Relieved!

The other night at dinner, Leah said, "oh Jesus." Ben and I looked at each other... did she really just say that?! Ben took over, "Leah, we don't say that." "But Brother Bear said it," she said. Rhett pipes in, "Yeah, on the Berenstain Bears and the Truth." Grandma Sauce sent home a Berenstain Bears video and the kids have been watching it pretty frequently lately. I'm pretty sure that Brother Bear doesn't say that and I'm also pretty sure that Grandma sauce wouldn't own a video that said that either. We left the conversation at, even if Brother Bear did say it, we don't say it.

Rhett & Leah watched the video this morning so I sat and listened carefully to see if I could identify what they were talking about. Brother Bear says, "aww gee, Sis." Whew! Glad we got that figured out!

One Proud Momma

Yesterday, Leah & I were making popsicles in the kitchen. Trey is moving around a lot on his mat lately. He was moving closer to the fireplace. I said out loud, to no one in particular, "Trey you're about to hit the fireplace." I noticed Rhett ran down the hall. Before long, he came back with a blanket and laid it against the fireplace to keep Trey's head from hitting the brick. You can see it in the picture. What a great big brother Trey has!

Trey is getting so much stronger. He is so happy, too, smiling and laughing for much of his waking hours. Mommy makes sure he has plenty of tummy time every day. I probably should move his mat away from the fireplace now, because he can scooch around all over that thing on his tummy or back.

Leah LOVES to dance and sing. One of my friends gave her a DVD called Bella Dancerella Pop Star when Trey was born. She asks to watch it every day and it is so fun to watch her perform. Here is one of the songs she likes to do the best. She can do the whole thing without the video, but since she was watching it this morning, I took advantage to video her. Enjoy!

Reading Rhett

Ben's Aunt Connie retired a year or two ago after teaching 1st grade for over 30 years (forgive me Aunt Connie for not remembering the exact details!). When cleaning out her room, she divided up her books and things between her great nieces and nephews. We received some early reading books and Rhett & Leah have enjoyed listening to them. Rhett has shown some signs of reading so tonight I asked him to read to me. Turn it up loud and listen carefully.

We are so proud of you, Rhett!

Swimming Lessons 2011

Rhett & Leah are taking swim lessons for the first time this summer. Our friend Jayne is their teacher and her daughter and a friend help her out. Both kids have come a long a way since we started last week. Rhett wouldn't even blow bubbles the first day and Leah wouldn't let go of Katrina. Now, Leah is all about doing it on her own, so don't ask her to do anything but keep your eye on her cause she will do it when she thinks you're not looking. There are still 2 days left but we are so proud of both kids already and can't wait to see what they'll be up to next summer!

Trey 4 months

Seems like our big boy has stalled out a little. He weighs 14.4 lbs. I haven't measured him lately and we couldn't get in for his 4 month appointment until the 21st so we won't know his percentiles until then.

He is starting to talk a lot and take notice of more things around him. He is getting stronger, too. He has tried rice cereal a few times and isn't doing too bad with it. Our mama kitty enjoys eating his leftovers. He has been pretty slobbery lately and it looks like he may be teething already. Geesh!

Big Papa and Grandma Sauce took Rhett & Leah home for a few days. It was nice (and easy!) to be at home with Trey. Sounds like Rhett & Leah had a lot of fun, too. Leah's favorite part was playing with Aunt Cindy's old Barbies. Grandpa even played Barbies with Leah! Rhett's favorite part was playing monster trucks. Sounds like Rhett had it pretty good... he had 6 trucks by the end and Grandpa only had 1 and it had a broken wheel.

Quick Trip out West

We made a quick overnight trip to western Kansas last weekend. My Grandma Warrenetta (Gramma Netta) is one of 9 and they all get together every summer for a reunion. My dad is one of 28 (if I counted right!) first cousins. The reunion was in Meade but we decided to spend some time in Dodge City on our way out. We intended to do Boot Hill but it was too hot to have Trey out for too long. My Grandpa is a member of the Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame at Boot Hill. But we did enjoy the hotel swimming pool and quick tour of the Harley Davidson shop there. This was Trey's first time swimming. He and I were only in a short time and then we had fun watching Daddy, Rhett, and Leah. The kids all slept well at the hotel and we headed to Meade the next morning for the day. The kids had some more water fun at the reunion and Ben played pitch with some of my great aunts and uncles. All 9 siblings had wrote down some of the memories they had growing up. It was fun to read those. We left Meade about 7:15 and drove straight home to be here by 10:45. We saw lots of fireworks from the car on our way home.