Fraidy Cat.

Brian took the kids to the library tonight. They had a ShArK, a horseshoe crab and a starfish you could pet and lots of cool sea shells or as Calvin calls them She Shells to look at. Ellery the brave one, was willing to pet the shark. Calvin was a 'puss'. Not my words....Ellerys, I mentioned we shouldn't probably use that word in the future, even though it probably was very accurate. He unwillingly touched the starfish with the help of his sister. Here are the pictures to prove it.

Cal aka 'the puss' NOT touching the shark.

Ellery touching the shark.

Cal touching the starfish with the help of his sister.

Squirt Gun.

Every Tuesday Cal, Elle and myself head down to the ball fields to watch Brian play ball. Okay truth be told....Calvin runs around with the boys playing ball and getting dirty, Ellery spends every dime she can get out of me on popcorn and laffy taffy and I chat with the other mothers that are also shelling out dollars and quarters to their little peeps. Tonight was no different than any other Tuesday...Calvin comes running up to me grabbing his privates, so I ask the inevitable question 'Do you need to go to the bathroom', to which he replies 'No', I ask 'Are you sure', and he says 'Yes' as he is running to the bathrooms. As we approach the bathrooms he heads to the mens, and then looks back at me with disgust because he knows he has to use the woman's bathroom. The toilet is to tall to stand and do his business so I juggle my cell phone, a baseball glove and a ball to help him up on the toilet trying my best so that he doesn't touch every nasty surface in the bathroom. As he is peeing, he grabs above his 'little nugget' and starts moving the pee in random patterns and then looks up at me and says to me 'Look mom, it's a squirt gun'. So we finish up our business and he bolts out the door and I say 'Hey don't you need to wash your hands' and he shrugs his shoulders at me and I say 'because you just touched your squirt gun'. He comes back in to runs his hand briefly under the water and is off again. When he offers to share his candy later that night I decline because I know that there are most likely squirt gun germs on that there candy. Blah. Boys.

Cheap Labor.

So in case you weren't aware. Hanny Nanny is watching the kids this summer. While I'm at work, I assume the kids are doing kid things like sleeping in, playing on the swing set, going on bike rides etc. So today Hanny Nanny was nice enough to take some photos of what they do all day. .......

and what do you think Hannah was doing??

hA.

Mother Hen.

Playing hide n' seek at cousin Maizy's in Duluth over the fourth of July.

Questions answered by Ellery G. Jones:

Her Favorites

Food: Spaghetti
Color: Purple and Pink
Sports: Gymnastics/Swimming
What she wants to be when she grows up: Dentist
If she could visit anywhere in the world she would: go see Hannah Montana or Flordia
Thing she likes about her brother: NOTHING
Loves to play with her friends: Little House on the Prairie
Something she likes to do with G-ma Shirley: make bread and cookies
Something she likes to do with G-ma Judy: play games - Aggrevation

She loves playing with Maizy, sleeping in (she will sleep til noon if I let her) and her Aunt Hannah.

Calvin.

Calvin is 4. He likes superheros and giving directions.


Yesterday he had a playdate and they were dropping him off at Hannah's. The mom couldn't find the place and he told her to look for the house with the orange flower (yep Hannah has ONE orange flower in her yard) and a roof.



I love that dirty, stinky, hard playing little boy.