April 5, 2016

Selah June went to play with Malachi as is usual for Tuesday’s.  The weather was absolutely beautiful, so Dustin made sure the kiddos played outside.  I received this photo from her showing them hard at work, raking all the leaves in the backyard.  How cute is that?  Almost makes you want to join them, doesn’t it?

I will say that I’ve noticed more and more that she wants to help with processes.  I know all kids go through phases in which they are fascinated by how things work, but she really likes to organize, clean, help, and do things for herself and for others.  I think she got a little bit of the Jessica Jones servant heart in her.  (Somewhere between a tad and a ton)

Unfortunately, right now her helping is centered on assistance with going to the potty.

April 3, 2016

After church we went to Dickie’s to get lunch.  I realized this week that I don’t have many pictures at all with Miss Priss.  So….  While Mom and I were waiting for the men to bring the food, I asked her to take a few pictures with my camera.  Selah June was not so into it, but we did manage to get this one pretty decent one.

She’s had terribly bad allergies over the last week. She wants to be outside all the time, but her nose runs like crazy when she’s out there.  Jeremy’s are acting up as well.  I guess it’s just that time of year.

We moved a table out into the sun, and she sat pretty peacefully on my lap and ate her fill of chicken and green beans.  It’s amazing what moving that child outside will do for her mealtime manners!

April 2, 2016

Today was an AWESOME day.  We didn’t really wake up until 8:00am.  (That wasn’t really awesome for Jeremy.  SJ was up for about 2 hours in the middle of the night.)  Then we leisurely had our morning drinks and read books together.  We took our time getting showers and then headed downtown for Jazz Fest.  Mom and Dad were in the kick-off jazz band of the day at 11:00 with Immersion Christian Jazz Band.  How fun is that?  They had great players from East Brent, Olive, and First, and the crowd loved it.  Ab and the boys showed up, and all the little kids danced to the music and ran around enjoying the weather and the people watching.

Then we headed to the mall for Chocolate Fest.  That’s right!  You heard it!  Two fests in one day!  What kind of craziness is that??  The event was a fundraiser for Gulf Coast Kids’ House.  I pretty much ate my way down the first side of the first aisle.  There were three aisles in all.  It was insane and DELICIOUS!  The sugar high was intense and the crash put us all to sleep for an afternoon nap.  At the mall, SJ just wanted down.  She wanted to run all around and check everything out.  She particularly liked Zales with its maze through all of the jewelry counters.  Grandpa finally stepped in and held her and whispered all about the things to see in order to calm her down enough so that we could keep pace with the line.

Jeremy went out this evening to watch the OU basketball game at New York Nick’s.  It’s the last night that establishment will be open, and Jeremy wanted to spend the game there with friends.  SJ and I took a “splash splash,” had some dinner, did puzzles, went through a whole lot of picture cards, played outside, read books, and had a ba ba.  She gradually slowed down and eased into bedtime.  It was actually a really great experience.  I enjoyed spending several hours with her.  She’s a fun kid, and she can be very chill.  Given that I was out of town last weekend, it’s been several days since I’ve had a relaxed chunk of time to just be with her.  It was really nice.

She’s so funny because she really really likes all things from outside.  We’ve had this fly in our house today, and it’s been driving me nuts.  While we were reading books, the fly landed on her hand.  She thought that was the coolest thing ever.  She started just laying her hand out to the side of her book hoping that the fly would come back and land there again.  Cracked me up.

March 30, 2016

Jeremy brought chicken nuggets from Chick-Fil-a home for dinner.  The weather was pretty nice and little Miss Priss wanted to be outside.  It was amazing how much easier it was to eat together without the screaming and gnashing of teeth over her sitting in her chair to eat.  Man!  It was a much needed break from the usual.  And she ate quite a bit!  Of course it was chicken nuggets and waffle fries, but I was not in the mood to fight it.  She parked herself in her little chair and ate her nuggets and fries while watching Sophie run in the yard.

In these particular shots, she was calling out to the puppy to “come here!”