Alex's car wash

We recently watched an episode of Blue's Clues that was all about the car wash.

When we finished dinner on the patio, Alex informed us his car was dirty... "dirty car - car wash". It was too cute. So I assembled a bucket of sudsy water and a sponge for him. He must have spent 20 minutes scrubbing his little car! He lifted it up and got the underside and even counted the wheels while he wiped them!

Gardening

Helping Daddy water Mommy's new flowers:


Look! A bug: (3rd praying mantis we've found in the last week in our front yard... Kansas never ceases to amaze me... things actually grow out here)


I got it: (Daddy helped)


See - it's in the cup:


AAAHHH, ATTACK BUG... It's out of the cup! It's out of the cup!


Stan says that Alex recovered well and, in the end, was actually quite proud of the bug for escaping!

*No bugs were harmed in the making of this post.

More Please

Stan sent me a text message this morning:

Alex used a whole sentence. I prompted him to ask please... so he said "more animal cookies please daddy" he added the more and the daddy to his first request.

(and the please)

Of course he got animal cookies. How could I say no?

Cool Dude

Family Fun on the Fourth

We went to Deanna Rose on the 4th of July with some of my cousins who were visiting from out of town.

I got to milk a "cow" (Cousin Scott helped).


There were neat pedal tractors - I tried them all.


I pretended to be a cowboy riding the range.


I almost picked a bison's nose too.


And there were goats just the right size for riding, but Mommy wouldn't let me.


So I just pet them instead.


The kid's garden was fun. We took silly pictures. Do you think I make a good caterpillar?


We counted on stepping stones too.


These are my cousins, Lanie and Jake. We had so much fun playing together this weekend!

It was lots of fun. And then I had a nap.