I most certainly was not the one who tied the monkey to the ceiling fan but that was my candle stick and my bloody foot.
I loved this idea that I saw on a blog and so we made one for our family. I am so impressed that we will actually finish everything that we set out to do before summer ends (not one of my strong points) so I think we will do this for each season.
Every now and then I get a hankering for a pet. Fortunately I have a friend who was willing to loan me her dog. The kids were ecstatic. Hannah really wanted her (the dog) to play fetch. The dog was really not interested.
But she was always good for a snuggle. Unfortunately, she was a REALLY good dog and it made me want to just keep her. Jacob really wanted her to sleep in his room at night so we let him keep his door cracked in case she wanted to go in there (she didn't, but it made him hopeful). As soon as we got him in bed, he would start calling for her over and over again until about 3 minutes passed and he finally gave up. That is a long three minutes.
On our list of things to do this summer was building a rocket
Hannah was more interested in getting her picture taken with the rocket than anything else.
It took a lot longer than we had planned and the kids were pretty rocketed out. Still, glad we did it.
Here is a very late post of Hannah on her first day of Kindergarten. She is doing first position.
They really did have fun, I promise.
Practicing first position. The next pic is gross, fair warning.
Jacob definitely ate a fair amount of sand that day.
While at the beach we went to one of Jeff's fav places to eat (I like it too). It is a real relaxed sort of place where writing on the walls and furniture is not looked down upon in the least.
So we let the kids dabble in a little graffiti while we waited for our burgers.
JW + MW 4 ever!
We went to NC to go see the real Thomas the train. We had our whole family and then both sets of grandparents. Here is Jacob while he is riding the train. I think he is having a little fun.
Jeff and Jacob
Krispy Kreme in pajamas
Bricking in Hannah while she is playing in her room (He looks so happy)!
Passing out right in the middle of playing.
She is sooo perfect but I can't figure out how to fix red eye where my pictures are stored right now (I know, this keeps happening to me) and I REFUSE to post a picture of her without her perfect normal eyes. Did I mention she is perfect?
I call these next two pictures overindulgence. This is what my kids look like when you pack hotdog dinner, arcade, icecream, ocean, and toy store in about three hours.
Jacob's goggles going up his nose
Hannah closing her eyes even though she is wearing goggles
Honestly, I don't know what this is.
Here are two little toys that belong to Hannah's friend. They stowed away in Hannah's box of fairies when H returned home. Jeff told H to put them on the window sill so that we would remember to return them. Apparently they are pining for their dear owner.
Jacob likes to roll my door mats into burritos. This happens mostly when he is in time out but some days I will come downstairs and find all three door mats neatly rolled in front of their respective doors.
I found this incredible bookcase at Goodwill for 50 bucks and knew that it was just what Hannah's room needed. It was more than I wanted to spend but I knew we couldn't even buy the wood for that price. I must say that the young guy working the counter was super nice because I knew it would fit in my van (I measured) with about 2 inches to spare (I had to call my mom to pick up the kids, they wouldn't fit. I love you mom) and he dragged the whole thing out in the rain and when it fit he said a very strong word to express his amazement. So apparently he really didn't believe it was going to fit and yet he was nice enough not to say anything while dragging it around. In the rain.
And look at that... he drew a smiley face in the O in his name!
Wait, what?.... Not cool.
Earlier this month, Aunt Stephanie hooked us up with some mini-golf which Jacob loooooved. Until he got tired and hungry and threw his ball in the water.
I am no golf pro but I think she should work on her form. The kids looked like they were playing hockey out there. Funny thing, when we went out for dinner, there was a hockey game playing and Hannah said: That's what we did today!
Nana and Baba gave Hannah part of an early b-day gift: a makeover at the Sparkle store. Jacob was rather curious about the whole thing.
It has been over two weeks and there is still blue sparkles stuck to Hannah's scalp. I can't get it off. I guess that's how the place gets it's name.
Hannah showing off her new look on the stage. Guess what? She has finally outgrown her allergy to kid makeup. Yeah, we weren't real sure how things were going to end up, but that was a risk she was more than willing to take.
Hannah is five today! Her party was Saturday and it was a carnival theme.
This is the only other photo I have (setting up) because then I was on ticket booth and face painting duty. Hopefully I can find other pictures. We did get some camcorder footage but this is all for now. 
Jacob cheesing for the camera
Hannah finally on a pony
She decided it was about time because she was almost 5 and all.
