Waffles & alligators

I love this series of Father's Day pics. Alan and Dale seem to have a mutual adoration for each other, and I love when it is so obvious in pictures. And then of course, there's Daddy, someone else they both adore! :)

Ahhhh...blog time. Sitting down to write a new entry is starting to feel about as good as settling in with a good book or a new project. Blogging is getting kind of addictive, but I highly recommend it!

The only thing I hate is when I miss a day. There is no way I can pull up what happened Saturday to write about...it was too long ago, lol! :)

I do remember one story I wanted to tell, though: One evening last week, my mom, dad, and Kristin stopped by. They walked in the door and Dale said, "Hey, I remember y'all! You're my mom's parents!" LOL!! Also, Kristin had a new cell phone and Dale looked it over and told her it was 'stylish'. He is my favorite little kid in the whole world! :) I can say that for now, since Alan is my favorite baby. :)

I hope you all enjoyed Father's Day. I made waffles for breakfast. The only problem there is those are Greg's specialty. (Just about the one and only thing he cooks, but he does it well). I sort of made a mess of them. They were ok though. :)

On to church after that. Current routine is that Alan has a mid-morning nap, which means Greg & Dale go to Sunday School while Alan naps and I finish getting ready. Then Alan and I get there in time for church.

Went to my parents' (hey, I remember them!) for lunch. We were going to order pizza, but after being placed on hold FOUR times (three different phones) for a cumulative 10+ minutes we gave up and had Subway instead. There were several promises among us of a phone call to the manager...not sure if that ever happened or not.

Me & my DADDY on Father's Day!! :)
Several days ago I bought 3 bottles of finger paint (red, blue, yellow) for Dale. He asked all evening yesterday to paint, so after church we got Alan to bed and had Dale get completely ready for bed and we finger-painted together. He loved mixing the colors and seeing what new colors it made. We also did the trick where you drizzle the paint, fold your paper in half and get a pretty butterfly.

Greg hit the road early this morning to meet with another band director, so I had the boys all by myself until lunch. This had 2 results:
1 - I told Greg I was sorry for any time I ever complained that him being home messed up my routine
2 - What am I going to do when school starts back!?!?!!
Lol. He's just been home from school for a week and a half and I already can't do it without him. :)


It wasn't too bad. We all three had breakfast together (various cereals). Alan was in a pretty good mood even though he took a really short nap. Dale got to finger paint a little more. At one point Alan was in his crib and Dale was popping up beside it squealing 'hiii!' and Alan was laughing more and louder than I've ever heard him. Dale had him really giggling and giving some big belly laughs. I grabbed the video camera and managed to record some of it.


I went out for a quick shopping errand with my mom after lunch. A local antiques/gifts type shop is going out of business and everything is 50% off. I found a new piece for my amethyst glass collection - my biggest yet! Also got a little train plaque for Dale's wall.


Right now Greg & Dale have gone to Paris to fill one of Alan's prescriptions (boy, that comes around often!). Alan is asleep and a thunderstorm has blown up. Well - let me rephrase that: a thunderstorm has come up and a very loud clap of thunder just woke Alan. That's what I get for typing 'Alan is asleep'!! I should know better by now! Lol.

So... I guess that's my cue...blog time is over!

But first, one more pic - this is Dale last night singing the new song his Aunt Kristin taught him:

Five little monkeys swinging in a tree,
Teasing Mr. Alligator, 'can't catch me'.
Along came Mr. Alligator, quiet as can be,
And snatched that monkey right out of the tree!