The Music Man, Mud, and Head Wounds

Thursday night our babysitter came and watched the boys while Jacob and I took Lily to a preview show of The Music Man. One of Jacob's students was in the play and wanted to get tickets for us. It was so fun! I'd never seen it before, but Jacob's played in several times. Lily sat mesmerized the whole time. I wish we'd taken Levi, but we weren't sure how he'd do since it was late in the evening. Maybe we'll get to do it again soon! 

Lily asked me the next morning why we (the audience) kept laughing during the performance. I told her that there were funny parts that made us laugh. She said, "no, mama, it wasn't funny!" LOL 

Friday night we went to 5 Guys for supper (our whole family can eat there for $12 so we usually end up there when we get to go out to eat. It's kind of funny because the workers know what we order and how we like stuff (cajun seasoning on the side, etc) without us even asking. ha!)

After supper we went to Hobby Lobby and had the best time! Lily and Levi loved everything and asked for many things to be put on their Christmas or Birthday lists. :) Of course when Jacob saw the foam swords he couldn't resist a little sword fighting. The kids were all about that!

On Saturday morning, Asher and I went to get groceries. He was the happiest little helper ever! He talked and laughed the whole time. I was thankful, because last time he went with me, he was grumpy and fussy about everything.

While we were at the store, these two mischief makers were at home with Jacob. They were painting at their easel, but then decided to pour the water all over themselves. ha.

After they soaked themselves, they went and played in the dirt. This picture was right before Jacob took them in for baths. Silly kids!

These two pictures were taken about an hour apart on Saturday afternoon. We've dealt with several "mouth/lip" boo-boo's, but this was our first head wound. Levi was playing in our closet (hiding in the hanging clothes) and I guess he lost his balance and fell into the door frame. I heard the crack and knew there was going to be blood. Oh my, was there ever too! Jacob was out running and I called him to come help, because I knew I needed to hold pressure on Levi's head. Jacob was a mile or two away, but he got home as quick as he could (with his best time ever! ha). 

Poor Levi was covered with blood, and I was too as I later came to find out. When he saw the blood on his clothes and arms, he asked, "mama, am I going to die?" Of course I told him that he was going to be just fine. Jacob got home and we decided that if we took him to the ER they would just glue it and not do stitches. Jacob ran out to get liquid bandaid and butterfly bandages and we got Levi all fixed up. 

Sweet boy was scared when we were bandaging him up and he started quoting Psalm 56:3 over and over. "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee." It was precious.

I don't want to forget this part of the story in years to come, so I'm going to include it. Lily was the best helper to me while I was holding pressure on Levi's bleeding head. She stayed calm, got me a washcloth, climbed up and got an ice cube out of the freezer, got the lavender oil off the bathroom counter (I'm still not for sure how she figured out which one was lavender, because there were a bunch of oils on the counter, but she still managed to bring me the right one the first time.), and she climbed up to the medicine cabinet and counted out five Arnica pills for me to give Levi. I was so thankful for her help and very proud of her for keeping calm and quickly obeying when I asked her to do things she'd never done before.

Kiddie Carnival

Thank you all for your sweet and encouraging comments on yesterday's post! 

Here is the recipe I used for the graham crackers: The Taste Tester Graham Crackers and Milk. I cut the recipe in half, used less sugar, and substituted spelt flour for the regular flour.

There is a kiddie carnival in a nearby town that operates on weekends throughout the summer. We just found out about it this year, and have been wanting to take the kids all summer, but it hadn't worked out with our schedule until last week. Parking and admission are free and the rides and snacks are just .50 cents each! 

Asher wasn't too sure about the car ride. He loved sitting in the car until it started going around - then he started puckering up, but he never did cry. Sweet boy!

Lily loved all the rides we did and Levi's favorites were the cars and the train.

When we were done and walking back to our car, we passed a policeman parked on the opposite side of the road. Levi is so into policemen and firemen right now, so he was thrilled to see the police car. He waved to the policeman and the policeman waved back and turned on his lights and shone his spotlight at Levi. Oh my word, it made Levi's night! :)

Week in Review

Monday and Tuesday we stayed at home all day! I love days like that. I got stuff marked off my to-do list and the kids and I had fun playing. Jacob was super busy all week with a music camp and lessons and some conducting. I felt like we didn't really see him much except in passing. :(

A sweet girl from church came on Monday afternoon and played with Lily while the boys napped. 

