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June
2007 Journal
HAPPY
FATHER'S DAY!
DADS are special people
No home should be without,
For every family will agree
They're 'SO NICE TO HAVE ABOUT' -
They are a happy mixture
Of a 'SMALL BOY' and a 'MAN'
And they're very necessary
In every 'FAMILY PLAN' -
Sometimes they're most demanding
And stern, and firm and tough
But underneath they're 'soft as silk'
For this is just a 'BLUFF' -
But in any kind of trouble
Dad reaches out his hand.
And you can always count on him
To help and understand -
And while we do not praise Dad
as often as we should,
We love him and admire him,
And while that's understood,
It's only fair to emphasize
His importance and his worth -
For if there were no loving Dads
This would be a 'LOVELESS EARTH'.
~ Helen
Steiner Rice ~
A couple fun things planned this month, enjoying my first
vacation away from home, a visit to some friends, Father's Day
adventure and who knows what else. I think Mommy & Daddy
have some projects around here as well!
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Home
Decorating Continues....
June(ongoing)2007 |
More projects
have started rather than one or two actually being completed!
How does that happen? Anyway, bought a new tree for the front
yard, it hasn't been delivered yet. Daddy & Mommy actually
started the powder room redecorating, things are painted and torn
apart! Got a new sink and Mommy thinks it's funny that an
entirely new sink was cheaper than the faucet she picked out!
They are having all this fun while I'm at Grandma's! I hope
Mommy's vision all comes together like she is hoping it will.
I think some repairs need to be done on my play set in the back
yard. The wood is looking pretty beat up by the sun and some
of my swings cracked! Bummer. They are expensive to
replace, so not sure when we will get to that. I would like a
glider to replace the baby swing. Daddy bought the sealer for
the driveway and it has decided to rain every day since we bought
it! I hope they get that done before I get home too!
Plus, there is still the hallway that needs painted and Mommy bought
some stuff for the front door (house numbers, kick plate and a new
doorbell) but it needs to be cleaned and re-painted first.
Once the bathroom and hallways are done, I wonder what room will be
next? I hope it's my playroom! Something needs to be
done in there...at least get me a new light!
To be continued..........
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Vacationing at
Grandparents Proper
May 29th -
June 8th, 2007 |
I got to stay
with Grandma & Pa-Pa all by myself! I have done this before
but for only a few days at a time. I was really very excited
for Mommy & Daddy to head back home and for me getting to stay.
I could only imagine the fun I was going to have and all the
attention one little boy could ever want or need! Plus,
"People Pancakes" every day if I wanted them! Life just does
NOT get better than this! Pa-Pa had to work during the week
but Grandma and me kept ourselves quite busy with working in the
yard. We planted trees, I drove the tractor, helped Pa-Pa dig
a hole for Grandma's weather station, played with the neighbors dog
(Leila), made a stepping stone for Grandma's garden and helped Pa-Pa
clean the gas well! Pa-Pa thinks I am a pretty good hole
digger! I'm definitely not one of those kids that is beating
the door down to get outside, you kind of have to "make" me go, but
once I am out there...I do just fine. We enjoyed some other
fun days inside and around town as well. I had to go with
Grandma & Pa as they had some "business" to do and the man's
grandkids were there, so I got to play with them and watch a movie.
Grandma's friend and "neighbor", Polly, took us to yard sales one
day and I bought some little things with my own money, but Polly
bought me a weed whacker! We made a few trips to Wal-Mart and
Pa-Pa got me a couple Lego sets (I LOVE LEGO'S) and I have been busy
building with those. They are the underwater sets that I have
been obsessing about since I saw them in the store and now I have my
Lego magazine that I love looking at. We had to go to Lowe's
and everyone pretty much now knows how I feel about that place!
Grrr....I just DO NOT enjoy going there! (Mommy and Daddy do
not enjoy going there with me!). We went to see the movie,
Shreck 3 and Polly took Grandma and me out to eat.
It rained a couple days but Grandma had some good rainy day
activities planned. I have always been intrigued with
Grandma's sewing machine so while at the store she had me pick out
some fabric (fuzzy green color) and she taught me how to sew!
We made a Pound Puppy! We also built a big tent in the living
room and I like to go in there and draw pictures. We made
brownies, I love brownies and told Mommy that she should make them
every day for me! So, I have been busy...too busy to miss
home. I talk to Mommy & Daddy almost every night before bed.
I have been pretty well behaved for my first "all by myself"
vacation, just a few minor moments...but I'm a kid and I can't be
"good" all the time! Although, I say I don't want to go home
yet, it will be nice to be back and see Mommy & Daddy and my friends
at school! I am sure it won't be long after I am home though,
that I am asking when can we go back to Grandma & Pa-Pa's house?!
