CHEERLEADER-IN-TRAINING

JACE HAS GOT TO BE THE BEST NEIGHBOR ANY 3 OR 5 YEAR OLD COULD ASK FOR. HE AND GUS PLAYED BULL RIDING ON THE TRAMPOLINE IN THE WATER ALL DAY, AND THEN HE AND SAGE PLAYED.

PRATT AND THE COMBINE

WE TOOK PRATT OUT TO SEE THE NEW COMBINE THIS MORNING AND TOOK SOME PICTURES IN THE WHEAT. HE THOUGHT THE COMBINE WAS REALLY NEAT. I THINK HE WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE IMPRESSED IF IT HAD BEEN MOVING, BUT WE WERE TOO EARLY. HE IS VERY PROUD OF THE NEW BOO BOO HE HAS ON HIS HEAD. HE FELL IN SAGE'S ROOM YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND WE HAD TO RUN TO THE ER TO GET HIS HEAD "GLUED" BACK TOGETHER. IT DID NOT SLOW HIM DOWN. HE WOULD NOT GO HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL WITH HIS MOM, AND WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE HOUSE, HE WANTED TO JUMP ON THE TRAMPOLINE.

SWIM LESSONS

GUS AND SAGE ARE GOING TO SWIMMING LESSONS THIS WEEK. SAGE HAS BEEN FOR 3 DAYS NOW AND HAS STILL NOT GOTTEN HER FACE WET. PART OF HER HAIR WAS WET TODAY SO WE ARE MAKING A LITTLE PROGRESS.



EVEN AFTER 2 YEARS GUS IS STILL TRAUMATIZED FROM THE MEAN SWIM TEACHER IN BORGER. HE HAS PROBABLY GOTTEN MORE SCARED EACH DAY. I HOPE IF WE STICK IT OUT IT WILL GET EASIER, BUT SO FAR IT IS GOING THE OTHER WAY.

DAD OF THE YEAR

LANCE COULD NOT CUT WHEAT YESTERDAY BECAUSE IT WAS TOO WET SO HE TOOK US FISHING. WE WENT TO PALO DURO LAKE (NORTH OF SPEARMAN) BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS SEEING PICTURES IN THE PAPER OF HUG CATFISH CAUGHT THERE. UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT CATCH ANYTHING. WE COULD SEE THE FISH JUMPING, BUT THEY WERE NOT BITING FOR US.

WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME, AND GUS IMPROVED SO MUCH ON HIS CASTING. HE WAS DOING GREAT BY THE TIME WE WERE DONE. SAGE REALLY ENJOYED PLAYING IN THE SAND AND THROWING STUFF IN THE WATER.

LANCE WAS BEING A GOOD SAMARITAN AND HELPING OUT SOME PEOPLE WHO GOT STUCK. ONLY INSTEAD OF PULLING THEM OUT HE GOT THE EXCURSION BURIED. THANK GOODNESS THERE WAS SOMEONE ELSE AROUND WHO COULD PULL US AND THE OTHER GUY OUT!

TEA PARTY

SAGE HAS BEEN PLAYING SO MUCH BETTER SINCE GUS IS HOME FROM SCHOOL. SHE HAS NOT BEEN PLAYING WITH HIS MUCH, BUT I THINK SEEING HIM PLAY HAS HELPED HER. SHE PLAYS WITH HER DOLL HOUSE CONSTANTLY AND HAS BEEN MAKING LOTS OF GROCERY LIST. SHE WRITES HER GROCERY LIST ON EVERYTHING AND HAS TO HAVE ONE WITH HER PRETTY MUCH ALL THE TIME. SHE INVITED ME TO A TEA PARTY THE OTHER MORNING. SHE HAD IS ALL SET OUT ON THE COFFEE TABLE. THE ONLY BAD THING WAS THAT SHE HAD SERVED ME A COWHIDE COASTER. DON'T ASK WHERE THAT IDEA CAME FROM.

INNOCENT FUN

JACE AND JAYLEE CAME OVER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. I HAD SAT DOWN TO READ A MAGAZINE ARTICLE AND THOUGHT THEY WERE INNOCENTLY PLAYING. INSTEAD I FOUND A FLYING CIRCUS ACT IN GUS' ROOM!!

GOING TO YAYA'S

THE KIDS ARE GOING TO YAYA'S TODAY FOR A FEW DAYS. THEY ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT TOOK THEM ABOUT 2 SECONDS TO PACK LAST NIGHT. GUS HAS PROMISED HE IS GOING TO BE YAYA'S BIG NO WHINING HELPER. HE IS SO PROUD TO BE THE BIG ONE.

I HAD PINK EYE YESTERDAY, SO WE COULD NOT GO TO CHURCH. INSTEAD WE CHECKED THINGS WITH LANCE IN THE MORNING AND THE EVENING. I THINK SAGE HAS FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT WE HAVE A JACK RABBIT PROBLEM. BEFORE SHE HAS ALWAYS TOLD LANCE NOT TO SHOOT HER RABBITS, BUT YESTERDAY SHE KEPT SAYING THERE'S A JACKRABBIT DAD SHOOT IT. SHE IS STILL PARTICULAR ABOUT THE BUNNY RABBITS (COTTON TAILS). SHE SAYS HE CANNOT SHOOT THOSE.

ON A SAD NOTE, DON'T ASK GUS ABOUT HIS CORN. ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER I BLOGGED ABOUT IT ON FRIDAY, SAGE PICKED IT BECAUSE SHE SAID IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FLOWER. GUS IS OVER IT NOW, AND HE IS GOING TO PLANT SOME MORE WHEN HE GETS BACK FROM YAYA'S. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON ITS PROGRESS.

GUS' FIRST CORN CROP

GUS FOUND SOME CORN SEED IN HIS DAD'S POCKET ABOUT A MONTH AGO. HE TOOK GREAT CARE PLANTING IT IN HIS SANDBOX. TODAY HE CAME RUNNING IN THE HOUSE SO EXCITED. HIS CORN CAME UP!!! HE IS SO PROUD!

GUS' GYMNASTICS

HERE IS A PICTURE OF GUS' GYMNASTICS CLASS. THIS IS HIS 3RD YEAR AND HE REALLY IMPROVED. HE SAID HE WAS THE CART-WHEEL KING. HE DOES THEM REALLY WELL RIGHT AND LEFT HANDED. JSUT COME OVER HE WILL SHOW YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN. WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL GYMNASTICS STARTS AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER!!

NEW SLEEPING HABITS

SAGE HAS LEARNED TO FIGHT SLEEP. NAPS ARE BECOMING ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. SHAYLA IS STAYING WITH HER IN HER ROOM THIS WEEK WHILE SHE IS HERE. LAST NIGHT WE PUT HER TO BED EARLY BECAUSE SHE DID NOT SLEEP DURING NAP TIME. I THINK SHE MUST HAVE PLAY UNDER HER BED OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THIS IS HOW I FOUND HER WHEN I TOOK SHAYLA TO BED A COUPLE HOURS LATER. SHE WOULD HAVE HAD A TERRIBLE CRICK IN HER NECK IF SHE HAD STAYED LIKE THIS ALL NIGHT!!

GIGI

I HAVE THE BEST SISTER IN LAW ANYONE COULD ASK FOR. THE KIDS THINK SHE IS GREAT TOO. SAGE TOLD HER TODAY THAT SHE WAS A "MAN OF GOD." I THINK THAT MUST BE 3 YEAR OLD LANGUAGE FOR THE GREATEST AUNT EVER!!