Susan’s Photo Blog

I spend my days with the two little ones now that Alexis is fully entrenched in first grade.  I thought I’d take some pictures to document what our days are like, so I started the project off when I put Eli down for some time on the floor.  This, of course, has an immediate magnet-like effect for attracting Jubilee.  She loves Eli.  She is always asking to hold him and see him and kiss him and, basically, smother him with her affection.  He is not a fan of having his personal space invaded by a 2.5 year old, but he usually endures it valiantly.

My plans for documenting our day through photos ran into a bit of a problem sometime shortly after the previous picture was taken.  I forgot that Jubilee tends to run around minus her clothing quite often.  In fact, probably 90% of the time I come across an adorable photo op, I have to abandon the thought of blogging it because Jubilee is strutting her stuff a bit too much for public viewing.  I just do my best to make sure she is clothed before she leaves the house, and I consider that good enough.  So, sadly, this is the last of my kid photos for the day, and this one is only thanks to the Little People book that Jubilee was “reading” to Eli.  :o)

I did have to laugh when I went into the kitchen to make lunch, though.  Apparently Jubilee thought Eli’s puppy dog needed a ride in the swing.

And then, later in the day, I needed to lower the blinds (our family room windows face west and it gets a bit too sunny for an hour or two in the afternoon) and found this behind the couch:

I’m pretty sure this one is thanks to Alexis, though.  She is always making fun little hangouts for her various stuffed animals.  This one was hungry, apparently.

I’ll try my documentary project again someday (hopefully soon) when I feel like fighting the fight of keeping clothes on Jubilee.   LOL

Nick’s Grandma and Grandpa came up for a visit from Florida and we had a very improptu photoshoot with Grandma Jan, her two grandsons, and four great-grandkids.  I knew I only had a minute before one of the four kids started melting down (it was late and they were t-i-r-e-d) so I just have to ignore the fact that Nick’s head is growing out of Alexis’s, and be happy that we got a shot where no one was screaming or running away.  Haha.

And, since Eli was in a smiley mood, we grabbed one of just him with Grandma Jan.

The orange lollipop was no match for Jubilee.  It kept her entertained for most of Alexis’s soccer practice.

Last Tuesday was Alexis’s first day in first grade, and her first day at her new school.  So far she’s loving it.  :0)

Hey look!  It is the last of my getting-caught-up posts!  Yay!

A couple of weeks ago we went to my in-law’s church picnic with them.  It was a lovely afternoon and we all had a great time.

Wowzers.  Another picture of me.  :o)

Jubilee did surprisingly well in the water balloon toss.

Alexis and her partner came in third in the toss.  Alexis also won in the egg-on-a-spoon race and the three-legged race, but I was busy with the baby and didn’t get to take pictures of those.

Jubilee kept grandma busy for quite some time on the slide.

Alexis and grandpa, watching some of the games.

Daddy with sleeping baby boy.

And, here we have Alexis, playing with one of her prizes from the games: