Updates and Conversations

I have not been very good about blogging this summer. It sure has been busy around our house with work, school and two little ones. Everyone is doing great. Honeywell and Otis are keeping us well employed. Clint is less than three months away from graduating with his MBA. And Owen and Avery are thriving both at school and home.

Owen has had a busy summer at school. We enrolled him in the little summer program they have there. Each week there is a different theme ranging from "Camping" to "Eric Carle". The week of "Camping", they made s'mores and camped in their rooms. The week of "Eric Carle" they did things based on his books. Every Monday the kids get to play in a "Moon Bounce", which Owen gets so giddy about. He talks about it in the morning before school and then tells us how he jumped in the moon bounce without his shoes on when we eat dinner that evening. On Thursdays, the ice cream truck visits the school. The first week they had it, Owen kept telling us that he had yellow ice cream. We figured it was vanilla. Turns out, the ice cream man puts a little menu out for the kids and they get to choose what ice cream they want. Apparently Owen picks the popsicles most of the time. Usually it results in a change of clothes for Owen and from his dirty clothes we can confirm what 'color' ice cream he had. And on Fridays, they all get to play in the sprinkler. He goes to school that day in his bathing suit and once that suit is on...Owen knows what is going to happen at school that day. Again, he gets very excited about sprinkler day.

Owen continues to amaze us each day with what he knows and what he can say. He is starting to carry on little conversations with us. Of course, he has a lot of questions including "WHY?". He has the five WHYS down. More like ten or fifteen WHYS actually! Here is a sample of what we heard this week:

After Avery spit up on Daddy:
Daddy: Oh oh
Owen: What is the matter, Dada?
Daddy: Nothing Owen. It's OK. (Trying not to draw attention to the fact that Avery spit up because Owen does know the word and action "spit")
Owen: Did Avery-baby spit up?
Daddy: Yes, but it's ok.
Owen: Did Avery-baby spit up on your leg?
Daddy: Yes, she did.
Owen: Oh, it's ok Avery-baby.

On the way to school with Mommy:
Owen: Are we in Mommy's car?
Mommy: Yes, we are.
Owen: Are we in Mommy's white car?
Mommy: Yes, we are in Mommy's white car.
Owen: Are we in Mommy's white car to go to school?
Mommy: Yes, sir.
Owen: Are you driving Mommy's white car, Mommy?
Mommy: Yes, I am.
Owen: Oh. I am driving Mommy's car. No, I am riding in Mommy's car. To school.

I could go on and on....he says the funniest things sometimes.

Avery is a very content baby and enjoys watching Owen play and listen to us read. She is on a really good schedule and for about six weeks now she has been sleeping from 8:30p until 6:30am (or longer) consistently. She gets a bottle and a pants-change at 10pm but hardly wakes up. Avery started daycare four weeks ago and is doing very well there. She is sleeping more at daycare than her brother ever did at her age. She started off drinking three 4oz bottles at daycare everyday. Miss Sarah and Miss Jen kept telling us that she was devouring her milk, so I kept adding to it everyday until on her eighth day of attending, she was drinking three 6oz bottles. Here at home she loves her play mat and piano (both of which I need to take photos of).

Today, we all spent some time outside. Daddy set up the sprinkler for Owen to play in. He also played with his Hummer. Avery and I watched from the comfort of a chair that Daddy placed on the covered porch in the shade. Here are a couple of pictures;