Summer Kick-Off

Memorial Day weekend is a great way to kick off summer vacation.  It was nice to have Kyle home for 3 days to hang out with us.  We've been busy playing outside.  Kyle found this snake in our driveway.  It was a big one.  He was fun to watch.   



 

Lately it's been Evangeline's dream to have some kind of stand in her front yard.  A few weekends ago it was a library.  She put a bunch of her books in a suitcase and made bookmarks and cards to stamp for each book.  Then she just hung out in the yard next to her little suitcase full of books thinking someone was just going to come by and check one out.  Seeing as there would be no neighbors waltzing by anytime soon, we called the grandmas.  They both came and made her little library dreams come true.    

 

Here's a picture of the book marks and cards she made for each book.  The card on the left says, "When you are ready to bring it, you can bring it."  The one on the right says, "If your child wants to keep it, say no."

 

This past weekend it was a lemonade stand.  She went ahead and made signs and set everything up on Saturday afternoon.  Once again we called Ammie to come over to patron her stand.  We whipped up some delicious lemonade and were thrilled to see that Granny was accompanying Ammie when she rolled up the drive.  Even more sensational....Ammie told her friend about it and she came with another friend!  That's a total of 4 customers!!  It was very exciting.  Evangeline decided not to charge for her lemonade and as an added treat to her supporters she put out what is left of her Halloween candy for her guests.  

 

I think I forgot to mention that on the night of her big library open house she had her first experience with a wasp sting.  She leaned back on one of the nasty little critters on the front porch.  Kyle saw it all happen.  He tried to calmly tell her not to lean back thinking it wouldn't scare her, but it was too late.  She ran into the house screaming like a banshee, eyes as big as silver dollars.  There was just no comforting the poor creature.  She screamed and cried for a good 10 minutes.  We tried everything I could think of...ice packs, lavender oil, popsicles.  She keeps screaming random things like, "I can't help it! I can't stand it!  I've never been stung before, I never thought I would!".  When she finally was able to cope again I reminded her that she could tell her friends that she got stung by a wasp at school the next day.  This idea brought her a little flicker of happiness. 

 

Evangeline's first day of summer break was on Friday.  I had to work that day so she stayed with Ammie.  When I picked her up from Ammie's she immediately came home and asked for a dress that was hanging in her closet, which she wanted to change in to.  She was going to have to wait a few minutes because I had to carry a few things in from the car.  She met me at the door saying, "Mom, I am totally a 1st grader.  I got the dress down all by myself"!  Pleased as punch. 

 

She said another funny thing the other day as she burst into the house in total disgust..."O.M.G. someone littered!!!".  She came in carrying a nasty Styrofoam cup she found in the yard and promptly threw it in the trash can. 

 

Kyle and I celebrated 8 years of marriage last Tuesday.  It's hard to believe, and at the same time it isn't.  We've crammed a lot of events into the last 8 years.  It's been a wonderful 8 years and I'm so happy I get to share my life with him.   I'm looking forward to many many more wonderful years together.