What we've been up to...

I thought I'd just write an update about what we've been up to. Justin has been working a lot lately, the Microsoft company picnic was last weekend and this upcoming Saturday, so he has had to work those days up at the picnic site where they have a temporary store set up. The perks to this for him has been the really good free food and free entertainment. On Sunday he sat with some coworkers eating ribs and pulled pork sandwiches while watching moto-cross jumping. He was able to just pop into work Monday morning for an hour and a half and then take the rest of the day off. The kids were very happy to have him home:


Chloe has been keeping busy with playdates, birthday parties and gymnastics. She is working on cartwheels and handstands and takes every opportunity to practice at home. She just finished her gymnastics session, but Grandma DD was kind enough to "sponsor" her for another session... she is very excited and grateful (as are Mommy and Daddy of course)! Chloe also stays busy in our backyard conducting the lives of Owl and Mr. Mole. That will be a whole other blog post though! Here are a few pics of Chloe at gymnastics on Monday (not the best pics):



Cooper lives his life doing dangerous stunts and trying to keep up with his sister. He is enamored with his daddy... Justin can do no wrong to Cooper and Cooper just worships him. Oh there is nothing like the love sons have for their daddies. We are working on learning the meaning of "no" and using more words. Cooper has his favorite words that he likes to use over and over so we are working on expanding that vocabulary! Right now we hear a lot of Da-Da (of course!), sister, uh-oh, and all-done. Mama is said occasionally and he has put a few phrases together like "where's sister?" and "whats that?" He is such a sweet boy and loves to be cuddled! Here is Cooper mowing the backyard... he would live outside if we'd let him!


And me? Everything I've already posted about just about sums up what I've been up to! The kids keep me running in every direction and playing referee. I've been working extra hours lately because we are short staffed, so instead of the usual 3 shifts a week, its been 5. The paycheck will be nice especially for the back to school shopping Chloe and I are gonna do- But, I'm looking forward to relaxing a bit more and getting to see Justin more often. Sometimes I feel like we tag-team parent, just handing off the kids between us. It keeps the kids out of daycare or from having to be with a sitter, but I miss seeing him too. He works hard to provide for us and I wish I was home more in the evenings to help out with the kids so that he could have some relaxation time himself. In due time, I'm sure.

Be sure to keep an eye out for the blog post about the saga of Owl and Mr. Mole. It'll be a good one, I'm sure!