7/15

Wolfe and I are trying to start a Monday/Wednesday workout schedule.  It's at 9am.  On Monday they do a boot camp workout.  On Wednesday they do a Zumba workout.  I'm not excited about Zumba but wolfie is.
We made it to the pool twice this week.  Ms. Bridgette invited us to their community pool yesterday and today was out at ms. Rhonda's.  The weather has cooled down dramatically and it is perfectly LOVELY!!!!
I planted some tomatoes and am looking for some herbs that thrive in the shade for the side of the house.  I am praying that mackintosh leaves the tomatoes alone.  Otherwise I might just turn him into ketchup!
Binkles and Boo and grandma mammy had a great time at GS camp!  And we had a real fun weekend without them!  It was so nice to have otter pop off work for three days straight!
We haven't been dirt biking.  Otter pop has loaded up his off time with motorcycle side-work.  That's a bummer now that my belly is gone and Turbo is doing well.
Turbo turned two months this last week.  He's doing really well.  Binkles and boo have been anxiously waiting for me to teach them how to change a diaper.  ...weird girls!!!  But he's getting stronger and less fragile. They are able to pick him up and hold him now.  Not Starboy and buttercup though, of course.  He's gained 2 pounds and is in size 3-6mo clothes. He coos and giggles at us daily.  
Jones is talking about joining a swim team.  Binkles wants to do soccer.  I've been talking to the school office ladies about starting s Girl Scout troop at the kids' school... IF I can find enough volunteer help.  Otherwise we might not do GS this next year.  
Otter Pop is kinda looking into helping with a Boy Scout troop for Jones and Starboy too.
Wolfie is working lots!

Just when I thought...

We try to go swimming every week.  I have life jackets for starboy and buttercup.  I have starboy his introductory lessons last year, but now with a new turbo, I'm not ok with him just being free.  I'm not really ever in an arms reach of him.  He's VERY quick and he's the biggest daredevil I've ever known.  He does flips off the side, even with a life jacket!

However the life jacket is almost counter-active in the kiddie pool.  So I let them go without in the kiddie pool.   So that they can get used to playing in the water and actually trying to swim.  Practicing, if you will.

Today starboy was going back and forth. Jacket on and off...  He and jones were playing together in the kiddie pool and then darted off before re-jacketing!!!  I had just been handed a crying turbo, but off I ran after them!

I got to the deep pool to -sure enough- see a panicked starboy kicking his legs as frantically as possible, trying to get his head up high enough to yell.  

There was a big boy -teenager- in just an arms reach from him.  I yelled, "hey!  Grab that boy for me would you?!"  And saved his life!!!!

I was shaking so bad!

I grabbed him out of the pool, thanked the teen, and told him to come sit with me.  He grabbed his life jacket and was off playing again before I knew it!  It didn't even phase him!  

On the way home I let everyone know how scary what happened really was.  I tried to let starboy know how close he really was to death...  Sigh...  And we all prayed a thanks to God for saving his life!  For giving me the right eyes at the right time!  For putting a big kid right in the right spot!  

7 weeks

Turbo is seeing clearly now and he's become very interactive , cute, and fun!!!!

He's still cute as ever doing this too though:

Independence From England

This is our 4th of July tradition we innocently started many years ago.  I've gotten more artistic as the years go by.  Looking at my work... I think I might have a career ahead of me by the time all 4 girls are grown!!!!!

We've been having fun with nails this summer a lot.  Here are some more pics:

& one bonus: 

It's summer time & the weather is hot

Boy it turned from spring to summer and it has gotten HOT around here!  

The kids went to Yellowstone with nana.  Turbo, buttercup, & I went to a birth without fear meet-up.

I held a make&take essential oil class.

Wolfe had her wisdom teeth ripped out.

We had a week of vacation Bible school

and jones & binkles went to church camp.  

Wolfe got her real deal grown up driver's license!

We've had a few trips to the water park.  

We've had fun running through the "sprinkles" (as buttercup calls them).

Cousins came over over for over nighters!

It's hard for me to get anywhere with such a busy schedule.  But I did attend an oils in the garden class.  That was fun!

6 weeks

What a cute dude!!!  

4weeks old

Bubby Turbs is 4 weeks old today.  He has these amazing alert eyes that gaze into your soul.  His hair just keeps tinting orange and even now has me wondering if we'll have another redhead.  His eye brows and eye lashes aren't orange (yet) though...

He's smiling responsively a bit more each day and has let out a coo or two too.  Aw, what a doll!

Turbo is just about adjusted to being alive outside my womb although he still really really loves to touch and smell and be held by me.  And eat.  He loves my food I make for him.  We weighed him this morning and he is exactly 12 pounds 0 ounces.  That means he's gained 2 pounds in 2 weeks because he was still under 10 pounds at his circumcision appointment at 9 days old.  Wowsers!  

We do have another redhead though.  

Danke's parents came in on Saturday.  They met the family last night.  It was great!!!  I'm happy to extend our family with theirs!!!

And we're taking them dirt bike riding this afternoon.  A good event to celebrate Turbo's 4 week-niversary.