storytime, chases and wheels

GG had storytime on the stairs at jesse's this week.

Note that Ethan is behind Briggs.

Here Briggs and Ethan chase each other round and

round at Jesse's...always a favorite game.

 Uh, oh....GG is the "patient" while Drs. Everleigh

and Andrew run diagnostics.

Somehow, Briggs ended up on top of Andrew...
pound for pound, they're pretty close in size.

 It's usually best to paint shirtless.  Andrew is working

on a bird house and Ethan is checking out the flavor.

 Everleigh and Briggs spent a day at the camper

and loved watching the hummingbirds at the feeder

outside the dining room window (look closely for the bird).

 Not quite ready for prime time wheels but liked trying it out.

Speaking of wheels, I got some new ones this

weekend.  I bought Greg a Schwinn bike at a garage sale

at the beginning of the summer and he's enjoyed it

so much I got one for myself.

No gears, no hand brakes, no kidding...

Sum, Sum, Summertime

Where did June go?

Here...Andrew & Everleigh rock out...

totally their own moves.

Andrew spent an overnight at our camper and went

"goose hunting".

It was hard to know who had more fun, Grandma & Grandpa

or Andrew.

a quiet moment with a book...

one of the reasons I love this job...

Mom got a ride.

Scott is pushing Ev in the big swing while Greg

gets another meal ready at the campsite.

I'm probably napping :)

Everleigh made cupcakes for Greg's birthday....yum!

We had Iowa visitors over the 4th...

my brother and his wife, 2 of his grandsons

and mom.  The view of the river is from our

campsite.

Overheard recently....

Briggs

Every day when he is waking from his nap I woke in his

bedroom and say "Briggs, how are you?"

One day last week he sat right up and said, "Good!"

Everything he eats is "delicious".

Ethan

Recently, we were looking at an animal picture book.

I was telling him the sounds the animals make.

When we got to the page with the picture of a parrot

I said, "Polly want a cracker."

He immediately jumped off my lap and headed for the kitchen.

Everleigh

She's trying to understand the world

around her.  She always calls me

"Grandma Bunny" but the other day

she said, "Grandma Bunny, why does

my mom call you "Bonnie"?

Andrew

On the playground today there was a boy a bit bigger than
him but about the same age.  The boy was having a hard
time climbing on a part of the monkey bars that Andrew
was climbing with ease.  Andrew offered the boy
his hand and his help to complete the climb.  He
said to the boy "I've got muscles to help you."