Cribalism and ghetto-ness

So this is what Soph eats as a snack while she is in her room supposedly napping. It was originally just the wood that she would eat, but then it got so bad. We would find little pieces of wood in her crib and in her shirts and wonder what the heck it was. Until one day we were hanging out in her room and the sun alluminated the crib just right and we saw the gouge marks she had made on the underside of the crib bars (where the tape wraps under). There was a good 1/4 inch of wood missing on each post. So something had to be done. Not buying a new crib because we're cheap that way. So we thought we could fix it with duct tape. I know duct tape fixes everything right??? WRONG! This girl ate the duct tape too! Soon we started finding little pieces of tape stuck to her hair and in her crib. Aiyiyi!

Our grapes

This is the second year that these have been planted and they are already yielding such amazing tasting grapes. I am so proud of these babies. Having an edible garden has been great. Since these are in the front yard, anytime we leave the house, you can see us in front of our vine sampling them. Even Soph gets in on the action!

Our Bounty

Isn't that amazing??? All we had to do was purchase the plant, dig a hole in the ground and remember to water daily. Or in our case whenever we remembered, which could go as long as 4 days! We try our hands at gardening every year and so far we have not been disappointed. Magnus loves to help out too. Pretty soon our darling girl will be able to join in on the fun. We used the zucchini for a stir fry, the cucumbers, green beans and tomatoes in different salads. They were all delicious.

What Magnus says

The other day after church we came home to see a huge poop on our lawn. Hopefully of the dog variety. Unfortunately we couldn't clean it up because it was still fresh(aka wet). So later John had to go to the bathroom so Magnus asked his dad why he didn't just go on the front lawn, there was already poop there. All he had to do was squat on top. So funny so inappropriate! We had to tell him that people don't go pooping on people's lawns. They need privacy. If only we could return the favor to whomever left us that wonderful gift!

We completed our first 5K

I am so excited!!! We completed the race in under 45mins! Our original goal was to complete the race under an hour (along with not falling on our faces, pooping on the trail, or throwing up). I am so proud of John and Windy. They are great co-runners. I had a blast running the race with them and also training for this with them. Thank you both for making this such an enjoyable experience. Up next...there is a 5k/10k benefit run for FISH and Redwood Empire Food Bank in November. I want to do the 10k, but John thinks we should stick to the 5 and improve our time. I don't know if I agree with him, we'll see. Unfortunately our friend Windy will be going off to college on Thursday so she will no longer be a part of my shenanigans. Sorry there is no pics of us. We didn't want to bring anything heavy that would hinder our times!!!

Disgusting...

I think you can now say that with Magnus , he was a perfect child. Soph on the other hand, not so much. Especially when you give her a bath and she leaves a huge nugget in the tub when you lift her out of there. Like I said disgusting!

Magnus passed his swim class

Yeah for Magnus! He has worked so hard for this. We started with swim lessons for him last year. He was a little timid in the water so the instructor didn't pass him. So this year we spoke to him about the areas that he can improve on. Well he did a great job! Or so we thought until the last day of class and the instructor handed me his "report card". Not passed. I was so fumed at the instructor I could've punched her lights out. I thought about confronting her about why she didn't pass him and so on, but then I realized that I would just come across as a crazy mom to others and emotionally scar my child forever. So this mom didn't make a scene and went with it. Enrolled him in the same level class, Tadpoles, a few weeks later...well what do you know???? In the second day of class, his new instructor took him over to the Waterfrogs class because his skill levels were beyond that of a Tadpoles class! So in your face to the old instructor that didn't pass him!(not that she would ever read this).

(kinda look like he's giving someone the stink eye) He is so proud of himself and his swimming skills are improving everyday. I don't know if they will pass him or not, but he looks good out there!