It has been soo hot and humid here lately. I've been kind of feeling bad because the humidity just zaps me (I guess it's the pregnancy - I've never really been bothered by the heat/humidity but I've never been this far along in a pregnancy at this time of year either) and we've been staying inside most of the time, and not going to the park much. Thankfully the kids have been happy for the most part to do inside activities. They played outside with ice cubes one morning before it got too hot, and I was able to get the van cleaned out. Ugh! Do your cars get trashed as fast as mine does? I need to make a habit of cleaning it out once a week.

Levi had a big week developmentally. This is kind of random, but he took a 3 1/2 hour nap on Tuesday (normally he naps around 1 1/2 hours) and woke up in the best mood. We went outside for a little bit after supper, and he started tumbling in the grass (putting his head down and flipping over). I know that might not seem like a big thing, but he's always been afraid to do it. We were all excited for him and he just did it over and over.

We came inside for baths, and Levi started pouring cups of water over his head - again, not that big a deal, but for him, he's always fussed when we washed his hair or he got water in his eyes.

Later, while I was rocking Asher before bed, Levi was playing in the floor and I overheard him say something with the "L" sound and he said "la" not "yuh" like he usually does. He's had trouble lifting his tongue to get the "la" sound out. Anyway, I asked him to say it again, and he did! I started jumping up and down squealing and scared poor Asher to death! Ha. We went through all the "L" words we could think of and he said them the right way! 

I love seeing all my children progress, but with all the obstacles Levi's had/has to work through, it just "extra"-amazes me when I see him overcome! 

Jacob set up the tent in the back yard and had a campout with Lily and Levi one night. They loved it! We roasted hotdogs and marshmallows over the fire pit and enjoyed yummy s'mores! I made homemade graham crackers for the first time and they turned out so good!

We spent lots of the week reading. I'm so thankful that my kids love to read! We sit and read for 2 hours or more everyday - not 2 hours straight, but broken up throughout the day. We've been trying to make it to the library once a week for new books, so that's fun. There is a little program at the library for children 3 and under that we went to last summer and it hadn't worked out for us to make it this summer until a couple weeks ago. Lily and Levi really like it and try to participate in the songs and nursery rhymes. Asher gets a little overwhelmed with all the people and noise and mostly wants to sit in my lap. 

On Friday, we met Grammie and did some shoe shopping for the kids. Levi and Asher both wear the same size now (crazy!!) and needed some bigger shoes. We found them some tennis shoes and got Lily some sandals. We ate lunch at Panera and ran into Uncle Judah who was eating with some of his co-workers.

Saturday morning was the men's prayer breakfast and Levi woke up early and went with Jacob. Lily and Asher played so well together all morning. 

I hadn't really planned anything for Saturday supper, so we just made what we had on hand - baked potatoes and grilled veggies. It was so yummy! We are getting a bunch of cucumbers, squash, zucchini, and jalepenos from our garden.

Three sweet munchkins on Sunday morning.

4th of July weekend

Wednesday was my birthday! We went to the library and ran errands in the morning, then met Jacob's family for lunch at Panera. We had an amazing supper with my family before church. It was a fun day!

Levi is such a ham! He likes to make silly faces whenever I tell him to smile :)

Asher is a rascal. He was ready to go home and have a nap.

We made vanilla ice cream and homemade chocolate syrup for our 4th of July picnic. L&L definitely approved of the syrup!

Jacob smoked ribs. So yummy!

We had so much rain on the 4th! This is a house we saw on the way to our church picnic. There was so much water over the roads, it was scary!

We spent most of the picnic under the carport at my Memaw's or under umbrellas.

I love this man!

Asher is such a fan of watermelon! He'll eat it all the way down to the rind.

The rain did finally let up about dark, so we got to watch a pretty fireworks show. It was such a change from last 4th of July when we were roasting in the 102ish degree weather!

Mr. Asher is a daredevil. He keeps me running constantly. Climbing and standing on high things are his favorite things to do. Yes, he falls sometimes, but does that stop him? Nope, not one little bit! Just this morning, he set the house alarm off by climbing on top of a high stool and getting my key chain off the table (and he pressed the panic button on the alarm). He was happily playing on the kitchen floor and I went to the living room for a mere 5 seconds to help Levi with something and the alarm starts blaring. AHH! What a kid!! :)

On Saturday, Jacob stayed with the kids while I ran to get groceries. I had a little extra time, so I did my favorite "me time" activity - go to thrift stores for children's books! I hit the jackpot for sure! 40 books for less than $15! I got lots of Little Golden books and other books that I had when I was little. Boy, were my kids thrilled when I got home! :)

Hope y'all had a great 4th of July weekend!