Summer is Over

This morning Etta and I were having a discussion about how summer is "over" because Bob has to go back to work all day every day.

Etta: "Mom, I want you to go back to work".

Emily: "What would you do when I went to work?"

Etta: "Go with you!"

Emily: "What would sister do then?"

Etta: "Stay in the car!!!"

Outside

We have been having a fairly mild August from what we normally have in Lewiston. And I am a-okay with that!! A week ago it was even nice enough in the evening to just hang out on the lawn.

Mae is starting to not mind the grass as much.



Etta wanted her story time to be outside. Great!

Rainbow!

Etta has been observing "rest time" from 1:00-3:00 instead of taking a nap. She stays in the music room. Don't fear, she has all of her books, her trains & a variety of markers, crayons, etc. It has been working out pretty well. She has some self-directed play time and I have a chance to do some things by myself.

The other day she drew this:



(Okay, so I totally don't know why it scanned in like this...hopefully you get the "picture".)

She drew the rainbow all by herself with no help from anyone. Did the colors in that order because...she knows the order of colors in the rainbow I guess. I am very proud of her!

Hey You at the Computer...

GOOOOOOOOOOO VANDALS!!!

Bounty

Here are a couple of pictures of our "garden". Bob & Steve built the clothesline last spring for me and Bob "worked the land" this spring to get it ready for a gardenish plot. We have four big tomato plants, two sunflowers that have the potential to be HUGE, four pepper plants, a couple of viney plants that came in voluntarily from the compost we used and a plethora of marigolds. I love it!

Babyzilla

Whenever we meet someone new, or not, and they make any kind of comment about or to Mae, Etta says quite proudly, "We call her BABYZILLA!" Which then evokes chuckles. And yes, she is quite the Babyzilla. Always on the look out for something to to knock over or destroy. Mae ripped off the cover of every. single. magazine. she touched at my folks this summer. And one of her favorite modes of transportation is to put whatever toy she may currently have into her mouth and then crawl willy-nilly. Amazingly enough I was able to get a photo!

What up, Dawg?

Mae disappeared for a few minutes the other day and was pretty quiet. And just when I was starting to get concerned she returned...



With her sister's hat on. Pretty proud of herself too.