A BIG THANKS TO GRANDMA & PA-PA FOR TAKING SUCH GOOD CARE OF ME!
I HAD A BLAST!!!
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Good-Bye
Little Fishy
June 6th,
2007 |
Well, my big
black fancy goldfish died today :(. He just hasn't been
looking good for a few days so Mommy thought he wasn't going to make
it. He actually has surprised us that he lasted this long.
I'll be sad but I still have one of my original 3 (well, since we
moved to this new house) left. I will want a new one, so
we will have to go to the pet store when I get back from Grandma's.
Gee, do they make Lego fish? I bet they would never die!
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I'M BACK!
June 8th,
2007 |
My vacation at
Grandparents Proper is over and although I had a GREAT time, it
feels wonderful to be home :). Mommy said that she
thought I looked a lot bigger but I told her that "I'm still 5".
Daddy said it was awful quiet around home while I was gone and then
I heard him rambling on to Pa-Pa about Mommy telling him to do
things, which he thought while I was gone that it was a lot more but
turns out he could only hear half of them....whatever, I kind of got
confused by that comment but PaPa thought it was pretty funny, while
Mommy just rolled her eyes. HA!
Anyway, we had a nice relaxing weekend. Saturday Daddy blew up
my pool and I spent the ENTIRE day in it...even though it was a bit
chilly at times. It was a nice warm but windy day. Mommy
told Daddy to go pick out his early Father's Day gift...a new grill!
We have needed a new grill for quite some time now and he sure did
pick out a nice one! So, of course we had to go get some stuff
to cook on it! PaPa bought us some nice big juicy steaks,
Mommy some chicken and me, well, I had a hot dog! We invited
the Hartley's' over and we all just hung out! It was nice.
Sunday, Grandma and PaPa had to get on the road early. We did
some shopping at the craft store (Father's Day is soon), had lunch
at McDonalds and then went to the movies to see Surf's Up. It
was pretty funny. The rest of the day I spent in my pool!
Tomorrow is my first day back to daycare but I will be in a new
class for the summer camp program! I can't wait, new teachers
and new friends. I will have to let you know how it goes.
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A Trip To Sam's
(Lemmons) House!
June 15-18th,
2007 |
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We were invited
for a weekend to visit my best buddy Sam's family for the weekend.
We had been planning this trip for about a month but a last minute
change left Daddy staying home to work...bummer. Thankfully,
we were able to catch a ride with the Hartley's and were still able
to go! We all crammed in the car and headed off! This
was baby Grey's first (really) long car ride and he did great! I did
great too, but no one really seemed to care. HA! We got
to Sam's house pretty late so I had to wait until the morning to see
my friend(s). Sam still has that sister, Sarah.
Saturday ~ I woke Mommy up around 5:30am....she asked me if I
even slept! I had to wait an hour before I was allowed to go
downstairs! Geez! Thankfully, Sam was up by then!
We played all day...fought with Sarah, but it wasn't as bad as last
time. I was warned to be nice. Sam and Sarah have a lot
of cool toys and a pool! It's the perfect size for us kids, we
took a quick dip in it but it was still pretty cold. We spent
the whole day playing and got ready to go out for dinner at a
Japanese restaurant. Wow, it was pretty cool, nothing like I
had ever experienced before! They cooked the food right on our
table! The chef guy did all kinds of neat tricks, like
spinning and tossing an egg around before he cracked it and cooked
it! We also had to eat with chopsticks, and I did a pretty
good job using mine. I'm mad though, I forgot them
there...oops. The chef guy cooked some shrimp and then tossed
them at the grown-ups to catch in their mouths...only Jen H. caught
hers! We all had a great time there and ate some really good
food. Scott even got everyone to try some sushi...raw fish for
me, no thanks! Anyway, we all got back home and made a small
fire for cooking s'mores! This was after our awesome
marshmallow fight! We got Darrin good. I like Darrin,
he's just like a kid too. He always plays with us!
Anyway, it was a fun night.
Sunday - Happy Father's Day! ~ I was sad that my Daddy
was at home all by himself but we had fun celebrating with Scott and
Darrin. They opened their presents and helped to cook up a
huge breakfast! There was a running joke about them having to
cook their own breakfast, but Sam's mommy wasn't feeling well and
she didn't want to get anyone else sick so Sam's Daddy did most of
the cooking. It was yummy. I ate lots of pancakes and
bacon! It was a hot, almost 100 degree day so we spent it
swimming in the pool. All the grown-ups got in too...and
Darrin, of course didn't get to enjoy a peaceful dip in the pool!
We bombarded him pretty good and had a great battle. My buddy
Sam is a pretty good swimmer! He can jump in and go under the
water. Mommy tried to get me to do it but, you know me, I'm
stubborn. Sam's mommy had bought all of us t-shirts and fabric
markers, so we took some time out to design our own shirts. I
drew surfer stuff on mine! It came out pretty nice. We
enjoyed a really nice cookout (again cooked by the men...heehee).
