Peas Please

After catching the girls numerous times picking my peas and eating them pod and all I managed to save a good handful. It'll go perfectly with my red and green lettuce.
We have not had to buy overpriced, dirty, gritty, buggy lettuce in over a month! Which works out well for a house full of kids that ASK for salad every night at dinner.
The carrots, beets, chives, cucumbers, squash, peppers and tomatoes are all blossoming and the right track!

Wallis Sands I 2010

Fixing up my Edie.
Brrrr!!! Ethan played in the water most of the day, I don't know how he did it! My feet throbbed after just a few seconds.

They are getting so tall, I can't see over their heads, time to change our posing.

Wallis Sands II 2010

Sophia did not want sand on her bottom!

This IS Edie. This is her all in one click of the camera.

Aubrey

'On your mark, get set.....'

Old Pictures....

I've been going through lot's of old pictures, scanning them and putting them in the computer. It's been fun sharing memories with the girls, and remembering all the fun times we've had. The one of Todd is from a cruise we did in 2000, and the one on the bottom is from our honeymoon. I found some others that I posted in the margin of the blog.

Prevent Slump Sleeping

As most of you know Edie was 'slump sleeping' in her car seat on a late night out last week. Due to the strange neck position and the heaviness of her head she pulled a muscle in her neck. Not only was the muscle pulled and painful, but it was also combined with painful muscle spasms. After, an emergency call to the pediatrician and being thoroughly checked out she was also diagnosed with infected lymph's on that same side of her neck and a sinus infection. We kept her comfortable, by limiting her activity for the first 24 hours and giving her an ibuprofen, acetaminophen and warm compress regiment every three hours. This was also combined with an antibiotic to clear up her infections.

Her pediatrician said 'I'm surprised I don't see more children with these injuries, children really need some type of neck support when they sleep in the car, I suggest a neck pillow for long rides where there is a chance she may fall asleep, I would get one...get three to prevent this from happening again.' I'm scared to death to think this could happen again!

Edie is doing great we took a trip to beach and she got to have her play date with her friends today that we had to postpone last week. She still has a little trouble looking up, but she is very much feeling like herself again.

Thank you all for love and support, we really appreciated it!

New Goggles

A Day At The Beach

Wow! They are at a great age.

Edie wasted no time going up to a group of girls building a sandcastle and said.

'Hi I'm Edie, want to be my friend?'

The girls took her and her sisters by the hands and they built a great castle, hunted for snails and jumped waves. We went on a long walk and found crabs, starfish, a giant clam and other goodies.

Here is what made it great. We left our house at 7:20 am and picked Grammy up at the park and ride in Concord. We left Concord at 8:00am and made it to the beach by 9:00am. By 10:00am the parking lot was packed and beach goers were snaked around the parking lot waiting for spots. We stayed until...2:00pm!!! For the first time we spent more time at the beach rather than trucking back and forth!!

We are determined to go again, and again, and again.

A Fish Tale

Daddy is getting ready for his annual fishing/camping 'guys' weekend. He is gathering, collecting, fixing and preparing all the necessities. I guess 5 fishing poles should get the job done. He was telling stories to this captive crown of eager listeners, it was about his last trip when he caught a really big fish and the line kept snapping, and he had to chase the bobber as it swam away only to catch it again and the line snap AGAIN!. I think he'll be prepared this time.

Reagan Lost A Tooth!!

It came out last week.

I took all three girls to the dentist on Thursday of last week.

ZERO cavities! Whoo hoo!

They did great, and thought all the tools, doctors, and hygienists were great.

No tears, no fears, just a great experience.

Grammy's custom made clip on earings.

Pool Party At Aunties!!!