good books

I am looking for any advice on good summer books. I hate getting books and getting half way through them and having to stop reading them because of language or other violence.I am looking for some easy reads when we go to the beach. If you know of any good books I would love some suggestions.

Funniest Weekend Ever!

Since Kristi always tells me that I never contribute to this, I decided to share a couple of stories from what I thought was Siena's funniest weekend ever. It happend not this past weekend, but the weekend before that. She was in some kind of a mood most of the weekend and these stories exemplify how funny she can be - especially when she's not trying to be.

First Story: Baby Scarlett
Two months ago, our friends had a little baby girl and named her Scarlett. Ever since then, Siena has named one of her stuffed animals (a pink elephant) "Baby Scarlett." Well, this weekend we babysat Scarlett and shortly after she got to our house, Siena found her "Baby Scarlett", held it up in front of Scarlett and told her "This is you."

Second Story: What's for dinner?
Sunday evening, Kristi made a barbeque pork roast for dinner, which was quite tasty. It did come out with a dark/charred outside and was in the shape as every other pork roast you've seen. Keep in mind also that we spend a lot of time talking to Siena about going to the potty and she actually had just recently gone before dinner. So, when Kristi brought out dinner and told Siena that we're having pork for dinner, she proceeded to say, "We're having poop for dinner." I of course couldn't stop laughing. I thought it may have been the funniest thing she has ever said. Kristi didn't feel quite the same way about it as I did, but she couldn't contain her laughter either.

There were other funny moments, many of which also involve "potty humor" but hopefully those two stories can give you a little insight into our current daily life with Siena. It's certainly never boring. And now Kristi probably won't ask me or allow me to contribute to the blog again.

second child

Today we thought we would make cookies and while all three of us were in the kitchen Ben was playing with his toys, and then this happened. Poor boy. He was so tired he just fell asleep playing and we had no idea. He's such a good boy.

A day trip to grandma and grandpas

 

We decided to take a quick day trip up to Hershey PA to visit Grandma and Grandpa Meilstrup. It was so much fun. We had a great time! It was wonderful weather except when we decided to go down to the duck pond it decided to get really windy and cloudy. So we were only there for 15 minutes. It was still fun. We hung out with cousins and made cookies with Grandma and played. We had a good time. Thanks grandma and grandpa hopefully we will see ya soon!

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Little Fish

We haven't been in the pool for a really long time and it's hard for both kids to be in the pool if I'm the only one there. So today we went with Erin to her pool later in the day so we didn't have to worry about the sun and heat and so I could manage both kids with her. It was wonderful! We started in the little kid size pool but then Siena was ready to go to the big one. We put her little floatie on and she loved it. She didn't want to be held onto. She drank a lot of the water but I was really surprised at how well she did. We were there for an hour and a half and she was swimming in the big pool kicking her legs for the majority of that time. Usually when we go places she wants to have a snack but she didn't want to get out of the pool at all. And it was Bens first time in the pool. He loved it. The pool was actually pretty warm so I wasn't really surprised that he liked it. He's such a good boy. It was fun so thanks Erin and Josh.

clutz = good gymnast?

Siena takes after me and falls frequently. She is never hurt too badly and gets right back up and tries it again. Even when she was just learning how to walk she would fall down the stairs and then she would go and crawl up them again. She is just like me and has the bruises to show for it. Today we were at the park at the other end of our street and there is a new playground. We decided to test it out. Only later did I find out that it was for ages 5-12. So she was climbing on these uneven steps and I turned around to go and get Ben and heard a really loud scream. She really doesn't scream that loud when she is hurt she just wants cuddles and then is good. But this was a loud scream. I ran over there and there was blood all over her face. Don't worry she has all her teeth still! She bit her lip and got a bloody nose and mouth. So we are on the other end of our street with blood everywhere and I don't have anything to clean up with so I tell her we have to go home to clean her up. I think she was more upset about that then the blood. So we go home and clean her up and all she wants to do is go back to the park. We decide to drive back there and she goes straight back to the uneven steps that she had just fallen off of. This time she seemed a little more cautious. She did great! No more falls. So I have been thinking about putting her in a gymnastics class this fall just for the fact that she is a clutz and needs some guidance but she is brave and obviously doesn't mind falling. I enjoyed gymnastics when I was young, I was never very good at dance so we will see how it goes with gymnastics.

Anything Ben does

Siena testing Bens sweet potatos

Siena playing in Bens bath
As Ben has started doing more things Siena makes sure that we know that she can do it too. When Ben rolled over, Siena started doing it too. When he blows bubbles she does too. Some of the things are really funny. We just started feeding Ben real food and she has tried the rice cereal (she doesn't like it now as much as she did then) and when we made sweet potatos she tried them (she still loves those). I made a foot/hand imprint today and Siena had to do that too. She is so excited when Ben takes a bath because she knows she can play in the tub after him. I am glad, she seems a lot more aware of him and plays with him a lot more now. I can tell they will be great friends!

4th of July

I was so excited to have Dave home for a long weekend. I ended up not feeling great Friday morning so Dave was very good and watched the kids while I slept. We wanted to go in to D.C. and watch the fireworks but with rain pending and us just taking it easy it didn't happen. So we went in to old town alexandria to the Masonic Temple. It's way up high on a hill so we thought we would be able to see the fireworks pretty well. We couldn't. We saw half of the fireworks, the other half were covered by trees. O well. Siena didn't last too much longer once the fireworks started so I was kinda glad we didn't make the chaotic trip in to the city with millions of other people. We came home and lit some sparklers. She loved those. She thought they were big birthday candles. She held them and waved them all around. It was the best part of the day. So the day ended well. So happy birthday to our country!

yum yum!

Yeah! Ben has finally started cereal. He is doing pretty good at it. He is still learning to put his tongue back so he doesn't just spit it all out. He spit a lot out in the beginning. Whenever the spoon goes to his mouth he reaches for it, so it makes a big mess but he's doing well. The cereal keeps him a little more full so he sleeps even better now. It's awesome! Now he knows and gets excited when I put him in the high chair. He also gets excited when he sees a bottle. My cute boy. He is getting so big. Apparently he is always hungry because he just found his toes and chews on those throughout the day.
I thought I would also include Sienas typical dinner prayer. We have to start her off and then she just goes on and on and on blessing everything. Thank you for this food (she points to her plate) and this food (mommy's plate) and this food (daddy's plate) and then continues listing all the food she has eaten that day. It's very cute and sometimes she blesses food she hasn't even eaten that day. She knows how to pray now and rarely needs our help.

About me!

I think that describes me pretty well or what I would like to be like. Good quiz!


You Are Aurora! (A.K.A. Sleeping Beauty.)

Thoughtful and loving. Authority figures probably have been sheltering you all of your life. Thankfully you're a very tranquil person who is content with what life has given you, but secretly you want to know how the outside world works.

Which Disney Princess Are You?