Kendra and Larry
Me and Kendra (I am starting to show my age)
K-Dog's cake
Pumpkin Pie's back to school present
Sweet Pea's back to school present
Matt chasing my sister with cake icing
Bugaboo's birthday cake
I’ll try to remember the highlights of the past few weeks but it all seems to run together anymore.
Towards the end of July, we attended K-Dog’s birthday party and took my nephew along, knowing he would have a blast. I really have been slacking with pictures, even at a birthday party!
My Papaw was back in the hospital for a little while and we made the trip to Kingsport to visit him and to celebrate my Mamaw’s birthday, if you can call a hospital room a celebration place. My Papaw is back home for now, although he still does not feel well and his strength continues to decrease (and not come back) each time he is sick.
I have spent some time preparing for the school consignment sell because we are finally getting rid of all of our baby stuff. Sweet Pea is almost 7 and I think it is high time that we put thoughts of more children aside.
The girls have started back to school. Sweet Pea chose two Olivia the Pig play sets for her back to school gift and Pumpkin Pie received more American Girl books. Sweet Pea is starting to give her a run for her money on reading though. Sweet Pea got a new backpack this year, although I didn’t take a picture. Pumpkin Pie still had three brand new backpacks so we are using those before we buy another one for her. Both girls are loving their teachers and doing well so far. Music lessons start back again in a couple of weeks and Sweet Pea will be with her original teacher, who blessed us with her return this year! We aren’t sure who Pumpkin Pie’s teacher will be for music yet and she is currently contemplating joining the band to play the Clarinet.
We went to my nephew’s birthday party this past Friday. Saturday, we met my mom and sister at Dollywood. Matt’s mom went with us and within an hour of being there, she passed out and became very ill. We have been working towards a medical issue that she has been having for some time and think the passing out is related. Matt spent the remainder of the day in a hospital emergency room with her. She has two more doctor’s appointments in the next week and a half so we are in prayer that they can find the source of the brain blockage and resolve it easily. Sunday, we attempted to make Dollywood up to the kids and went back for another three-four hours. It wasn’t very crowded and the girls got to ride the remainder of the rides that they missed on Saturday.
I am still working on completing the rest of the stuff for the consignment sale and we are celebrating Matt’s grandfather’s birthday this weekend. My family also has several birthdays’ coming up so lots of cake and ice cream in my future. Yum!
Sweet Pea came to my husband and I the other night and stated that she could not use her mouthwash. Keep in mind she has three loose teeth that she refuses to let us wiggle. Sweet Pea states, “I can’t use my mouthwash because it builds strong teeth. That is why my teeth won’t fall out.”
Ahh, the logic!
We have been super busy this week- Monday we mowed, Tuesday we went to the grocery store, and Wednesday I had to clean the house. Tuesday, when we were leaving Walmart, we saw a guy hang gliding. Pumpkin Pie pointed him out and then got in the vehicle. Sweet Pea asked who the guy was, insisting on knowing his name. I replied, “Bob, me and him go way back.” Sweet Pea was fine with this answer and got in the vehicle. As we were leaving the parking lot, the guy was a lot closer and Pumpkin Pie pointed this out. Sweet Pea looks at her sister and says, “Hey, do you know who that is?” Pumpkin Pie says, “No, who?” Sweet Pea says, “That is Bob. Mom knew him way back.” We all laughed!
