Happy Birthday MeeMee!!

Happy REAL Birthday MeeMee!!

We had a very nice birthday celebration dinner for MeeMee's birthday last night. It was great to have the whole family together! These days that can be difficult to accomplish. We love you lots MeeMee. Hope your big day was special!!

Play-Doh

Today (pre-monsoon) we spent a little time out on the deck playing with Play-Doh. We even braved a two minute rain shower. I decided it was time to head in when it started to thunder. As you can see, Kate's hair got progressively curlier the longer we were out in the rain and humidity.

Bike Ride

Today Kate had her first psuedo bike ride. Matt pulled her in her little cart, out in the awful heat (all his idea... sounded way too hot to me). They just took a quick ride around the neighborhood. She loved it. When they pulled back into the driveway she said "din" which means she wanted to do it again. Matt nixed that. He told her she could go swimming instead. That was just fine with her!

More Cousin Time

Kate has gotten to see a lot of her cousins (on both sides) this summer. The other night, Jesse, Kamatha and Foster came over for dinner. The kids played out on the deck for a little while before we ate. It was hard to get any good shots of the two kids together. They were both on the move. So, these aren't the best pictures ever... As you can see, I was bored so I aged them.

Black Beans

Tonight Kate had some black beans with her dinner. She was determined to stick one up her nose. I was equally determined that she would not. This is the first time she has shown any interest in sticking anything up her nose (other than an occasional finger...). Matt won't be home till after ten tonight and I did NOT want to perform a bean removal "surgery" without him. My vigilance paid off-- we made it through the meal without any beans actually getting lodged up there. However, by the end of dinner, her face was encrusted with an industrial strength, not-to-be-removed-by-papertowels bean paste...

Pool Time

This afternoon we went to the neighborhood pool. There was one other lady sitting on a chair. Other than her, we had the whole pool to ourselves. I thought it would be packed as hot as it was today. Maybe it was too hot... Once again, I couldn't find my swimsuit. So while Matt and Kate stayed tolerably cool, I sat off to the side and melted.

Splash Pad

This afternoon we went to the splash pad. Kate and Matt had fun (I'm pretty sure I was close to a heat stroke). I didn't have a swimsuit so I just had to stand in the sun carrying the bags while sweating profusely. Someone's gotta take the pictures...

We didn't stay super long because we didn't have sunscreen with us. We did, however, stop and get Kate a pair of water shoes. I have a feeling the older Kate gets, the more she'll like the Splash Pad.