Emma, purple, yes, ow, Lizzie, cracker. Every day she says something new.

For almost a year, when Gabby doesn't like something she calls it a "piece of crap". Some days it seemed like she was saying it all the time. So, when June came home I told Gabby that if she kept saying it that June's first words would be, "piece of crap". Well, that never came to pass. June has never said piece of crap. What she does say emphatically is, "Crap!". I can't blame it on Gabby though. June has learned it from some of the adults in her life. John, I, and even my friend Liz who watches June say, "crap" when things aren't going well.

I think I started it. One day while cooking I dropped a knife, barely missing my foot. I shouted, "Crap!" and picked the knife up off the floor. Immediately, I heard a little voice from behind me shout, "Cap! Cap!" That's where it all began. Now, every time she hears someone shout their displeasure by using that word, she joins in. I suppose it could be worse. Gabby once called me a bic after spending some time at a friend's house who had teenagers.