Anne Brita came on Wednesday, July 22 and will stay until August 7. We have gone visiting, but thought it would be great to have the family over for a barbecue on Sunday. And fortunately Elsa was feeling well enough to join us and share a meal. Scott's brother, John and his wife Robin came over also. The house was plenty wild as Dina brought two young friends of Ellie and Lily with her, now I know they are girls, but you know girls scream and slam doors and run in and out of the house and poor Scott is trying to keep the cool air inside and the hot air outside - almost an impossible task when you have two 2 year olds, two six year olds, two eight year olds, and an almost 10 year old going in and out! We did try to have them eat outside so the rest of us could have a quieter dinner!
About three days ago we introduced Jalen (now remember he was 2 on May 20) to a little battery operated motorcycle. Oh my gosh, you should see him go...he can steer better than his 8 year old sister (lol, really!! -- she rolls her eyes when I say that, but trust me, it is SO TRUE!). And he does a whole body turn, it cracks me up to see this little "man" riding around my entire house on a motorized little motorcycle. And he found it so fun to go down my driveway cause it goes fast even without putting the 'pedal to the metal'!! And then he looks ahead and sees a car parked, so he leans to the left while he turns the steering wheel, then he quickly turns it back and can make a short circle and avoid the car! I am telling you it is a sight to see...he is cracking us all up!
Now Addie got one of those little pink battery operated 'jeeps' for her birthday a few weeks ago and up until last night, she didn't really have a clue how to steer the thing. But coming to our house with lots of grass and yard, it took her NO time to get the hang of it, of course, remember she cannot let her older cousin (by two months!) beat her in anything! And as usual for Addie, she stripped down to nothing but her diaper.
The grandchildren keep us in stitches ...an example is Scott has a pair of slippers that happen to be green and gold --DUCK slippers. (We are U of O alumni and big fans!) They LOVE to put them on. In fact last week both Ellie and Lily had a sleepover with us. I had them take a shower and get into their jammies. I went downstairs and a bit later they came down wearing all of Papa's "duck" clothes, they found a t-shirt, a sweatshirt, hats and then these duck slippers. They each had one on a foot and were chanting: Go Ducks, Go Ducks, Go Ducks.....over and over again. So last night when we had our dinner, the slippers showed up downstairs and both Addie and Jalen had to put them on and walk around. They even posed for us! Such hams! It is so fun...can hardly wait to see what Tristan brings to this mix!
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