-We went to the beach. PS. I peed in the ocean every day. Ahhhhhh. Refreshing :)
We caught like a million hermit crabs, a starfish, blue crabs, and saw a sting ray.
Two separate parties and reused decorations ;)
- I learned the only thing worse than having diarrhea in
July in a portapotty is having diarrhea in a portapotty in July in a portapotty
with no toilet paper.
-Stevie’s big teeth grew in. She’s growing up so fast.
-The following conversation occurred on a ride home from
work/daycare
Titus: I don’t want to grow up. I want to be a kid forever
Seth: Why buddy?
Titus: When you are grown up, you are old and you are about
to die.
Seth: (laughing) Do you think I’m old?
Stevie: Yes. You are 32. That means you are an old man.
Seth: (still laughing) Stevie. I’m only 31.
Stevie: Oh Sorry. You are almost old.
Neela: Dad, can we have my birthday party before you turn
32?.... Just in case…
- We have a new(ish) cat. Neela rescued her from the woods a
month or two ago at my parents’ house in Alabama. The kids have taken great
care of her. Actually, they have already thrown her two parties. One of them
was a small affair with presents and snacks, however, the other one they made
invitations and passed them out door to door in the neighborhood. Stevie made
up games and activities. Neela and Titus made cat masks for all of the party
attendees. They actually had like 7-8 kids come over for the party. It was
super cute.
-Titus is dead set on getting a pair of Hearing Aids for his
birthday. I tried to explain that he has perfect hearing and does not need
them, but this only increases his desire to have them. He believes they will
give him a “hearing superpower”. Also, he can “turn them off when he doesn’t
want to hear his sisters”. He’s dead serious. He wants hearing aids and a snow
cone maker. Haha
- Sometimes my kids come to work with me. They have their
little space they hang out in that is the room right next to mine. For the most
part, they are extremely self-sufficient. However, occasionally there is a
disagreement or something. So I said up a little chat window so we can talk
without me having to walk away from my desk if I’m on the phone or something.
It’s supposed to be for emergencies, this is our chat from the last time they
were at work.
I still have no clue where they got cheese from at work.
-Speaking of work, the kids found some old poster
boards that I was about to throw away & made a sweet fort out of some duct
tape I had in my office. They even colored it and gave it a sunroof
-Stevie still makes me lay with her and sing Goodnight God
before bed. Every night. :)
- Olive is convinced that she has a baby in her belly. I
told her that you have to be married and grown up before you can have a baby.
Her response “I ate a flower. Now I’m growing a baby. I’m naming her Flower.”
Fun Fact: Apparently, her baby’s favorite song is “I Love Rock and Roll” by
Joan Jett. She insists that I play it constantly J
- Titus is really into the color baby blue lately. Most of
his outfits resemble something like this.
- I surprised Stevie with a new remote so we can play Zelda
together again. This is her favorite time together. She always picks this
activity for her “alone time with Dad”. Normally, we sit together and I play
while she keeps a journal full of notes and drawings about the game. It’s one
of my favorite things in the entire world.
- We are having our first campout for Neela’s real birthday
party. We are making smores, frog hunting,
tell stories, and sleeping in our tent in our back yard. I’m super excited
because for her birthday, she wants a “kid frog hunting” kit. Last year, she
wanted an animal finder kit. So for this year’s kit, I’m getting Neela her own
net, some nice boots, and a head mounted flashlight.
She's getting so good at catching the big ones!
- My dad bod kinda snuck up on me. They are trendy now right? ;)
- We had Christmas in July with some friends.
- I found my brother Graham’s twin in Iowa.
Graham is on the left.
Be Blessed and Be a Blessing,
Seth