Summer's Last Gasp

I have this week off between jobs and got to enjoy a little weekday fun with Miss V whose day apparently revolves around trying to talk people into giving her chocolate, candy or popsicles. After a good nap on Tuesday I finally caved and "we" made some popsicles. (I did the work while she watched and told me it might need more sugar. Or chocolate chips.)

Being 2, she couldn't wait for them to get completely frozen and insisted I get one out for her, and being the tough mom that I am, I obliged her immediately. She quickly learned why a semi-frozen treat isn't all that great.

I "rescued" her by eating the melting middle part of the popsicle quickly and then she enjoyed getting every single last bite out of the remaining 1/4.

I can't imagine a better way to say goodbye to summer!

The beginning...

...and end.

The Sandbox

so we have had a yard plan for almost a year now and have done nothing but procrastinate. our neighbors' yards look like golf courses and ours is......not so much. last week i decided to get on it and recruited my dad to come help. it was a simple task, extend the deck and built a sand box in the middle. my dad has been in the building business for thirty years and i worked for him for a while, easy, no problem. besides it's all for this little girl:

Story Time with Virginia Ann Elizabeth Bruce

Settle in folks, Virginia has a few stories she'd like to read you. Try to imagine that she was keeping me hostage on the kitchen floor rug the whole time she was "reading" and only let me up after Daddy T distracted her...

Story 1: YeaYea and the Wheelbarrow

Story 2: Fox Trot and Monkey Bell


Story 3: The Growl

...she never did come back to finish that one!

P.S. Don't miss out on the extra credit story. For girls only, of course.