I love having 3-day weekends – we have had so much fun just hanging out. I should say that I like this 3-day weekend – it’s the only holiday that we know for sure that Rick doesn’t have to work.
We spent yesterday on the boat again; we headed to the sandbar and Mallory & Rick hung out and swam and played for a bit. Mallory loves the water and the splashing daddy. :-)
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Our lake puts on fireworks every year and we had a few people over to watch the show. Of course, no party would be …
Year: 2008
Happy 4th of July!
Ok, so it’s not a real original blog post title but oh well.
Our long holiday weekend started off on Thursday. Thanks to some monster storms that blew through Wednesday night, daycare was without power on Thursday. Rick was already scheduled for a vacation day, and had grand plans of biking, kayaking and windsurfing, but they got squashed just like the fence in our back yard did by the storms. And then it got worse for him when I volunteered him for Alli duty too, since Alli’s folks didn’t have anyone to watch her. :-)
The girls got to see each other …
A-B-C-D
Here is a little video of Mallory doing the alphabet. Well, part of the alphabet.
[tube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmVRHU_1eyc[/tube]
So not sure what the “cheese” is about in the beginning.
Daycare Beauty Shop
Everyone knows my kid has wacky hair. Rick does daycare drop-off and he is unable to do anything but comb it in the mornings. Thank goodness the toddler room ladies like doing baby hair ~ almost every day when I pick Mallory up she has some variation of a ponytail(s) going on. Yesterday it was three baby pigtails – I cannot for the life of me see how they get her to sit still to put those little itty bitty tiny rubber bands in her hair seeing as how I can barely get a barrette in her hair and even …
The babysitter
(I just found this draft post…this is from when Rick & I went to a wedding back in April.)
Mallory spent the evening with our friends and their three kids B (6), K (almost 3) & A (almost 1) last night so Rick & I could go to a wedding.
Here are the text messages I received throughout the evening. I was cracking up:
6:24p – Ask RB is he fed Mals while u were gone – 2 turkey dogs, 1 lb watermelon, some pretzels and a piece of cheese…so far. She is very happy!
7:04p – Outside now. She LOVES B. Just …
MIA
I feel like I have been neglecting the blog lately, and it’s only been a few days since I last posted (I don’t count copy & pasting an email as a “real” post). Great, another thing to add to my list of things I feel guilty about neglecting. Fabulous.
We are looking forward to the weekend and hope the weather cooperates. I think it’s going to be nice but not too hot. I am hoping we can enjoy some low-key family time. Rick’s free weekends are so few that I want to make sure Mallory can spend as much time with …
My dad is so funny
Just so you get an idea of where I get my dumb sense of humor (MiMi is my dad’s nickname for Mallory):
Me: Can I borrow hillbilly golf this weekend?
My dad: Will you break it? Will you bring MiMi with you when you pick it up? If your answers are “no” and “yes” (in that order) then my answer is “yes” in that order.
Race Day
Just some pictures from Rick’s race day Sunday.
No wonder she likes Kid Rock – what with her hat looking all trucker-like; notice the huge bug bites on her left cheek :-(
Right after the race
Like Mallory needs that water more than Rick does; notice the free beer in Rick’s right hand – they were handing that out as people crossed the finish line. That is Rick’s kind of race!
“Helping” Rick walk his …
Hell YEAH I’ll have some ice cream!
Stories out of order but this is the funniest so I have to share first.
Out to dinner tonight (more on that later)…I ordered dessert (Gra.eter’s Chocolate Chocolate Chip ice cream)…asked Mallory if she wanted some and offered her the spoon. She shook her head and said “noooooo” (I think she thought I was trying to sneak her some more sweet potatoes). Then Rick’s mom said “you don’t want any ice cream?”
Apparently “ice cream” is a magic word in Mallory’s world. She whipped her head back around to face me and opened her mouth up wide…took a bite and got a …
Happy Firefly Spotting Day!
YEAH – I saw my first firefly of the season today – yahoo!!!
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Had a fun boat cruise tonight. The weather has been so Michigan-y lately (ie – beautiful during the day and storms starting at about 5p) that we haven’t been out on the boat all week. For as crazy as life has been the past 2-3 weeks with Rick’s work schedule, it was nice to just hang out. It was hot enough that Rick & Mallory jumped in for a quick swim and we realized that Mallory’s life jacket (aka “Boat Coat” – I am so clever!) …