Jeff and I even got away for the first time in quite a while! Jeff is the best man in a college friend's wedding in September and so we decided to go up to Chicago over Father's Day weekend for that friend's MBA Graduation Party. We drove and talked, saw some sites like the Navy Pier and just enjoyed being kid-free for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We were amazed after driving for three hours that we had basically been talking uninterrupted for that whole time! You forget what that is like. :) The kids enjoyed a day and a half with Papa and Gemma and a day and half with Grandpa and Grandma. They ate and slept pretty well at both places (once they were able to un-crank them from all the excitement and special treats!). Maybe since all came out unscathed, we'll have to consider heading out for weekends more often! :)
Overall a fun month, with work schedule that weren't too. Jeff has now been at NIFCO Mechanical in Lincoln for a whole year (in May actually), that went quickly! He has been doing great work for them and, of course, everyone enjoys having him there. I've been trying to get the NARI office organized with less going on right now event-wise. This has included going through boxes from storage and also the files that were passed along from the previous Executive Director. I'm even working on a binder to contain all of the procedures for the position so that it is all laid out clearly. You never know what can happen and the last thing I would want is our NARI Board and Jeff in the basement trying to figure out what all my mess was about!
Kalum's June Moments:
- Early June - now able to identify all different animals and vehicles! Inlucding bus, choo-choo, tractor, motorcycle (cy-kee he says), race for race car. He knows all basic pet animals and most farm animals, too.
- I asked him what he wanted for lunch and gave him a couple options. He said "no" after each one. "Candy" he then says. In response to me telling him he couldn't have candy for lunch, "YeahWhyShare!!" all one word. As in, Yes-I know it exists, why can't I have it, share with me!
- When a plane goes by, he reaches up his arms and grabs with his hands. Says "catch catch" while running after it. :)
- Favorite food: chicken nuggets! Mid June he moved up from saying "chicky" and now says "chicken"
- June 13th - first time going multiple times without both Mommy and Daddy
- Vocab update: Started putting together two word groupings. Says, "funny sissy" (or whatever amuses him at the moment) "on song" if there is a break between music on the cd, "my daddy". Distinctly says everyone's names now.
- Loves to sing Jesus Loves Me (joins in on the last word in each phrase) and He's Got the Whole World in His Hands. He laughs and repeats the family names I put into the song, especially Papa.
- Of all the creatures that could frighten a child at the zoo... Kalum practically recoiled from a small turtle behind glass in the Lied Jungle! "Scared!" he said. He wasn't too fond of any of the lizard-like animals really that day.
- Heading home facing into the sun in the car, Kalum squinted his eyes and said "Dark! Dark!" I said that it was bright with the sun in his eyes. All the rest of the way home he smiled with a squint saying "Bright! Bright!" and "More! More!" whenever we turned away from the sunshine.
- Started back in swimming lessons for the summer and was SO excited that she got to be in the water with no parent, just a teacher and two other girls in her class. Kalum was not a happy observer of big sister's class and he'll have to do other things during this time. Samara did great, just gets distracted with all the kids and things going on in the water. Starting to put her face in the water for longer time.
- First "slumber party"! She stayed the night at Nick and Auntie Courtney's house during summer break. She has stayed at Grandparents' houses, but this was a night of snacks, Disney movies and girlie fun with Auntie Courtney. She had a great time and even got a star shaped donut in the morning, a highlight for sure!
- She loves Daddy's stories at bedtime (he just makes them up as he goes, not read from a book). She will ask numerous questions afterwards. Sometimes she wants to tell her own and likes to tell silly stories just to get laughs from Mom and Dad.
- Samara's zoo story: Encouraging Samara to smile nicely on the butterfly wing bench at the zoo, I smile and say show me your teeth! She started to, then thought better of it. "Butterflies don't have teeth", she said showing me a smug grin with no visible teeth. Well, that's true, what can I say to that?
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