Megan's First Firework Show!!!

This 4th of July was the first time we took Megan to see the fireworks. We knew it was going to be late and we wanted to make the whole event special so we stopped and got Wesco popcorn (Megan's favorite) and slushies (Megan has never had them before) Just look at those smiles, Megan and Daddy were all set for the show.

Just laying back relaxing before it got dark. (for the record, Megan only had about 5 sips of slushie, we shared one)

We had lots of time to wait and since Megan isn't awake when the fireflies are out, Mark was showing her the fireflies. At first they scared her, but then she really liked them.

It got cold really quick! So Mark and Megan had to bundle up to stay warm. Still waiting for the fireworks...

...fading fast. We brought along "GloDude" Megan's fancy flashlight so she was having fun watching him change colors, but that only lasted so long. After waiting for it to get dark, we had to wait for some motorcycle races to stop (surrounded by lots of unhappy families at this point)

YAY, they started!!! I'll save you from looking at tons of firework photos, but I liked this one because you can see all of the smoke coming from the fireworks. It was a good show and Megan did have fun once they started. She slept very well once we got home :)

Golfing with Daddy

Mark is playing in 2 different golf leagues this year, so Megan has heard me say, "Dad's at golf right now," a lot. She has been asking for a long time to go golfing with Daddy, so over the holiday weekend they finally went golfing together. Megan was super excited to go. I picked out her outfit, a cute pink polo and a white skort. She fit the Country Club's dress code, now all she needed was her clubs. After running to go get her clubs, Mark and Megan were off to the Club. (we are currently looking for real clubs)

I think Megan needed to take her sunglasses off so she could watch how far her ball went! The driving range is always a great place to start when learning how to golf. (hint hint Mark, if you want me to golf you will have to just let me go to the driving range a few times)

All I can think about when I see this pictures is that in a few years she will be driving the cart :(

I think both of them had a good time. Rumor has it, that Megan is a pretty good putter, so it will be fun to see what Megan thinks of golf in a few years.

Holy Hot!!!

The summer started out very, very wet and windy! Big storms at night (scary) storm clean up during the day (we had a tree fall over our driveway that cause no damage to anything) Then the weather turned cool, down to mid 40's at night! But then it got hot...really hot and humid! We had sprinklers going to keep our new grass alive and we had to get out Megan's sad small kiddie pool.

As you can see, she loves it. As long as she has a cup and a spoon she loves being in the "pool" Since we spent lazy afternoons in the backyard, Megan was exploring and started to ask, "Can this go in the pool?" So she had leaves, walnuts, sticks and plastic frogs in the pool as well. Hey, it kept her cool and happy so I didn't care what she was putting in the pool.

Since it was 95+ degrees, 98% humidity, Megan thought her baby was hot. So I finally broke down and told her that her baby can get wet. I managed to go almost 2 years without having her baby go in the water. But since Megan was being the caring Mommy to her baby, I left her cool baby off. But only after explaining to her that if baby got wet, she wouldn't be able to sleep in her bed that night. (lots of random explanations and rules to try to cut down any future meltdowns)

Megan wanted me to take a video, so here she is jumping in her pool. Pay no attention to the fact that she is jumping into a pool that is sitting on small rocks. But that was the only place I could put the pool that wouldn't kill our new grass.

*****Since these pictures, we have added a huge beach ball sprinkler thing that Megan loves to stand under to cool off. And I plan on buying a slip-n-slide this week because more 90+ weather is here and I have to keep Megan cool and entertained!

A normal summer day.

The other day Megan and I could not stay inside any longer. We had been staying inside to avoid the evil mosquitoes, but on this day we decided to risk it. Megan had her long sleeve painting clothes on, I used a fogger and sprayed us down with bug spray in hopes that all of this might help keep the bugs away for a bit. Then I set up Megan activity area so she could play/paint while I worked.

I don't know why I didn't think of this scenario before I saw Megan in the middle of this mess. But when you put a sandbox 5 feet behind a table with water colors, it's only a matter of time before the two things become one. I least she was in paint clothes!

Our beetle friend that Megan and I followed for a long time. He couldn't figure out where he wanted to go and Megan thought that was funny. He kept crawling from one side to the other. He was green so he blended in with the grass but he was bigger then a quarter so once Megan started to look for him, he was easy to find (not really sure if that made sense). She loved this beetle, it was cute.

