June 2014 Activities

Princess and Little Guy petting a bunny rabbit at a Summer library event

June was mostly spent packing and preparing for a move at the end of the month! But Trainboy had cubscout camp to attend and Dinoguy received his first pair of glasses. Princess took swim lessons for the first time officially and did awesome. Little Guy was upset he didn't get swim lessons also.  Baby learned to crawl forward and sat independently. Both older boys had swim meets and we tried to make decluttering and packing as fun as possible. We also went blueberry picking and baked up a storm of blueberry goodness. Oh, and just to make the month as busy as possible, I had a genealogy based trip planned so Dinoguy and Baby went with me to Oklahoma for the Chenoweth Bi-annual reunion. Faster than we wanted, the move arrived and we transported all our belongings 12 miles up the road to our new home.

Happy baby on a walk

Having fun pushing baby at the park

Little Guy made "dragons" out of his duplos

Trainboy getting sorted for a race at a swim meet

Dinoguy up on the blocks at a meet

Get ready to swim!

Handsome boy who can buckle himself up (with a little bit of help)

Trainboy waiting for his race

Getting ready for backstroke!

We decided not to take Princess' cardboard castle. But instead of throwing it out, her dad filled it with fireworks and we had a fun burning party.

We took pictures of some art work before letting it go.  What a nice elephant!

Trainboy became pretty good at Indexing names in Family History

Picking delicious blueberries!

Yum!

Baby discovered the joy of pizza crust

The only picture I can find from the Chenoweth reunion trip. We had a great time.

Fixitman and his handsome red tinted beard

Father's day breakfast and Baby trying to grab some food

This guy was able to sit up and crawl forward this month!

Dinoguy prepares to eat his delicious banana bread

The handsome new glasses

He believes all water bottles belong to him.

Dinoguy at the regional swim meet

Baby pictures while we wait at the swim meet

Trainboy preparing to swim

An old clay creation picture before we left it behind. It is a Garfield sculpture that he carefully created many details and painted. But it is broken and wasn't going to make the move well. So a picture before saying goodbye.

Tape hair! We purged some old cassette tapes

Princess had a blast at swim lessons. She learned all the skills they teach 5 year olds.

Before moving out we let them hit the walls with hammers a bit since the house was being demolished. They had too much fun and did way more demolition than I wanted.

Helpful missionaries who helped us move.

Goodbye old house. But the baby in the basket is coming with me!

June 2012 Other activity photos

Dinoguy is in the middle on the block about to dive

Waiting to swim a leg of a relay

Dinoguy was on the city swim team in May and June in 2012. It was a very positive experience. They swim every day and it is the only way I know of to help a child become fairly proficient at swimming. He earned the Most Improved award in his age group at the end of the season. He wants to swim again this coming year and Trainboy wants to join him.

Trainboy on a waterslide

Trainboy at swim lessons

Trainboy took two weeks of swim lessons that he enjoyed and that was a huge positive. He did not come as a natural water lover like Dinoguy. The fact that he enjoys playing in the water now is awesome. I tried mommy child swim classes when he was a toddler and he just clung to me the whole time trying to get out of the water.  So seeing him excited to swim and learning basic skills was fabulous.

I squeezed another summer out of this awesome baby swimsuit set I was given. Looking at pictures it was really a bit too small.

Time for a snack? Or just hating the water sprays?

We did go swimming at the city pool several times this summer.  Not as many times as I thought we would. Princess was surprisingly comfortable in the water, much like Dinoguy has always been. Baby did not like to leave my side most of the time, except when he was enjoying the baby water slide. But usually he was holding on to me for dear life, whimpering about being at the pool. Some kids love water, some don't I guess. 

Swinging at the park remains a favorite pastime of both Princess & Baby. They could do so for hours. All of the kids love to swing really, Dinoguy hangs out on his swing in the yard all the time.

What our new house looked like shortly after we moved in. I have gotten to cut down a lot of stuff. :)

We moved at the end of June out in a more rural area. The move was motivated by cutting our rent in half. I loved our house, but the rent was killing us financially. Really, Fixitman pointed out, I loved the yard. Our new home has an even bigger yard since we are in the country. Lots of trees, lots of land, lots of work. I have enough gardening projects to last me several years.

My foot in a lovely walking cast I borrowed. Ow.

Did I mention I badly sprained my foot on moving day? I could not put any pressure on it for several days. I was given a walking cast to borrow and that made it possible to sort of move in to our house and finish cleaning the old one. Being injured during moving week is not good timing. My foot hurt for months afterward, it was so weak and recovering. I think I tore all of the ligaments.

The rest of these photos are just random ones I took in June 2012.  Sometimes every day pictures are better than any thing else.

Dinoguy being cute

Baby is just cute all the time.

Princess playing cards.

Good morning wake up calls are free in my house.

How did this cute boy get so big?

Moreover, when did this one turn into a big kid?

Dinoguy and the first dinner I made in our new home. An enchilada casserole.