havin’ s’more fun

Last night we had our 4th annual backyard movie. But we started out the evening with a special treat…s’mores.

Delaney was super excited to roast her first marshmallow. She knew all about it from an episode of Caillou.

However, the idea of roasting marshmallows and eating s’mores was better than actually doing it. She ended up just eating plain graham crackers (which is fine with me, because I prefer to just have marshmallows and chocolate!)

We enjoyed having Bri around…it was her night off. Allison is still away at camp.

Later we ate popcorn and watched The Muppets. Nana and Papa and our friend Amy and her twin girls joined us. It was the perfect evening for special treats and a backyard movie!

who needs panera?

I get in a rut for lunches in the summer. So then I end up grazing on a little of this and a little of that from about 11 in the morning until sometime in the mid-afternoon. Never feeling completely satisfied. And I’m not at all pleased with those results (to my waist!!)

I decided I needed to plan my lunches the way I plan my dinners. And today was a winner!

Turkey pesto panini along with Tomato and Basil Wheat Thin crackers. It was YUMMY. And every bit as good as a sandwich I would order at Panera!

arts and crap

This evening we had the high school dance team over to our house for their poster making party before they leave for camp in the morning. This is a long-standing tradition…one I even remember doing 20 years ago!

Of course, Delaney is in heaven when the teenage girls are around and paying attention to her! And she wanted to make her own poster. I had to smile when she said, “I need to work on my arts and crap.”

zoo day

We took one last opportunity to use our zoo pass we bought last summer. We definitely got our money’s worth, because this 4 year old loves the zoo!

They were doing face painting while we were there.

 

Normally, Delaney won’t go near the petting zoo animals. She always wants to see them…while we hold her. But she was feeling very brave and even fed these cute babies.

And within 10 minutes of getting in the car, she was out! I guess that’s one way to get her to take a nap!

summer’s here…catching up

Here’s our summer list. We’ve actually already done a few of them. :) I left some room at the bottom in case we come up with some more fun things to do.

Delaney and I are making a stepping stone for her garden.

And speaking of her garden, we’ve made a few additions. She glued the beads on this flower pot. And we planted a few flowers. It’s coming together…just a few more final touches this week (I hope).

As I mentioned in a previous post, I got into poison ivy while working out in the garden. At first I thought it wasn’t too bad. But I was wrong. Last week I hit a breaking point and went to the doctor. She prescribed a steroid and an antihistimine. So for the past week and a half, I’ve been spending my time doctoring my wounds and feeling pretty crummy from the medicines. Finally today, I feel like I’ve made a turn around. My legs still look pretty gross, but they are definitely healing. This is 2 weeks after exposure:

This is a huge blister that has finally drained. I have a similar one on my arm, in addition to several scaly welts. Yuck!

So that sort of catches you up. Or at least explains my absence.