Mid July Top 10

1. Karsten is walking just about everywhere he goes now. He is an excellent communicator with pointing and his own way of speaking but not too many conventional words yet. I understand that I was a little slow in that area as a youngster but eventual did catch on. *At his one year doctor appointment he was at 105% on the height chart!
2. He is also drinking regular milk out of a cup and is very good at it. Who cares about the cost of a gallon of gas? How about a gallon of milk with 4 growing boys!
3. Karsten has already figured out that he wants to be where ever the big boys are at all times, he wants to join the "man" team, but the admission criteria is high. First, you can't be a girl, second, you have to walk, and 3rd you have to want to join. Then there is secret the initiation & hazing ritual...
4. Grant swam all the way across the swimming pool the other day all by himself. He kept saying he couldn't do it so I had to walk just in front of him egging him on, but boy was he proud of himself!
5. Sara is sewing projects for a lot of people now, including an anniversary quilt similar to the one she made for my mom and dad on their 50th- for $400. Yes, our anniversary gift had a retail value of $400! So now she is in her "sewing" room all the time. She only leaves when one of the cats goes in there to poop, yes, that liter boxes are in the sewing room, my idea :)
6. Luke and Grant are in vacation bible school again this week, their last of the summer. After this week Sara has them full time all day (until I get home) until school starts, fun!
7. Luke amazes passers-by with his new Razor Powerswing that he got for his birthday. It is a crazy scooter with one front wheel and two rear wheels that you move by swinging back and forth. Nobody has ever seen one.
8. Sammy wants to go with me and the big boys all the time so I have started taking him on more of the trips that used to be just for the "big" boys.
9. The 3 of them are getting fairly squished in the back seat of my Honda Accord sedan. I keep looking at new trucks and may eventually brake down and get another one. So many things that you need a truck to do, plus it cool, at least in Texas.
10. Planning at least one more vacation this summer, maybe to Schlitterbahn, the world's best water theme park which is just a couple of hours from here.