Time flies when you're having fun!!!

Last Monday everyone was still pretty tired.  Connor is 6 months old!!!! (but thinks he 2 years old and can keep up with Bradley and everyone else)  When did that happen...it has gone so fast.  Lauren and Connor both had well child checks at the doctor. They are both doing well. Lauren is just under the 25th percentile for height and just above it for weight.  Connors head circumference and length are both just under the 50th percentile and his weight is just above the 10th.  The doctor is a little worried about his weight because he is already dropping percentile curves and he is not crawling or walking yet.  I think he is just fine.  After all someone has to be on the low end of the chart....and have you seen his dad?  But really I think he is fine...and he already is quite mobile.  Connor can get wherever he wants to pretty much...he rolls scoots, twists, turns, and does push ups.  At one point today his hands were so close to his feet while doing an arch that it looked like he was going to stand up and start walking.   I'm really glad he's not to that point quite yet.

Tuesday morning Wymount had a water Olympics activity.  They had several games and relays and then just had a big water fight.   Everyone had fun.  In the afternoon we played in a neighbor’s pool.  Then when Alan got home we went to seven peaks.  We all had a really fun time.  It was a super hot day so everyone enjoyed being in water almost all day.

Wednesday was another hot day.  We just hung out around here.  We probably vacuumed...we did almost every day this week...Connor will eat anything.  It has been really nice to have a slower week and just be able to play.

Thursday afternoon Wymount had a water activity and brought out the slip n slide and turned on lots of sprinklers.  In the evening we went to the barbecue in our quad.  Then we went to Fiddler on the Roof at the Scera outdoor shell. We got our tickets from our pass of all passes.  We all enjoyed it but we decided to leave at intermission.  It was getting late (9:30) and everyone was tired.  Alan has been staying a little later at work all week and didn't want to be up too late so he could keep making good progress there.  Also Lauren has been having a hard time sleeping in her bed at night...tonight she is sleeping in Brad's with him.  She was up for a while in the night...and so was Connor..so we were all  tired.  I've never seen Fiddler on the Roof before...just parts...someday I'll see the whole thing.

We made octopus for lunch

Friday we did lots of cleaning up around here.   We also played outside a bit.  In the evening Jeff and Elizabeth babysat while Alan and I went to Seven Peaks.  We had a ton of fun.  Jared was pretty upset that we were going without him, but I told him it was so we could go on the big ones he isn't tall enough for....so I had to do a big scary one.  I did go down the yellow speed slide (3 smaller drops) and I'm still working up my courage for a straight down one.  They have mats that you can ride on now for them...maybe they had them last year too but I didn't slide any last year so they are new to me.  Anyway if you use a mat you go on your tummy head first...which I like a lot better.  Everyone had a great time while we were gone too...or just survived depending on who you ask. :)

Saturday morning Alan went to the Temple.  The rest of us went to a builder workshop we had signed up for at Lowes.  We just had to pick up the kits because Jared had his first soccer practice.  He loves soccer.  This season he is on a team with 1st and 2nd graders.  In the afternoon we did some shopping that needed to get done.  We also cleaned up a little more.  There has been a pile of shoes...In a broken box in my doorway for a long time...I have been tired of it for a while now, but we finally took care of it!!!  It is so much nicer now.  After our shopping we watched the last little bit of the Olympics.  We sure have had a fun time watching it.

How embarrassing... here are all 37 pairs of shoes (plus a few without matchers) that we either threw away, gave away or took to DI.

Today was just a good normal day.   We organized a little more and had a nice restful day.  We ate our stuffed peppers outside for dinner.  This Summer has gone far too fast!!!  We found out this last week that Lauren will be in Mrs. Porter's morning kindergarten class (we are really excited...Jared had Mrs. Porter too) and Jared will be in Mrs. Stewart's first grade class.  I asked that Lauren be placed in afternoon since afternoon kindergarten doesn't have school on Fridays, but she got placed in morning.  When I went to make the call just to see if she could be switched she said no mom I want to be in morning.  I asked why? and she said she just wanted to give it a try.  There are really good things about the morning too...so I guess we'll give it a try.  We will definitely enjoy our last week of Summer and are looking forward to our company that is coming this coming week...and the next.