{Just Stuff}

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Hot, Humid, Sticky, Yucky, July is in full swing here in Maryland. This is the time of year I REALLY want to move. I hate feeling like I have an elephant on my chest. Anyways, since its been so sticky, we've been laying low indoors. Jonas is working on his last few days of school for the summer...and we're preparing for family to arrive TOMORROW!! Here's a quick re-cap on the last little bit.

• Lyv ate rice cereal and baby food like a champ one night. ONE night. Now she gags if I even get the spoon near her mouth.
• We went to a different Park (still next to our house) the other day. Through Jonas into a minor out-burst. The kid LOVES the park. Every day...several times a day he asks..."how 'bout the park?" Once he saw all the toys at the "new" park..he was fine. We've been there before, but its been awhile. He had fun with the tunnel...as he did last time. He played in there until I laid Alyvia down. Then he was gone. (She's poison, you know)
• Speaking of Alyvia...she's been killing me as of late. Up every 2-3 hours hungry as a hippo. This is the longest growth spurt EVER!! She's also bored to tears with all of her entertainment. Devin got the jumper down last week, and she's really enjoyed it! She bounces a little, but mostly she eats the seat and hits the birds above her head. I should also note that for an entertainment fix we can turn a movie on for Jonas and let him hop around near Alyvia. Makes her happy every time.
• Jonas got his first black eye a few weeks ago. He was hopping around, tripped over one if his gazillion blankets he loves and hit our entertainment center. He cried. A lot. It looked painful and I worried if his eye would be ok since when I first looked it had already started turning purple. It never did swell much. Just turned all sorts of colors. This was towards the end of it. I didn't think to snap a picture of it before this.

{4th of July-2011}

We celebrated the 4th this year with lots of fun. We started on Saturday by going to the Wheaton Park. They have a carousel and a train to ride. Jonas had been there with Devin a month or so ago, so he was VERY excited when we pulled in. They are also building a huge playground that we are pretty excited for. We were smart and let the kids have a nap so we could actually enjoy ourselves.

I got to ride the carousel with Jonas...he dragged me on here. I thought he was excited. He was...until we got on...then he was shaking with fear.

Alyvia got to chill with Dad.

Everyone on the train :)

Look at this little boys face...he LOVES the train!

All 3 kids ;)

It was pretty hot and VERY humid. Add to that a not so patient almost 3 year old...and things start to look like this...

If he'd had the strength I think he would have broken down the gates! He was just so excited!

On the actual 4th we had a lazy morning (well, Jonas had school so he wasn't lazy), took long relaxing naps, and then headed to the Castle Park to play and watch the fireworks. We hadn't been there in a while and Jonas was SOOOOO excited. Honestly Devin couldn't keep up with him because he was running around so excited. Then it started to rain and most of the people left or took over-so Jonas had the place to himself. He was in heaven!

Pretty wet boys!

Cheese!

Jonas didn't even mind walking around and getting wet.

Alyvia and I kept nice and dry under our umbrella. We kept all the stuff dry too. It was nice to NOT have to sit on a wet blanket for the fireworks. Lyv managed to get a nap in too.

It was a great idea to play at the park and then watch the fireworks from there. Both kids loved the colors and brightness. It was a great night!