30 lbs of tomatoes later

Some more of my canning extravaganza! A couple weeks ago Taylor and I spent one crazy evening canning these tomatoes I had blanched and sliced earlier in the day. It was pretty hectic. With Taylor taking out the last batch at 11:30pm. Well worth the work!

The day has come...

I am going private my friends. On Saturday. So if you read my blog and you want to keep reading my blog please send me an email or leave a comment with your email and I will send you an invite. Some of you I already have sent invites to, I will keep trying to remember everyone who reads this blog. Thanks!

Interview w/ James

Stole this from my friend Jill. Thanks!!

What does mommy always say to you?
Please go to the bathroom.

What makes mommy happy?
Crying

What makes mommy sad?
Crying...(apparently I cry a lot??)

How does mommy make you laugh?
You laugh.

What was mommy like when she was little?
A toy.

How old is mommy?
Bigger. Seven.

How tall is mommy?
That tall. Four hours tall.

What does mommy like to do?
Play with me and make a mountain.

What is something mommy doesn't like to do?
Mmmm...I don't know.

What is mommy's job?
Open and close doors.

What is mommy's favorite food?
Onions.

What is mommy's favorite color?
Pink. Cuz you're a grirl.

What do you and mommy like to do together?
Play Legos. (That's all??) No, there's one more part. Play knights and cowboys and soldiers.

How do you know mommy loves you?
Cuz you love me. Cuz you like me. Cuz you love me so much.

We did in fact celebrate...

So we did celebrate the 4th of July. Parade, hamburgers, and fireworks. Only thing missing was some cotton candy...love that stuff. We did the parade with the Dibbs, hamburgers by ourselves, and fireworks with Dibbs, Frosts, and Myers. Fun times!





At the parade we got four beach balls, a frisbee, two bottled waters, two pairs of sunglasses, a yo-yo, tons of candy, two fans, and a tote bag. Quite the haul.

James holding a Roman Candle...


Sparklers, lighting a fountain with Dad, watching the artilary fireworks. We had quite of few of our own, but someone a few streets over did an amazing show about 15 minutes long with a long finale and everything. Loved being able to watch from our friends front yard!

James Speak

7:45 am going to the back yard
Kristi: Let's check out the weather.
James: It's cold! We can go running!!
(I find something distressing about 80 degrees being considered cold...)

Kristi: Maybe we can go swimming this morning. It's sunny today.
James: The plant needs watered.
Kristi: We can water it.
James: No, we really need some rain. (something Taylor says constantly!)

Stopped to look at a waterfall the boys and I run by. There is a sign which says, "No Swimming". James and I went to sound it out. First word no. Kay, help him sound out the second word...swimming.
Kristi: Do you remember the first word?
James: It was no.
Kristi: So what does the sign say?
James: You can't swim in the lake.
Excellent reading comprehension folks!

Mmm, good...

My boys and I are eating ice cream right now. In the middle of the afternoon. Just because I am that nice of a mother. And ice cream is SO good! But do I hear a chorus of "Gee mom, you're great", "Thanks mom! You are the best!". No. Instead I get "I didn't want strawberry! I wanted chocolate!" Fortunately for James I am that nice and we have chocolate in the freezer too. Lucky Matthias gets James' strawberry and James gets chocolate. We love our ice cream.


(Yes, Matthias is biting the carton)

Batter Up!

James participated in the library summer reading program and one of the prizes was two tickets to an Astros game! So we bought one more for me (Matthias is still free) and went down last night for a family outing. We had a great time! James was very interested in the game and Taylor told him everything that was happening. Matthias was happy to sit in his own seat and eat "bees" (grahm crackers shaped like bees).




After about one inning Matthias and I went to wander around and stretch. While he was running around outside the photography booth one of the guys opened the door to watch him and then rolled a ball out to him...Matthias was ecstatic! He started chasing it everywhere and the really nice man said we could keep it! Everyone started asking me where he got it...apparently there had been a home run that we missed...guess I should have asked the guy who gave it to us. But we are just assuming Matthias got the home run ball. He was so happy with it and held it tight all night and all the way home.



We left during the 5th inning (already 2 hours past bed time). The boys had so much fun and I am really glad we went! All the picture are of Matthias since I spent the whole time chasing him around. James pretty much just sat in Taylor's lap the whole time, so I only have one picture of him. Now James is asking me to be the pitcher...better go!