Mr. Roboto:

We started with an empty can. And ended up with these fun things. I got the idea here.

The good experience was worth it.

N



The one thing I am really not content with here in Davis is the water and that it doesn't have fluoride in it.

She had gone to school and was coughing a bit. Her crown was from school that day. Thing 2 has cavities in her back molars. Two rather large cavities. The one we were into fix today was really big. 5 minutes into the procedure she was asleep. I couldn't have asked for a better way for things to go. She loved getting a "star in her tooth" and can't wait for the next one. We'll see how it goes.
We have another app mid next month. I hope she sleeps for that one :) She did awesome. I am glad we have the dentist we do. She is really great.

Free Tickets

Oh you know there are few things better in this life than a great band in the summer evening sun. Are you wondering why Coldplay looks so close? Because when they put on a show they change the stage local. We were like 20 feet from them for three numbers!! It was AMAZING!

The Beach is such a wonderful thing.

We just went to another Northern California Beach.
Heart's Desire Beach
It was awesome. The waves were non-existent the sand was a bit rocky, but great for the kids to stack and play with.
We were next to this family that had great shovels. They dug a trench and let the kids play. I am really considering what I can trade for shovels ;)

Farmers and their markets

I love the fresh produce and the extreme fun for the kids. The farmer's market here is seriously a market on crack though there is so much fun to be had every Wed. night. We have been quite a bit this year.

There are benifits to apt. living.

We have been here for awhile now we have some cool things going on here like apartment inspections. I have had three in the past two months. The city the county and the development company have all been out in the past little while. I love cleaning under pressure but to do it this many times really is getting this place functional. I am more organized and dirty laundry free. I feel like I am not able to work on anything when everything is clean. No organizing and re-arranging cause it is all done. What ON EARTH am I going to do with myself? I guess I could finish one of the MANY projects I have started. Like the business www.mommakes.com that is just stagnant and waiting to be done.

There are fun things to do too. Summer activities like:

The theatre that is putting on free movies.
Beaches
Camping
Lakes and Resivors
Library Free books
Gardening (future post)
Our town's Picnic in the park.

Friday we went.....

To Muir Beach!! It was so much fun! This summer has been one out door adventure after another with our little troopers. The feedback thus far has been good :)

I have been really impressed with the way the kids have handled the time with the shortness of on hand cash. We have been just driving to local places and getting out to walk and play around. This summer has been the best so far. Can't wait to see what else we can get into this week!

Oh Say Can YOU SEE??

The Fireworks? No not really, they were behind those trees like the parachuters were. But we all moved a slight bit over and could see everything just fine. It was fun to hang with the gals and all the families for a chill evening.

Here are some shots of the fourth of JULY ;)

Simple Sewing

Disclaimer: I am so excited to learn and look at fun projects, but really I totally understand my lack of skills in this arena.

Here are some links to some fun stuff.

Fabric flowers 1

another fabric flower

Sweet Sailors

Yeah I hit this point about a month ago when Thing 1 kept saying these things that made me laugh but I have no tools YET in the tool box for.

He had just come home from school all excited about learning about Octopi. I was thrilled as he told me that they changed color when they were angry. I totally grabbed my trusty laptop and started looking up video of these creatures. I found some results and as I showed my son he started singing in a five year old cute voice.....

"Octopussy, Ocotopussy..... and I just lost it.... Laughing. I should have really held it together because a couple of days later he said it again just to make me giggle. It worked, but we were at home with no one around. No sweat. And now a month or so has gone by and I haven't heard it again.

I could just be going through this 'let's-visit-fifthgrade-again' phase but I think i just am there all the time.

So we are reading Scriptures and one of the Prophets of the Book of Mormon is Enos. Well you can tell we have been working hard to get Thing 1 to rhyme, and he is good.

"Enos, Pe.... " is what came out so fast I couldn't stop the high pitched cackle that escaped.

Ok so today we are getting out of the car and Thing 2 gives me the "I am tattling on my brother" look and says,

"Gabe just said "it's so freakin' da_n hot," to which Thing 1 looks at me with this one squinty eye of "dang what is going to be the punishment this time. "

He had said it about a week ago but I wasn't paying close attention just let it go by and not draw any attention to it... and we may have been in the church parking lot. But I had made mention it wasn't a thing we needed to say.

Well after Thing 2 had said the magic phrase together THE FISH chimes in with "freakin' DA_N" over and over like a broken record. Awesome.... can't wait for church on Sunday. Wonder if it will be Hot?

We have outlawed some choice phrases like.

Shut up

Stupid

I hate you

I don't love you

Which before we told them they were not to be used weren't use on a regular basis. I hear them everyday now. SIGH. I don't even want kindergarten to happen to these sweet sailors. Folks, when they find out my favorite swear,* is a swear, we are all in trouble with our moms.

*It begins with Sh.... and is proceeded by "Piece of...." or "Little...." and in times of great peril it has an "OHH".