August Part 1

Well....August....lemme try to remember. MP3 is currently teething something awful, I'm slightly sleep deprived and also suffering a terrible head cold (which wouldn't be that bad but the chickenpox scars in my throat are inflamed and it is very painful to swallow) so I'm having a bit of trouble not only remembering what the hell happened in August but how to construct a sentence as well. Here goes!

We continued to play at the cottage. We love the cottage (in case you were wondering). Here we see The Kidlet and her cousins playing in the water. Notice the strange looks on their faces? Guess what they found. A big dead fish. A catfish if I remember correctly. Jeana especially looks horrified.


My kid, not surprisingly, seems unperturbed about dead things floating in the water with her. And, as usual, is being photogenic. Notice those gaps in her mouth. The gap on the left is finally closing up. The one on the right, however, has yet to have a tooth begin moving in. I keep telling her it's not coming and that she'll have a permanent "straw hole" for drinking through. She refuses to believe me. Darnit!

We had a wonderful time over at "Aunt Brubber's" house and got to see some cousins that we haven't seen in quite a while. Here is my cousin Jamie, grinnin' like a fool. Man, I've missed him. He and his wife have moved somewhere far away and strange...like Utah or something. I don't recall offhand which state it is, but it's somewhere over there.

The kidlet and her cousins had lots o' fun playing with my cousin Beth's children. Well, two of her children anyway. The other ones couldn't make it. Sydney and Tristan were wonderful with the kids!

The were even wonderful with MP3. This made me laugh - I asked them what they were doing and found out that they couldn't wait to see what his cute little toes look like! TOES! It must run in the family...I love baby toes too!

I think Beth and her kids should move up here so that I have some babysitters. Tell me Sydney wouldn't be great as a baby sitter! *squeeee*

The power of the finger!!

We also spent some time over at the Grandma and Grandpa's! Here's Victoria and Olivia with MP3. Once again, more kids who should move up here so that I have some babysitters. Why do all these great kids live downstate?

The Kidlet had much fun riding Michelle's go-cart with her.




Guess who else had much fun riding the go-cart?

Okay. August Part 1 is complete. Part 2 coming soon...I promise. But first *drumroll please* HALLOWEEN!

Cannibalistic Jack-O-Lantern!

I went and carved myself a Jack-O-Lantern eating a Jack-O-Lantern. Saw a picture of one in a book and just had to try it myownself. I'm feeling rather pleased with myself. I thought about having some pumpkin guts hanging from the little one's mouth...but then I thought that that might take things a step too far. Whaddya think?

He's even squinting on one side like he's chomping down on a jawbreaker. Wheeeeeeee!

JULY!!

Okay. July in photos. Here we go!


For the 4th we went to Meg and George's house in Kalkaska. AnnaLaura had fun swimming in the pool with Jeana and Paige. The baby got passed around to everyone. Lots of sun and fun!

MP3 with Papa

Gettin' his toes wet!

With Nana

With Paige

The next day we went to see the other side of the family for Alex's birthday party. More pool time. More sun. More passing around the baby.

TheKidlet and Darin on the trampoline

With Kim

and with Frank

Later in the month we all went to the family cottage for a "Nearly 90" party for my Grandpa! More sun. More swimming. More passing around the baby. Lots of relatives we only see for a week or two in the summer when they come to visit us northern folk.

Look how big Miles is growing!

A Nearly 90 Birthday Cake!

The Kidlet as a surfer girl!




MP3 at the beach (he actually will wear a hat!)

Courtney gets attacked!

the kids are ready for cake

A nearly 90 Grandpa!



Yes....a picture of me...hope you're all happy.




Amanda and Miles

Coming up next... August! We stay at the cottage. We see long lost cousins at my Aunt's house. Lots of baby pics (go figure). The Kidlet swims! We attend an "End of Summer" party at a friend's house. Stay tuned!

I Laughed So Hard I Almost....

Every time I go into a clothing store and attempt to find cute clothes for the baby, I lament (okay, I whine) the fact that the girl's section is 3 times larger than the boy's and while the girls get really cute clothes the boys seem to have nothing but sports and camouflage. Whenever I enter a clothing store and attempt to find clothes for the 7 year old, I lament (okay, I bitch) the fact that clothing designers want to make my daughter look like a hooker....and a poorly paid one at that. That being said, I was just bouncing around the internet, trying to find a baby custard recipe, and I found an article that said this:

You'll Win... One Way or Another
Girls clothes get more space in the store, and it's universally acknowledged that baby and toddler girls are more fun to dress. This is deeply unfair to mothers of boys. But they'll get their revenge in three years, when moms of girls have to deal with hoochie-mama clothing for preschoolers.

It's nice to know that I'm not the only one....

ACK!

I am sooooo far behind in my blog posting (with photos, of course). I will attempt to at least pacify all of you with a month by month photo list.....

Here goes nothing!

June 2008

We went on a mini road trip to the Ren Faire at Castle Farms in Charlevoix. On the way there we stopped at a road-side park and took this picture.

While at the Faire we saw some raptors....

And some jousting...

And the kidlet had her face painted....

She also went to the "Robin Hood Swordfighting Class." After which she got to fight the Sheriff of Nottingham!

Later in June it hailed!

A super clean MP3!

For some reason, the Kidlet is still pretty happy to be a big sister.

Let the fighting begin!

Mmmmmmmm! Plastic bananas!

Coming up next....JULY!!

Please Go To Sleep!

The other night, MP3 decided to stay up late. I took these pictures at 12:30AM....

Does anyone out there think that he went to sleep soon after these were taken? Anyone?

Yeah...didn't think so....

Hello again!

Yes, I know it's been a while since I've posted anything. I am sorry. Somewhere between then and now our computer died (so we bought a new one, or rather we are still buying a new one...thanks Discover), our fridge/freezer died (thanks again, Discover), our kitchen sink required the services of a plumber (paycheck said ouch), both vehicles have gone in for problems (none of which we can afford to fix...new head gasket for me, new ABS sensors for Mike) and mine is back in for the brakes. However, the biggest event of all was the birth of kidlet #2, Michael III (from now on known as MP3). So, since it is late, and he might wake up at any time I leave you with a whole boat-load of photos.

Oh, and the birth announcements will go out this week....with thank-yous included...I promise. Really.... At least I mean to do it this week.... *sigh*



























And because it's the coolest ultrasound I've ever had....