Here is the project that I have been working on since the beginning of spring. I'm adding a flagstone path from our driveway to our back gate. It is taking me forever and I'm starting to question why I ever started this project. It's not hard to do, but the rocks are heavy and in the middle of the mosquito breeding area. I can only work about an hour at a time before I go crazy. But my fingers are crossed that the last few nights of cool weather have killed some of the bugs, so maybe, just maybe I can get this done over the long weekend! Oh and you can also see our new fence in the background. Love it!

Fun Springy Pictures

I have a friend that is kind of crafty and I asked her to make Megan this adorable headband. Megan was excited to get her headbands (she also has one that is brown/teal/lime green) so when I asked her to pose for a picture she actually said "Okay" So naturally I had to pose her next to the pretty flowers growing in our yard.

Just a pretty picture of the pink dogwood tree. I know nothing about trees, but everyone has told me that the pink dogwoods are very hard to grow in our area. Since people mentioned it to me I then started noticing that Adrian had lots of white dogwoods, but not too many pink ones. So I wanted to take a picture of ours before the leaves started to grow. Plus I wanted to brag a little that this is the view I had from my living room all spring :)

Poor Baron. Megan wanted/insisted Baron to wear her headband. She put it on, he shook it off. She pot it back on, he shook it off again. She put it on once more, Baron gave up and just went back to sleeping. He is such a good dog, no matter what Megan does he just let's her do it. Not sure if it is because he loves her, or he is just too lazy.

The "snow" in our yard from our neighbors cottonwood tree. I have never lived near a cottonwood tree so I expected a little bit of white stuff flying around, but wow, we could have shoveled it! It collected around the playground, behind the grill and all over our driveway. So between this fluff and the mosquitoes flying all over the place, I was going crazy. Luckily, the cottonwood is done shedding/molting??? now I just need to get rid of the mosquitoes...any ideas?

And last but not least, Megan's first ear of sweet corn for the summer! It was grown in Georgia, but it was yummy. Sweetcorn always makes you feel like summer is here :)

You might have noticed the random pictures that kind of relate, yep I'm out of pictures. Couldn't believe it myself, but really I have been horrible at taking pictures. I know we have been doing things, but not really picture worthy. I guess from now on I will just take pictures of everything and then "edit" as I look for blog topics. I'll try to get better, I promise.

Bubble wrap is awesome!

I don't think I ever posted this video on the blog. If I did, I'm sorry I will blame it on the fact that I an doped on Benadryl at the current moment. Megan is wearing a diaper, so I know I filmed it awhile ago, but I'm not sure if it made it to the blog. But here is the story to explain the video. We had new lights delivered for our kitchen and they all came wrapped in bubble wrap. Megan has only ever seen/played with the small bubbles. But the bubbles on this bubble wrap were the big, fun to pop bubbles. I opened the box and Megan grabbed a sheet of the bubble wrap, carried it up stairs and told Mark "Look what we got."

Mark then asked, "Did we get anything else? Any lights?"

Megan answered, "Nope, just bubble wrap!"

By the time I made it upstairs Megan had the bubble wrap laid flat on the floor, and was laying on her back rolling over the bubble wrap, giggling and saying "This if fun!"

I grabbed the camera and this was the next adventure with the bubble wrap. Hope you think it is funny. Oh and did I mention I was doped up on Benadryl, so sorry if this doesn't make any sense (evil mosquitoes!)

Picking Strawberries!!!

A couple weeks ago on a wet Saturday Megan and I were invited to join the Olsaver family to go on a tour of a local farm. After learning interesting facts about the farm, we decided to take some fresh picked strawberries home with us. Come on, who is going to pass up picking locally grown strawberries in the middle of May, and in Michigan no less!?!

It didn't take Megan too long to figure out what strawberries were ripe and ready for picking! Side note: If they make a very loud "pop" noise when you pick them, it means they are ripe and will be perfect!

Yep, that's one big strawberry!

I bet you were wondering how we could pick strawberries in mid-May, we they were grown in a greenhouse! The white planters in the back were awesome. Each planter held 16 plants and were on a drip feeding/watering system that allowed you to turn them to pick berries on all sides without moving or bending over...awesome!

Rosemary and Megan after picking their strawberries. I think they ate just about as many as they put in the container, but they loved the tour. It was fun and can't wait to go back in the fall when the jams/jellies and salsas are ready. Not to mention the apples and peaches...yum!