Ruby's first 4th of July {2014}

We had such a fun 4th of July!  It was Ruby's first of course(as an American citizen) and naturally she had no idea what all the hoop-la was about but she was a good sport and seemed to have a really fun day with us.  She made it through our little party in the evening but then headed to bed so she missed the fireworks(and then, so did I!).

"Are you done with this photo shoot yet mama??" :)

 The kids walked around the block and delivered some patriotic treats to their buddies in the morning.

 Then we tested out the new patio set and ate our traditional red, white and blue pancake breakfast outside.  It was a beautiful day out!

 Poor peanut can't eat pancakes yet but hopefully by next year she'll have a big plate of her own in front of her!  She ate her usual bowl of oatmeal with mashed up bananas instead. :)

After John and the kids got home from watching the fireworks in Moorhead, the kids did some sparklers- we let them stay up late and do this every year.  It's always something they look forward to.

Happy 4th of July!!!

Blaze {Jeffrey's pet/wild bunny}

Remember Blaze?  Jeffrey's bunny from the community garden?  Well he escaped from his box in our garage the other day but today he was spotted and then lured out with some food.  Jeffrey grabbed my camera and snapped some cute pictures.

 

 

Good luck to you Blaze!

beaches & bunnies

Today we went to Buffalo River to swim at the watering hole and play on the beach- our friends came with us and the kids had a blast.

Jeffrey does this every time we go- digs a big hole and then sits in it.
It's hilarious.

Sometimes he can get other kids to join him.

BFFs

here's the watering hole- looks brown and dirty doesn't it?  it kinda is but it's warm and the kids love it!

Then, this evening at our Community Garden, a nest of bunnies were discovered under a huge pile of straw.  They were so tiny!!  Two of them were accidentally killed before anyone realized they were there and that really broke the heart of our animal lover.  He was crying and crying and then worrying about what was going to happen to the rest of them, knowing that the mommy may abandon them after they were messed around with so much.

 

Poor little guy.  Our friend Cadence was so sweet, she sat with him and placed her hand on his arm to try and make him feel better.

they sat like that for a long time, just watching the bunnies and making sure no one stepped on them.

Jeffrey grew attached to one in particular.  A kind man from the garden offered to take them all home and nurse them for the next week.  Jeffrey felt a lot better.  We can wait to see what they look like next Thursday!  Jeffrey is pretty sure he will be bring this little guy home eventually...

 

Meet "Blaze"

Jeffrey's Spring Piano Recital

Tonight was Jeffrey's piano recital and he did SO good!

Here is his duet with his teacher... My Heart Will Go On.

Jeffrey and his teacher- he has really enjoyed taking lessons from her this year.

Emma has the same piano teacher and performed on the same night so that was fortunate for all of us!

 

Of course we had to celebrate with Dairy Queen afterwards!

tubby time

Jeffrey wanted me to come take pictures of his mohawk in the tub. It reminded me of when he was a tiny... John would always do that to kids when he was washing their hair.

And John would also always say "let's go take a tub" or "time to take a tub" when it was bath time. I had never heard that expression before and neither had my family... I remember when they first heard John saying that and they thought it was funny... or cute... or weird- I'm not sure which it was. Just reminiscing...

snapcircuits

Jeffrey got Snap Circuits from Santa and he LOVES it. He has been creating several different circuits- this one was a transmitter. We could actually hear him on the radio!

angry bird party part 2

Here are the rest of the pictures from Jeffrey's pool party...

I served pigs in a blanket, gummy worms, gummy eggs, and fruit on an angry bird skewer.

All everyone cared about were the chips... and gummy worms.

Everyone had a good time swimming and playing in the "bird bath"- get it?

Hope you had a wonderful night Jeffrey Joseph!