Silly Sisters

Dag Blast It All!

I remember often hearing my mother's words; "FOR THE LOVE OF PETE!"

I have a vivid memory of running around the basement laughing hysterically with my brother, Andrew, as we I chimed back; "Pete has love. But he's dead." We thought we were so clever.

It turns out I have my own goofy (yet motherly) saying:"DAG BLAST IT ALL!" Proof that I'm just like my mother.

Today my almost six year-old, laughed hysterically and said; "Dag Blasketball is fun to say." Proof that she's just like her mother.

Guess Who Else is Allergic to Weeds, Grass, and Trees?

(It itches. A lot.)

He Could Easily Be an Only Child

My second oldest child spent the morning as happy as a clam playing soccer alone. It was JO versus the invisible team. At half time, I overheard this bit of commentary; ". . . score 3 to 5, the invisible team's winning." I didn't have a lot of time to worry about the self esteem issues of a child who was losing to an invisible team because he ended up winning 14 to 12. Whew, what a game!

JUNE??

How did the end of June get here so fast? All in favor of year-round summer, say aye!

JUNE!!

Six days away from a weekend of GRANDPARENTS!

In anticipation, we are busy getting this-and-that done around the house. (We got the hinges flipped around on the laundry room door, Ben put shelves up in the bathroom, and my two Bear Scouts helped install a working light fixture.) I know the grandparents care more about seeing their grandchildren, but I think the basement will get its share of "oohs" and "aahs."

So next week is also a big week because it's my last week of employment. I've spent the past six months tending some adorable twins. I will miss having babies around, but I am ready to be done. It has been hard to get anything done while I'm on the clock. This week I uploaded photos for the first time in six months! I'm burning a CD of photos to give the twins' mom.

Like this one? Poor quality but, hey, I have sleeping babies on my lap:

sleeping babies are the BEST kinds of babies

My own babies have two weeks to go before before summer vacation but they're ready. They have been perfecting their Otter Pops-eating skills. CO prefers the pronunciation "Ottow Pops" She says; "I like Otter Pops. They're pretty cold. We drink them. We bite them. SO likes Otter Pops. And I like Otter Pops. And JO and RO? They like Otter Pops. I love Otter Pops days."

Otter Pops AND chalk-covered sidewalks. Yup, we're ready!

Soccer

My blurry boys won't stand still on the field!

RO is a forward and the youngest person on his team. He scored six of seven goals on Saturday.

JO has spent most of his time as a defender and goalie. The coach changed things up in the second half and put JO in as a forward. He scored a goal, his first in three seasons.