Lots of purple

So in preparation for a photo challenge of purple, I snapped a few pictures of purple things we have.

Luckily our Vitex is blooming again.

Grace with her bouquet.

Grace before she dropped the jar and spilled water over her pink dress. Luckily she was wearing two dresses today.

I gave Merry a purple ribbon belt and she came outside with a sword in it ready for her picture to be taken. She then used the sword to try and prune some bushes.

The color purple makes me think of:
1. The book "The Color Purple" which I have not read in a long time but remember thinking it was sort of strange so maybe I will never reread it.
2. The book "Harold and the Purple Crayon" which made me want to take a picture of Merry coloring with a purple crayon.
3. The poem "I never saw a Purple Cow." We are in possession of a purple cow, maybe tomorrow I will take a picture of it.

Since Jacob didn't want to wear purple, color with purple or hold purple flowers he dug in our garden and found a purple eggplant.

Side notes:
1. Purple used to be on the lower half of my color choices, this assignment improved its standing slightly.
2. I love the t-shirt dresses that Merry and Grace are wearing. They look cute lots of different ways and they pass Merry's comfy clothes test and my ultra cheap clothes test.
3. The purple pictures had to include a face. That is why my kids showed up a lot.

Why I think my life is great

This white princess is always finding herself in trouble. Luckily today a pirate with a key chain attachment on his head was there to save the day. Good thing, because that dang sheriff was laying down on the job and tan Luke had his light saber glued to his hand with a plastic welder.

Orange Luke was a couple of stairs down just in case the pirate didn't get the job done.
(Orange Luke lost one of his hands in a tragic dryer accident- he has currently been released from rescuing duty until a new bionic hand can be found).

Just in case you wanted to know, the white princess is the most popular toy in our house this summer. Not to be confused with the pink princess who is styling a pink bodice with a white skirt and a long braid. She totally gets snubbed.

Adam at 4 Months

Adam has had an exciting 4th month.

He got to try cereal for the first time.

After me trying to feed him a couple of spoonfuls he was ready to try. Notice the large amounts of cereal on his double chin.

He also got his first haircut to remove his balding mullet style.

I said trim mom I am too young to recruit.
Don't quit your day job, Mom!

P.S. I remember doing this to Jacob's hair too, I should not be allowed near clippers.

4th of July- Kansas style

Over the long weekend we went to Wichita, Kansas to visit uncle Dan. We visited the Exploration Center and the Keeper of the Plains monument and watched a ton of fireworks. Apparently Kansanites or Kansonians or whatever you call them love to blow up stuff. Fireworks were going off all over the place the whole weekend.

Grace, Jacob and Merry jumping for joy outside the Exploration Center. They had an exhibit called Grossology that described bodily functions. It was pretty cool until Dan wanted me to identify some smells. I think my olfactory nerves are permanently damaged.

Dan showed my kids how to properly light fireworks with a blow torch.

Uncle Dan and the kiddios.

Just outside of Ok. City Jacob was munching on some crackers and his other front tooth fell out.
We could have been nice parents and stopped but instead I tossed him a few wet wipes and a water bottle.

One more jumping picture just for fun.

What to do with spilt glue

Say you accidently leave the lid off of a bottle of school glue and it spills all over in the bottom of your craft box, what do you do? Well I say make home made silly putty. It is pretty dang awesome.

It stretches, and strings and even makes bubbles if you put it at the end of a straw.

Merry thinks the bubbles are the best.

Well I'll be, that is awesome.

Jacob is sporting the Billy-Bob look this week with one missing front tooth.

User's caution: Do not put this in your ear and tell your kids that your brain is falling out because your 4 year old daughter will copy you and get glue silly putty all in her hair.

Merry's dance recital

Merry participated in her first dance recital over the weekend. She had a great time dancing to Flora's Secret. She did fancy moves like discovery, fairy dust and sunlight.

Merry with her dancing buddies.

Sitting through a couple of hours of dance performances made me think of the last time that I was in recital. Flash back to sixth grade, I was still in that teeth to big for my head stage. One of my Young Women's leaders taught dance in a friend's garage. Our group decided that we would participate in the middle school talent show.

Outfits- black home-made unit pants (pictured below), purple and black t-shirts layered with the sleeves rolled up, puffy purple socks pulled over the pants and sparkly, metallic purple headbands and wrist bands.

Our song selection- Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson.

Six awkward 11-12 year old dancing our hearts out.

Too bad I was born with a congenital defect. I have no rhythm. And I wondered why we didn't place in the talent show. Fortunately my dancing career ended then.

If only I had a picture to share with you. Oh well I guess somethings are better left to the imagination.

In searching for a picture of unit pants I found that you can still purchase unit fashion online. Awesome!!!! I think this jumpsuit is definitely going on my wish list.

Sum-sum-summertime

Well we are 2 weeks into summer break and I think I need to take rest from all the summertime fun.  We have packed a Missions game, the Witte Museum, a couple of play dates, Port Aransas, the Stonewall peach jamboree, and lots of playing all into a couple of weeks.   It is time for a couple of catch up days around the house. Berry and peach season are in full swing so restocking our jams and canned peaches is top priority in the next couple of weeks.  My little garden plot is starting to produce.  We have had a couple of bowls full of tomatoes, a couple of bell peppers, lots of basil (good thing I love pesto), some storing squash, and an eggplant.  I think the yellow cherries will be the most productive this year.  

The picture is at the Pioneer Memorial Garden in Fredericksburg.  Jacob and Merry were telling each other knock-knock jokes.