Friday, July 5, 2013
Haylee The Artist
Haylee and I were coloring the other day when she drew this portrait of me. I think its excellent. I was sitting indian style with my arms folded. She'll draw you...for a small price. She accepts candy and back rubs.
After the rain
We had another rain storm this evening. It came out of nowhere. There were beautiful blue skies and five minutes later it was dark and the rain was pounding down. Both the girls were asleep and I was tempted to go to bed also. Then I realized it was only 6:00. There was thunder and lightening for 20 minutes or so then it cleared right up again. After the girls woke up we decided to go find some mud puddles to jump in. We found a few but the walk down to the mailbox was so beautiful we spent more time walking than jumping. I didn't want it to end. The smell was amazing. The farmers have been cutting their hay this week, after the rain it smelled like freshly cut grass. The light was perfect. The girls were excited to go exploring but they weren't wild. They walked from one side of the road to the other trying to find every color of flowers. It was not hot but almost chilly. I felt like I was camping. Being outside tonight was exactly what makes me happy. It was beautiful. If I had known how nice it was going to be I would have grabbed my camera but all I had with me was my phone. I don't think any of these pictures need explaining.
Enjoy.
We saw a rainbow!
Maycie Moose
After a long day of fun Maycie asked for a snack. I handed her the box of wheat thins and sat down on the couch by her. It wasn't a minute later that I took this picture. She's sound asleep!
Oh to be a kid...
How easy is it to entertain a kid? Pretty darn easy! Especially if you live where we live and don't have a lot going. Let me explain...
The girls were eating breakfast one morning while I was getting ready. I heard them laughing, which is nothing unusual. Once they find something funny it'll usually keep them entertained for quite a while. Their laughs kept growing louder and louder and Maycie's squeals were getting more excited. After a few minutes I walked out to the "dining room" to check on them and this is what I saw:
The neighbor boy was playing peek a boo with them by opening and closing his trailer door. I'm sure he got in trouble for slamming the door because he suddenly moved over to the window. That made the girls laugh even more. They loved it!
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
A Dinglehopper
You've seen the scene in The Little Mermaid when Ariel takes her treasures up to Scuttle to have him explain what they are. Scuttle says the fork is a dinglehopper and humans use it for doing hair. Well I guess the girls must have been paying close attention last time they watched that movie because this is what they did last night:
Maycie with a brush and Haylee with a fork. Those puppies hurt!
Every time my girls play with my hair I can't help but be reminded of Aunt Connie. She was my Grandpa B's sister. I didn't know much about Connie when I was younger. I only knew I loved her like she was our Grandma. She was always at Grandma and Grandpa B's house. Connie would give us $1 every time she saw us. The money was never a reason to go visit. We loved spending time at Grandma and Grandpa's. If we were lucky Grandma B and Connie would take Liz, Laramie, Jerome, me and sometimes Dallas to Chuck E Cheese. Grandma would give us each money and if we ran out Connie would sneak us more. It wasn't very sneaky, we almost always got caught. Thinking back now, I know we never said enough thank yous or gave enough hugs but I sure hope she knew how much we loved her. Connie passed away from cancer when I was 16. I remember during one of her chemo and radiation rounds her hair started falling out. She would have clumps of it sitting on the end table next to her. Liz and I were talking to her one day about what it felt like when her hair fell out. When we asked if it hurt, she reached over to grab our hands and put them on her head and said "Of course it doesn't, here, pull some out!" We sat there pulling as much of her hair out as we could. The whole time she was laughing and collecting handful after handful in her lap. I can only imagine what was going on in her mind at the time. I know it was not on purpose but she left me with one of the happiest, sad-time memories I have. It was a sad time but I can still hear her laughing. I can hear Grandma B, from the kitchen, telling us to stop. After a minute or two of Connie telling her it was okay, with Liz and I standing behind the big lazy-boy giggling, there was a long, very silent pause then the four of us all started laughing. So now, every time I have two little girls standing behind me, giggling and pulling my hair I can't help but smile and be reminded of how lucky I was to have an Aunt Connie in my life.
Sleeping arrangements
Did you know that the sun doesn't go down here until 10:30-11pm?? Its up again around 4. Another thing that happens when you don't have mountains! We have a hard time getting the girls to sleep when its still bright outside. We have quite a few windows in the front of our trailer, they all have blinds but its still super light and very warm in the front. Our bedroom has three windows but two are blocked by the insulation around the bump outs. The other can easily be covered with a blanket making the back of our trailer dark and cool. All. day. long. Well, I bet you can guess where the girls have been sleeping.
Yep, that's our bed. See that space to the right, that's where Bret sleeps. That sliver over there by Mace, that's my spot.
Someday things will get back to normal. Soon it will be winter and the sun will go down at 4pm and come up at 9am.
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