Seashells

Mack's new favorite book is all about seashells and this prompted her to re-visit all the sea shell treasures brought to her from the grandmas on their trips to the coasts. She spent a lot of time peering at them through her magnifying glass and separating them out by type. At the end, she made a pretty seashell flower!

Picinic in the park

Grams was in a pretty scary accident a few weeks ago, wherein she was
rear ended by a car going about 60 mph. Despite some lingering effects, she
walked away  with out major injury. Her truck was totaled and we were
all pretty excited to take a ride in her new ride.

Mason faces forward in the new ride!

We drove to the park for a picnic and some play!

Weee!

Racing down the hill

And a dip in the lake!

"Daddy's working at the hotel"

Mike was asked to help roll out the paperless charting system at a University of Colorado hospital in Fort Collins . This meant that he'd be provided a hotel room for the 8 days that he'd be helping with the roll out. We missed him, so we went up to have dinner with him half way through the job. Mack wasn't quite sure about this but she told several people that " Daddy's working at the hotel, now!" . She was extra excited that she could bring her swim suit and play in the pool with Daddy at his new " work" .

Checking things out.

Jump!

Halfway through, Mike had two days off at home before heading back
up to Fo Co. Can you tell they missed him?

Daddy ( and his shoes!) are home.

Ellie found a new place to relax.

Mornings with Mx2

Things will soon be changing. With the start of full day kindergarten on the horizon, we will have to tweak and adhere to a new morning routine. For now ( and when we are actually home)we enjoy our lazy summer mornings and here's how it looks in pictures.

Mason usually wakes first, around 7 am. If he isn't too hungry,
he cuddles. If he is hungry, my smiley greetings are met with a
request for " Gilk! Gilk! Gilk!" and the requests continue until
he has a sippy of milk in his pudgy little hands.

Today Mason wasn't super hungry so he wanted
to play a bit before breakfast.

Morning books

Trying to dress Mason is like wrangling a cat into a tuxedo.

Morning, Macky! She's gotten herself dressed and is ready for the
day.

Time to make breakfast! I'm glad for my helper.

Someone isn't so patient.

Eggs are ready! Everyone is happy.

Mommy juice

Macky does her chores after eating breakfast.

Time to go upstairs to brush teeth! Mason chants " Go! Go! Go"
all the way up.

Mackenzie making her bed.

Mason likes to " help"

Brush!

Always time to check out the flowers after everyone is dressed .

Mason picks his first flower :)

Off we go on a walk, stopping at the park!

And a bit of TV before lunch. Mason has discovered
Elmo!

Mack in her favorite chair.

Everyone is hungry! Mackenzie plays while I fix lunch!

Again, Mr. Not so Patient

Yum! Once lunch is gobbled up, It's nap for Mason
and rest time for Macky before the afternoon picks up! That's a
story for another day.

Here are a few " bonus" pics that didn't have a home but are too cute not to share:

A boy and his dog, watching the action at the golf course.

Play time at Chick-fil-A. Mack, Mason and I had to hang out extra long at
the play place since it was pouring down rain.

Supplied

Mack picked out a fancy new " My Little Pony " back pack and we filled it with all the things she'd need for kindergarten, plus a few more things to donate to the school . We already know that her teacher is Mrs. Solliday, who was one of the preschool teachers last year! This is getting real over here!

Put it on paper

 As always, Mack loves to spend her time drawing, coloring, cutting , taping, and stapling. I've saved up a few pictures of her latest work:

Overheard: Mack " This is Ellie. Diagnosis: Dog Pox
Treatment: food , water, love"  Do you think she comes
from a medical family?

Mackenzie was drawing a self portrait and had just put the finishing touches on a
pair of fancy crayon high heels when Mason crawled over and tore it. This resulted in the
 " no brudrs" sign that you see printed on the picture.

Mack's favorite stuffed animal in cartoon form :)

Reading program ends

The library reading program ended this week and the library threw a celebration complete with a bounce house, games, snacks and , best of all, a magician! Grams joined me and the two kids and James met us there. We all had a great time! 

                            Excited !

            Even Mason was entertained

Petting the infamous magicians' rabbit!