Seredipity
It turns out my last email to my dad makes a pretty good update...
We're doing pretty well. Mike had a pretty good birthday, I think! We got him a cake, cooked steaks on our new grill, and we went out shopping, to see if we could get him a little trolling motor for his little fishing boat, but he didn't find much. He finally picked one up today, so will hopefully be able to take it out on his weekend. The kids and I got him a few accessories for the grill, and Jasmine picked out a big pack of one of his fave candies. :)
Kyle lost a couple more baby teeth, the second incisors on the top. Makes his two front teeth look even bigger at the moment. :) He's out of school for the summer now, so I'm going to try to find daily activities to take the kids on, maybe he won't get quite as restless. One thing we got for him, and for all of us really, is a fishtank! We figured that would be something to help keep him mentally stimulated and entertained both, anything other than the TV. We really like it too though, it's just a little 5 gallon one, with 5 little fish so far. Oh, and he's talked more this week, he's started saying "yeah" in agreement more often, and the other day it seems I cooked his noodles too much or something, because he didn't want to eat them, and said "Yuk." :)
Jasmine's doing pretty good, she adores the fishtank, and wants to be the one to feed all of the fish. She makes up songs about anything and everything. She wants to accessorize her own outfits, and I try to let her do this as much as possible. She's still having an accident on occasion, but is otherwise all potty trained, even at night! Yesterday we went to a birthday party for our friends' son, JJ, at a place where they have all sorts of bouncy-castle type stuff, and we may go there on rainy days this summer, both kids loved it. I've got another playdate scheduled with one of her little playgroup friends this Wed, I'm thinking we may go to the park with all of this wondrous SUNSHINE!!!!
I'm so glad the weather has cleared up a bit, it's done wonders for my mood and energy. I got hanging baskets planted with tomatoes and strawberries, more herb seeds planted in containers in my kitchen, and got some shelves put up to organize my craft and sewing stuff onto, and have been working on sorting/organizing and pitching stuff. My days are running together a little, since school just got out and Mike's days off are changing to Thu, Fri and Sat. But not too bad. Been reading and enjoying some books, the ones the TV series "True Blood" is based on. Vampire books, as you could probably guess. ;)
Also, wanted to let you know that the kids and I will be coming down to Klamath next month for Grandma Vassallo's 90th birthday party, to visit with you guys and the rest of the family. Not sure what days yet, or for how long we'll be there, but the party is on the 17th, so it'll be right around there. Mike can't really get the time off work, but I can go, and bring the kids, since Kyle doesn't have summer classes this year. So I'll let you know the dates and stuff when I figure it out.
We're doing pretty well. Mike had a pretty good birthday, I think! We got him a cake, cooked steaks on our new grill, and we went out shopping, to see if we could get him a little trolling motor for his little fishing boat, but he didn't find much. He finally picked one up today, so will hopefully be able to take it out on his weekend. The kids and I got him a few accessories for the grill, and Jasmine picked out a big pack of one of his fave candies. :)
Kyle lost a couple more baby teeth, the second incisors on the top. Makes his two front teeth look even bigger at the moment. :) He's out of school for the summer now, so I'm going to try to find daily activities to take the kids on, maybe he won't get quite as restless. One thing we got for him, and for all of us really, is a fishtank! We figured that would be something to help keep him mentally stimulated and entertained both, anything other than the TV. We really like it too though, it's just a little 5 gallon one, with 5 little fish so far. Oh, and he's talked more this week, he's started saying "yeah" in agreement more often, and the other day it seems I cooked his noodles too much or something, because he didn't want to eat them, and said "Yuk." :)
Jasmine's doing pretty good, she adores the fishtank, and wants to be the one to feed all of the fish. She makes up songs about anything and everything. She wants to accessorize her own outfits, and I try to let her do this as much as possible. She's still having an accident on occasion, but is otherwise all potty trained, even at night! Yesterday we went to a birthday party for our friends' son, JJ, at a place where they have all sorts of bouncy-castle type stuff, and we may go there on rainy days this summer, both kids loved it. I've got another playdate scheduled with one of her little playgroup friends this Wed, I'm thinking we may go to the park with all of this wondrous SUNSHINE!!!!
I'm so glad the weather has cleared up a bit, it's done wonders for my mood and energy. I got hanging baskets planted with tomatoes and strawberries, more herb seeds planted in containers in my kitchen, and got some shelves put up to organize my craft and sewing stuff onto, and have been working on sorting/organizing and pitching stuff. My days are running together a little, since school just got out and Mike's days off are changing to Thu, Fri and Sat. But not too bad. Been reading and enjoying some books, the ones the TV series "True Blood" is based on. Vampire books, as you could probably guess. ;)
Also, wanted to let you know that the kids and I will be coming down to Klamath next month for Grandma Vassallo's 90th birthday party, to visit with you guys and the rest of the family. Not sure what days yet, or for how long we'll be there, but the party is on the 17th, so it'll be right around there. Mike can't really get the time off work, but I can go, and bring the kids, since Kyle doesn't have summer classes this year. So I'll let you know the dates and stuff when I figure it out.