Raging Waters

As a farewell to summer we decided to spend Saturday the 22 at Raging Waters. Moby, Jack, Julia, and my brother Colton had a great time. It was a little hot and tiring for me but I am 39 weeks pregnant. Jack and Julia thought that was the best day of the summer. Julia even went on a big kid slide with her Daddy. The first time she wasn't too sure about it but the second time she giggled the whole way down. Jack just loved being in the water. The kids and I were in the lazy river just getting out when Jack decided that he wanted to jump back in. So he did with no one near him. I jumped right back in after him and he did have arm floaters on so he thought it was a blast, but he just about gave me a heart attack. It was a fun way to spend the last Saturday before Moby started school again.

Julia loved this slide!


I made Jack put on his sister's arm floaters after this. Poor kid had to wear pink floaters.

Julia's Haircut

So Julia decided on Thursday night, while she was supposed to be sleeping, that she wanted shorter hair. On Friday morning, after cleaning and playing for about two hours, I noticed that her hair was looking quite weird. (I can be very observant.) I asked her about it and she said she wanted to see what she looked like with short hair. Man, was I upset. I loved her long hair and we had been trying new fun ways to do her hair for school. I was afraid she was going to have it chopped so short it would look like a boy's haircut. There are some pieces in the back that are super short. But thanks to Mindy at Cookie Cutters, her hair is really cute. I like it. It is hard to do though. I am just not used to short hair. Julia loves it, too. As soon as she saw it she said, "Now I look like Aunt Ashley. I can't wait until she can see my new haircut. She will think I look like her."

It used to be all one length.




She really likes it!!!

Photographer Julia

Julia loves to use my camera and take pictures of anything and everything. She is pretty good at it, too. She likes to take pictures of her favorite toys, herself, and Jack and me. Here are just a few of the pictures that she has taken.

New Bed

Jackson has been moved into a big boy bed. He has been so excited. I bought a Thomas the Train bed set a couple of weeks ago because it was on clearance and he has been waiting for us to buy the bed so he could use the Thomas blanket. He loves the bed. He has had it about a week and still gets excited when he sees it. Having his own big boy bed has helped with potty training too. He does great as long as he is in underwear. If I leave a pullup on him he will use that instead of the toilet. He loves his bed!

Icecream

Last Thursday, Moby took the kids with him when he went to play softball. This is what he brought me back. I get to relax for a couple of hours just to clean this up when they get home. Look at Jack's arms, shirt, and carseat. Sorry about the string in the way.

Jack's First Real Blood Squirter!

Last night, Moby went to play softball, so the kids and I went to watch and play at the playground. Within five minutes of being there, Jack said "Mommy, I hurt" and whimpered a little. I walked over to him and at about five feet away noticed that blood was oozing down his face. That sure go me moving fast. I didn't see what happened but I think he was on the top tier of the playground and feel down one tier and split his head open with the stick that he was carrying. He didn't cry. He just wanted to get back up and keep playing. Julia was freaking out much more than he was. After we cleaned him up a little at the park we took him home and put some bandages on his head. He was a trooper. There was about a one inch gash on his forehead, though not too deep. We had to shave a little of his hair to get the bandages to stick. So he will look funny for a while. Today, it looks much better. What an adventure last night was!
Before the shave and clean up.

After the shave.

He looks a little out of it, but he just didn't want me to take the picture.