Sidewalk drawings

The other day Addison wanted to draw on the cement with her sidewalk chalk. She loves to draw people, and if you can see, she does a pretty good job. (I know, I am bragging, but that is what mom's do best!)

Benton County Fair

O.K., so this is a little late, but we went to the Benton County fair a few weeks ago. At Addison's preschool they were learning the letter F and talked about various things that started with the letter F, including the fair. I thought that it would be fun to go to the fair since Addison had just learned about it.
The 1st thing she wanted to do when we got there was to ride the rides. Most of the rides were pretty old and looked like they were going to fall apart, so we stuck to the safest looking ones. The tickets for the rides were too expensive, $1 each and most of the rides took 2-3 tickets, so we limited it to 2 rides. The 2 that we swayed her to go on were:

The ladybug ride,

and the gunny sack slide, that I made Brad go on with her.

We also let her have a pony ride, which was a special treat

I didn't get any pictures of the animals, because that was our last stop, and by that point Reagan was ready for bed and got fussy. We ended up walking through the livestock building pretty fast, but I wish that I got a picture of a goat because they are my favorite.

Reagan, 6 1/2 months

I seem to only post about Addison, so I will change it up a bit and let you all know what is going on with Reagan. She is almost 7 months old, and is growing too quickly. When I say growing, I literally mean growning. At her 4 month appointment she was in the 60th % on her weight. Her height was only in the 30%, so she basically is short and square. We are behind on her doctor's visits, so when we go in for her 6 month visit, I will let you know on her stats then.

I have been feeding her rice cereal now for a few months. This picture is from when she first tried it, as you can tell by her face that it took her awhile to like it. She is now a pro at eating puree'd foods, and opens her mouth nice and wide way before I get the spoon to her lips.

No, she hasn't started crawling yet, thank goodness, and a predict that it won't be for awhile, because like her sister, she hates being on her stomach and doesn't even try to roll over on to her stomach. She will probably learn how to crawl from a sitting position, which brings me to my next subject....

Reagan is sitting up, yeah! It is so nice when the learn to sit up, because they are happy for longer periods of time as they play with their toys.

A few other things about Reagan, she loves her big sister and will only laugh at Addison. I can get her to laugh sometimes, but she really thinks Addison is the greatest! She is usually laidback and delightful, as long as she is napping well. She has finally gotten her 1st tooth, and working on a second, because heaven forbid my kids get 2 teeth at a time!

Addison's 1st day of Preschool

Addison had her 1st day of preschool today, and she was so excited. She woke up this morning and was wanting to go right away. The method of dropping them off at the preschool was great. The parents, just pull up to the door and the teacher comes out to get them and you drive away. Addison didn't even look back, until I yelled out that I would be there to pick her up when preschool was over. She had 2 kids in her class that she knows from church, so hopefully it will be an easy adjustment for her.
When I picked her up after school was over, I asked her what her favorite part about preschool was and she said that it was the slide in the playground. Hopefully she will continue to like it. We will know come Thursday when she goes back for day 2!

Addison, ready for preschool

After school with her teacher, Mrs. Schaffer

Vacation

Last week we went to Utah and Idaho for a friends wedding and to visit extended family. We had a really good time and enjoyed seeing friends and family that we hadn't seen in awhile. We stayed at my grandparents house in Preston, Idaho. We were suprised at how well Addison took to them, and she loved playing with their dog, Mitsy.

Highlights of the trip:

Visiting my uncle and aunt's diary farm, which Addison didn't like too much because it was stinky!

Going to Willow Flats with my grandparents. The weather was so much cooler in the canyon, we loved it!

Attending my childhood friend's wedding. Addison loved seeing Rebecca's dress so much that she wants to marry Brad, so she can wear a white princess dress!

We also did few other things, but didn't get pictures of. We met up with one of Brad's friends from high school, and his family. We stayed the night at one of Brad's cousins' house, and also stayed at one of my aunts. All in all we had a fun time and want to thank all that took us in and allowed us to have such a great time.

"That Little Devil"

One day, a couple of weeks ago, Addison was in the living room watching a program while I was taking a shower. After I got out, I decided to check on her. When I found her on the couch she had quite a chocolate smudge around her face. When I asked her what she had been into she replied with a nonchalant "nothing". I knew she was lying (where do they learn that?), so I asked her again, with which she replied "nothing", this time a little bit louder and annoyed. I proceeded to tell her that I needed her to tell me the truth and that I wasn't going to be mad at her, and that I just wanted to know. She then started to smile and pointed to the kitchen. I walked into the kitchen and looked around for some sign of mischief. I couldn't see anything. Addison then ran into the kitchen and stopped in front of me, and says, "Don't say bad words to me mom!". What the heck! I paused to figure out what I have said to her in the past that she might consider bad words. I was speechless, and couldn't help but laugh inside. She apparently didn't want to get in trouble at what she had done, and was afraid that I was going to get mad at her. She finally pointed to the cakestand that was on the counter. I walked over to it, and removed the glass cover to find the top layer of icing, from the cake I had made for Brad's birthday, had been scraped away with little finger swipes! I was just amazed that she got the cover off and put it back without dropping or breaking it. What a funny kid! She never ceases to amaze me.

Garden

Last year was our first year at trying our hand in gardening. It started out well, and looked so pretty. Then, in June, it started to get really hot and we didn't water it as often as we should, so the corn dried out (or maybe we didn't pick it on time), the green beans didn't grown enough to can and the tomatoes did o.k..

This year we attempted it again. We decided to plant carrots, watermelon, and cucumbers (random, I know). The carrots didn't come up at all. I think I planted them too deep and too sparse. The watermelon and cucumbers did great. We had cucumbers comming out our ears for awhile and had so much that we gave quite a few away. Addison loved just having me peel the skin and she would eat an entire cucumber by herself. I also, made pickles out of most of them.

The watermelon too, did very well. Altogether we had/have about 10. All in all I would say this was a successful year for gardening. We will see what will come of next year.