I had a hot dog and corn on the cob! The night ended with some
really good campfire cooked s'mores!
Monday ~ Boy, the weekend just flew by! It was time to get
packed up and ready to head home. We had such a nice time
relaxing and being with friends. Thanks to the Lemmons family
for making us feel so at home and to the Hartley's for letting us
ride along!
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Happy
Father's Day
June 17th,
2007 |
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My Daddy is
great! I love him so much. I made him a card at school
that looks like a shirt with a tie. It has a pocket on it too
and for in that pocket I made him a little SpongeBob SquarePants and
a Patrick. Not sure why, just did! I thought it was
pretty funny though! Anyway, we worked on a special paper for
our Dad's today at school.
MY
DAD
My
Dad's name is "Mark".
He is so "funny"!
He looks like "my Dad with black hair and a little bit tall".
My Dad's favorite thing to do is "work".
His favorite food to eat is "pizza".
My Dad likes it when I "am helpful".
I love my Dad because "he plays with me".
Sadly, Daddy had
to spend Father's Day at home by himself. Mommy & me were in
West Virginia visiting our friends, the Lemmons family. Daddy
was supposed to come along too, but got held up with work to do.
(Told you his favorite thing to do was work!). We missed
having him there. We will plan another weekend for Father's
Day activities. Not sure where we will take him that will top
Mommy's Mother's day adventures...heehee.
Daddy did get a nice present...his brand new grill! I made him
a can coozy too. We will have to get a picture of it on here.
I am working on something for Pap-Pap and Pa-Pa too but you know me
and projects, it takes me forever to finish them. (At least I
got cards out for them in time this year!) Mommy hopes this
isn't a sign of my progress with upcoming "homework" assignments!
HAPPY FATHER'S
DAY!
XOXOXO
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Pink Eye
and An Eye Infection
June 19th,
2007 |
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While visiting
at the Lemmons house, Mommy noticed that my eye was kind of "goopy".
She thought that it was just allergies, but as the day went on, it
got redder and messier. Plus, my eye lid was swelling.
She kept me pretty well cleaned up but since it was getting worse,
made a doctors appointment because she was pretty sure it was pink
eye.
Daddy was able to work from home and take me and the doctor said it
was pink eye but that it was almost gone but that I had a pretty bad
eye infection. So, she gave Daddy eye drops and an antibiotic
(pills) for me to take.
I was better by Wednesday to go back to school. Good thing,
because we had a fun field trip that day. We went mini-golfing
and to a park! The swelling was gone by Thursday and all seems
much better now. Even better is that no one else caught it
from me. YAY!
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Powder
Room is Done!
June 23rd,
2007 |
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Mommy and Daddy
have been working on the powder room downstairs for a long time,
well actually, they worked on it while I was away at Grandma's and
then took a break from finishing it. Not sure why, they just
did! They decided yesterday that they should just get it done.
SO, after a quick run to my favorite place in the whole world,
Lowe's, we had all the rest of the stuff we needed to finish it.
I must say it looks pretty nice. Everyone's favorite thing is
the new faucet! It looks like an old well pump. It goes
great with the "outhouse" theme of the bathroom. Mommy also,
picked out new globes for the light fixture, so now you no longer
need to wear sunscreen when you pee! HA! Mommy took some
pictures but because the bathroom is so small it is hard to get the
whole effect.
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BBQ with The
Martinelli's
June 23rd,
2007 |
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We enjoyed a
nice last minute throw together BBQ with our friends, the
Martinelli's. It was nice seeing them and especially their
son, Drew. Alex was not able to come as he had to work.
We haven't seen them in a long, long time. I don't know why we
wait so long to get together and we always say we won't do that
anymore...but something always comes up! Anyway, we grilled
out some good stuff, and Mommy made "shrimp on a stick" (that is
what I was calling it). I had a fun time showing Drew all my
toys and Lego's. Then we played Lego Star Wars on the XBox for
quite awhile. I was just excited to have someone else to play
it with me!
I hope we can get together with them again soon. I think
Daddy, Bernie and Drew are going golfing tomorrow! I wish I
was big enough to go!
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The Movies ~
Ratatouille
June 30th,
2007 |
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Daddy & me went
to see the new Pixar movie,
Ratatouille today.
It was pretty funny and we had a nice father & son outing. We
shared a diet soda and some licorice, my new favorite movie viewing
treat!
"A rat
named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his
family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a
decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the
sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a
restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau.
Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly
unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant,
Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and
exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside
down."
It's no CARS...but still was very funny and you should check it out
if you can!
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