It's All Brand New

I am long overdue for an informative and insightful blog post, but don't expect this to be the one.

 

We've been having a fun month!  Miles just finished a swim lesson session with great success.  He started the month reluctant to get in the water, but by the second lesson he was jumping in with no problem.  He increased his confidence in swimming longer distances solo, and is working on strokes.  He loves jumping in the water like this, but he needs to work on belly flop prevention.  Ouch!

The weather has been ups & downs lately (or as the Dude prefers: strikes and gutters).   We have been loving the ups!  Last weekend we spent almost all day out in the yard.  Wayne had fun with a chainsaw and a stump grinder while the kids played in the sandbox and drew with chalk.  We're trying to tame our jungle before it gets too out of control again this summer.   But it is one of my favorite chores: using the saw, axe and shovels to dig out the nasty spreading honeysuckle bushes.   My forsythia have finally bloomed and I have some hydrangea to plant soon.  I'm even considering a raised garden bed, guess I need to decide on that pretty soon!   We'd start small with just tomatoes, peppers, herbs, maybe some spinach & lettuce.  That's the stuff that would get eaten! (Miles just told me broccoli & celery is all he wants).  We're also sprucing up our patio & I can't wait to sit out there all summer long.

Audrey has been a handful lately.  She's really asserting her independence and does NOT like having to sleep in a crib anymore.  She's hit or miss with taking a nap in the big girl bed, and the one night she attempted to sleep there was madness.  So now when she wants us to take her out of her crib she strips from the waist down.  Oh yes.  Some of you on Facebook may have read about the night I went to the movies and Wayne had to deal with her stripping off a poopy diaper.  She's removed a poppy diaper another time and has also taken off her diaper and peed in the bed.  What a stinker.  But it gets her out of the bed and some attention from us, so she keeps doing it.  It's a good thing she's adorable.