Happy Father's Day!

Looking at these pictures from our first months home are so sweet.  We love you Jon, the best ababa ever! 

Enjoy a complimentary car back rub. :)

9 Months

Our family at 9 months.

And now it's O's turn to take one of you. Cheese!

Happy Friday!

I laughed out loud when I saw Jon's additions to the grocery list.  It's been one of those weeks. 

Raise a glass!  The weekend is here!

just because we can wear hats again

foiled

So I busted out the pack and play yesterday for some time outs.  Conventional adoption wisdom says, when you put kids in a time out, don't leave the room because then they feel abandonded all over again and are completely freaked out.  

What do you think readers?  Hogwash? 

Actually, I think that is pretty accurate for S-Man.  But for Lil'O?  I really have no idea.  S-Man sits at the kitchen table for time outs, but Lil'O is not so great at sitting, so I got out the pack and play.  Which of course was like a celebration and cause for great excitment and rumpus playing. 

So I have been foiled.  Anyone out there have advice regarding disicpline for an almost 2 year old who loves, loves, LOVES to hit?? 

• We helped out with vbs at a friend's church last week.  The boys went to their classrooms everyday for 3 to 4 hours while I worked with a second grade class.  I was really impressed with how well Super Man did with his first pre-school type experience.  I also learned that conforming to peers is well and alive even in the three year old room.  On Monday after picking up the boys, S-Man would only call us Mommy and Daddy, which was new. 
• We can in fact get up 5 days in a row and get somewhere on time, but thank goodness we normally don't have to! 
• This is one of my favorite pictures of Lil'O from grandma and grandpa's house.  I figured I would just put it up, because I may never get caught up on all those pictures. 
 

Wallace State Park

"You sure you are reading that GPS right?  Lemme take a look."

Boys and their Toys

"Muw?"

Mr. O was the only one that liked Grandma's tart cherries pre-pie.
He kept coming back for muw.

Brave (or maybe stupid)

Geocaching in the lake with Jon's new canoe!

Memorial Day

Confession time.  I still have not gone through the 500+ pictures from our trip to MO.  That's just too many.

Here's one, though, of some of the lovely people that we got to spend Memorial Day with.  Jon's grandma, aunt, uncle, and cousins drove down from Iowa to spend the day on the farm.  S-Man loved bossing extra people around when it came to wagon rides.  He had a hard time with Grandma Ellavee's name, though.  She was either Grandma Elephant, or the slightly worse, Grandpa Elephant.  She's a spry and witty lady though, so no harm done.  :)

National Doughnut Day

My thanks to all the peeps who dedicate their blogs to free events!

Also, I will consider this another milestone.  First doughnuts, if memory serves.