Latest crochet endeavors

Circles to squares afghan. Trying to use up the old scratchy yarn of 10 years ago so I can buy the new soft kind of today.


The Julie cuff. A bracelet crocheted of thread.

More dinosaurs

Well, we may not have gone on a vacation this summer, but we have seen plenty of sights. We've been touring McDonalds. Every week we go to a different McDonalds, comparing their play places. This week brought us to one where the dinosaurs watch you eat.

It received 2 thumbs up from the kids, but it was a half hour drive away, so we probably won't be back until next summer when its really hot and the kids are bored and driving us crazy. (Ha!) Ok, they occasionally get along. Like this evening, after dinner, while Glen was watering the front yard, Maggie rediscovered her roller skates and Sean was happy to walk around following her.

And here is Max, wide awake! He is still a very sleepy baby most of the time. And has been doing some very sweet cooing lately. Hard to believe he will be 3 months old next Tuesday!

Lost another tooth!

Maggie's front 2 teeth have already come in, but her baby teeth haven't fallen out yet, until today. She lost her top right tooth (left in the picture) at girl scout day camp today.

She did lose the tooth down the bathroom sink while at camp, so she left a note for the tooth fairy on her door. The one next to it is also very loose. Perhaps another tooth fairy visit will be later in the week.

Max has been a very smiley baby lately.

He is over 16.5 pounds now and wearing size 9 months clothes! Eep! Sean and Glen have been spending a lot of time in the backyard. The heat doesn't seem to bother them. (Note, he is still carrying around the logging truck postcard.)

Sean's been growing too. He is 28 pounds and exactly 3 feet tall. His feet have been growing, and I keep buying the same style shoe each time. He is currently in a size 7 but I fully expect him to outgrow those by the end of summer or maybe by the end of September. He is still wearing size 24 months or 2T.

Another museum visit

First Sunday of the month is free at the Arizona Natural History Museum, so that's where we went last weekend. We call it the "Dinosaur Museum". Maggie has gone several times with Grandma Nancy, but Sean has only been one other time and was too little to remember it. So it was all new to him, and he LOVED it. He was very interested in the dinosaurs.


Maxwell thought the museum was a great place to take a nap.


Inspecting the triceratops head up close.

Maggie found an exhibit that mentioned the infinite vastness of the universe. It had some lights and mirrors to simulate infinity.

We stayed home for fourth of July. It was actually a long, hard day parenting wise. Glen put Sean to bed early that night as he had refused to nap earlier and was completely wiped by 7pm. So it was just Maggie, Max, and I at the fireworks. We walked down the street to the park to view them from the distance. Maggie was ready to go after 10 minutes, so we came home and went to bed. I could still hear the fireworks show going on after she was asleep. I had bought some glo sticks for the kids to play with in the dark since sparklers are illeagle. But with everyone either too tired or too grumpy to enjoy them, I tucked them away for another night.

Meanwhile, I'm having fun crocheting this summer. Here is Max trying out a little baby blanket I whipped up for him to have at daycare when I go back to work in August. Its definately the softest thing I've ever crocheted. He was happy with it...well, until I flipped him over for some tummy time.

Here is some Japanese "Amigurumi". Bascially little crocheted stuffed animals using only the most basic stitch in crochet. I whipped this up with some leftover yarn from a blanket I had made mom 8 years ago. Its a little alien. Maggie has since absconded with it.

Arizona Science Museum today!

Well, the awesome Star Trek exhibit is gone. I never got to post the picture of me sitting in the captains chair on the bridge of the Enterprise (against the rules, by the way. photos were not allowed) I don't have that photo anymore because I hadn't downloaded it to my computer before my camera was stolen during the break in earlier this year. Darn! The new exhibit is all Legos! Trevor would have loved it.

Here is Maggie aiming a catapult at a virtual castle and trying to build a wall that wouldn't be knocked down.Everything was set up in and around a Lego castle. They had costumes the kids could wear such as a princess, a dragon, or a knight. Here is Glen and Max inside the castle. Hey mom, can you tell Sean is holding the postcard of the logging truck you sent him? He carried it around all day.

Here is Max and I next to a dragon built out of Legos.



Spent lots of time building with Legos. Maggie had more interest building with Sean in the "under 3" area. She just wasn't into the regular legos they had for kids. She eventually wandered off to a computer and was doing something on that.

Sean had fun knocking his creation down also.

Came home for a late lunch. Sean only slept for 30 minutes (ack!). Then Glen took Sean and Maggie to the public pool while Max and I stayed home and made meatloaf and nursed in peace. We've been going to the public pool quite a bit. Bought a summer family pass. It has a couple waterslides, a zero depth entry in the kids area which Sean loves to walk into. The shallow area has some playground equipment right in the pool so Sean has a waterslide his size and some things to climb on. Push some buttons and turn some wheels to make water squirt here or there. Sean loves it. Maggie always makes friends with some other girls around and mostly hangs out at the waterslide and diving boards. Can you believe she dives off the low dive and jumps off the HIGH DIVE!??!!! I couldn't believe it. I didn't realize she was heading for the high dive or I would have told her to stick to the low dive, but she just jumped off and had no problems! She really had the lifeguard on edge though. He saw her up there and immediately stood up and had his life preserver ready. But Maggie had no problems. I made sure she knew not to try diving though. That girl is FEARLESS!!

Growing like a weed...

Maxwell is 2 months old, 15 pounds, and 24.5 inches.

Is it just me? or.....

...is Sean GIGANTIC???? Here he is playing in a pirate ship playhouse at the mall.

And here he is eating dinner after a bath. Every day he seems less and less like a baby/toddler and more and more like a little kid.

Stress levels have been high here at home. Maggie is completely bored and just like when she was 2 or 3, when she is bored, she is destructive and agressive. We've decided to send her off to some more daycamps where she can play with kids her age. She is excited about it, but I feel like a bit of a failure as a mom being unable to meet her needs this summer. Maxwell is a very easy going baby, but throw a toddler into the mix and I am constantly busy. Anyway, after 4th of July, Maggie has a weel of zoo camp, a week of brownie day camp, and 2 weeks of smart camp (at her Montessori school). After that, we have a week off at home and then school starts again.

Here is Maggie trying out the new afghan I crocheted. It was intended for Sean to take to school this fall for naptime, but I used too large a hook and the spaces are too big (I think) and Seans little feet might poke out. So I'm going to try again. I threw it on the couch and Maggie immediately fell in love with it. Nevermind that its 110 outside, she snuggles into while watching tv. You can't tell in the photo, but it is a very rich turquoise colorway with flecks of amber, purple, and green. The color is called "lagoon".