CJ has started saying to people, "My name's CJ, what color are your garbage cans?"

Then he'll point out the tiny recycle sign on everything in our fridge/pantry/purse. Like, if I'm pouring him cereal I get, "Oh, lookie there! A recycle sign on the lid!" Numerous times throughout the day he'll walk towards me with his eyebrows raised in excitement, his finger tapping on some new item (pop can, water bottle, baby food container.)

So the other day I took him to the recycle center for a tour and he loved it! And the best part was after the main tour when he told a garbage truck driver that he wanted his job when he's big so he got to honk the horn, start it up and dump the "empty" recepticle. Except it wasn't empty. There was trash in it. CJ panicked. And started picking it up. Before I could stop him he was running towards me in a mad frenzie for a recycle bin. Holding someones used. toilet. paper. rolls.

So on any given day, we have about four different "trash stations" at our house:

It comes in handy for discipline because, and I'm serious, "If you don't knock it off right now, you won't be able to take out the garbage on trash day" is THE threat of all threats. And it usually works.

Trey - 8 months old. If you make eye contact, you'll be rewarded with this smile. Even though he is still up 3-4 times a night to nurse, he's worth it!

CJ's prayer today:
"Heavenly Father, thank you for this day. Thank you for my family. One Nation, Under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all. Amen."

CJ loves it when I jump on the trampoline with him.

Lucy is starting to think about liking Mac.

It's hot. We're bored. Chad is still out of town. It's hot. We're bored.
So we take lots of walks and lots of swims in the pool.

I Love You.

Waiting for Grammy to Arrive...

 

We spent a day on the Riverwalk with Nana. Throwing rocks and eating ice cream. It was a fun day!

20-pounds and 6-months old

During the past 7 days, we did the following:

-Stayed in three different hotel rooms

-Stayed in one giant cabin with 23 family members
-Saw a mamma moose with her to babies
-Fished
-Swam in a lake

-Missed Old Faithful while taking a family picture

-Watched CJ take 48 pictures of the ground at Yellowstone
-Watched CJ drive off the cabin stairs on his scooter ending up with a massive face scrape
-Drove through Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Utah
-Stayed at my mom's house and ate lots of her good food, swam in her pool and rode the scooter.



-Roasted marshmallows at the creek behind my brother's house.

Fourth of July 2007

Park City 2007

5 Years Ago Today...

Some important things happened this weekend:

Mr. CJ got his first two-wheeler - "The Rocket."
Trey went for his 4-month checkup and weighed in at 18 pounds 3 oz.

Trey also started rice cereal and loves it!

We played outside alllllllllllllll weekend long. It's light from 6:00 a.m. to almost 10:00 p.m. here which makes for very long and lazy summer days. I love it.

my loves

Today was trash day at our house. It's CJ's favorite day of the week.  By 7:00 a.m. on garbage day, we have been informed on who on our street already has their trash cans out on the curb and what kind, if any, boxes are with them. These cans are all identified by the corresponding dog/cat who belongs to that house in particular. For instance, today Marshall the hound had two trash cans and some strawberry boxes out on the curb. Bombi the scottie dog had three trash cans and a computer box. Misty the cat had stinky grass in her trash can.

Where we live, you can put as many trash bags, cans, boxes, etc as you want on the curb. Or, you can rent the big huge green trash cans provided by the city. Today I called to order one of these big cans. While on the phone with sanitary department lady, CJ was right beside me repeating, "And tell her we want a motorcycle thingy! A motercycle thingy! Moooo-oooom tell her we need a motorcycle thingy like Chica's!" Chica is the dog next door and they have a recycling bin as well as two large trash cans.

"A recycling bin?" I asked him. "Yes!! A motorcycle bin! For newspapers and toilet paper holders like Chica's!"