Instagram Summer Week 4

This is a little late... We are winding down our Iowa visit and looking forward to being back home.  More Iowa pictures and posts later this week.

Saturday: Day 22

Keith Has A Meltdown and Scores: New Shoes, New Sunglasses, and a Frappuccino.

Sunday: Day 23

TV Zombies

Monday: Day 24

S'Mores

Tuesday: Day 25

2nd Cousins: Carson and Keith....Instant Buddies

Wednesday: Day 26

Baby Super"Visor":  get it?

Thursday: Day 27

Bed heads: 2nd Cousin Sleepover

Friday: Day 28

Reinbeck Library #favorite places

Instagram Summer Week 3

Day 15

Matt and Melissa's Wedding Reception

Day 16

Lauren and her adding machine.  Serious business. 

Day 17

The Cat Relocation Program

Day 18

Snowballs.  This is supposed to be a picture of Keith on the tire swing that Aunt Sue and I put up but Instagram won't give it back to me. 

Day 19

Green River Ice Cream Soda

Day 20

Playing games... all day.

Day 21

Treats for Aunt Sue's Dogs

p.s. Those cows last week were not real......

Instagram Summer Week 2

Day 8

Everyone in the bed!  Daddy had to get up early to work OT. 

Day 9

Happy Father's Day to the best dad around!

Day 10

I hope there are some tomatoes when I get home.

Day 11

We made it to Iowa!  The kids with Great Grandma Keith and 2nd Cousin Tommy.

Day 12

Iowa Breakfast, just add a cookie

Day 13

Dead cows at the dairy

Day 14

Drills with Grandma.  She doesn't take any excuses.

Summer Milestones

We are in the final Iowa countdown and things are changing on a daily basis. 

First, Keith learned how to swim.

Then, he lost (swallowed) his first tooth.

Now there seems to be a last minute balding epidemic.





Who knows what will happen today!

Instagram Summer Week 1

Day 1/72 Sleepyhead

Day 2/72 Pickled Garlic (for Daddy)

Day 3/72 The zoo with Kaydin

Day 4/72 Cousins and Legos

Day 5/72 Watermelon at the pool

Day 6/72 Target solo

Day 7/72 Monopoly

Also too cool for preschool.

Last Day of Preschool: I majored in VACATION t-shirt

Last week was a long week.  And I will admit that I cried, several times, for various reasons.  Not the least of which was Keith's last day of preschool.  Every day when I look at Keith I do a double-take.  Unwilling to believe that he has grown into this... boy.

He's ready.  He's been collecting all of the Level 1 reading books in the house.  He has been working hard on speech.  He has been asking me if Kindergarten starts tomorrow....everyday.   I started reading him his first chapter book.  The same book I read to Patrick before he started Kindergarten, Winnie-the-Pooh.  It is such a perfect piece of literature.  He and I both laugh at Pooh and his friends.

Today was his preschool promotion.  A year ago, this seemed to be a part of the very distant future...but now it is here and there isn't anything I can do to stop it... or slow it down...

BBLC K2

Keith held his hands behind his back like a soldier for most of the performance.

Hugs from Miss Patricia

Celebration dinner with Grandpa and Grandma

tell the truth.

You totally wish you could rock a Maxi Dress (and boxer briefs) like this girl.  She makes me laugh out loud every day.