A Different Perspective

All summer long we have been talking about closing the door of the house behind you when you go in or out. Usually the reason we don't want bugs in our house works great! Especially since Isabella freaks out when there is a bug in the house. (I wonder if she has been around Aunt Wanda too much?) However, last night Isabella had a new spin on this concept. The conversation went like this.

Matt: Isabella, please shut the garage door so you don't let the bugs in.

Isabella: But Daddy, I am letting the bugs go outside.

Matt: I think more bugs are coming in then going out.

Taking Pictures

How many pictures does it take to get a good picture of my two little munchkins? Sometimes there is not enough time in the day to take pictures. They usually end up looking like these. One, two, or both are not looking at the camera. However, they both are still just darn cute!

Riley County Fair

The little ones enjoyed the Riley County Fair this past weekend. Isabella seemed to take on the characteristics of what ever animal she saw. Isaac told us that the cattle were talking to him when the said "MOO". They both REALLY enjoyed going on a few carnival rides!

Playing Doctor

Isaac had been under the weather early in the week with a slight fever and runny nose. He of course passed this on to Isabella. Isaac decided to take matters into his own hands this morning to see how well Isabella was doing.

Checking her blood pressure.

He told her it would give her arm a hug.

Checking her temperature. We use a temporal scan thermometer at home. That is why he is running it over her forehead.

Making sure her ears look good.

Checking her heart and lungs.

Isaac's diagnosis was that she should not climb on anything and rest. He also had to follow her around when she did get up because, she had all of those machines hooked up to her. As you can tell, he remembers a lot from being in the hospital to get his kidney taken out.

Hopping In The Rain

It has rained a lot lately in Wamego lately. Sometimes not very much. However, at other times fierce enough to break one of our trees. Today was one of those gentle constant rains. Isaac had the idea to go jump in some puddles before nap time. Isabella thought it looked like too much fun to resist!

Harvest Time

We did a little harvesting of some of our garden over the weekend. Matt and Isaac dug some red potatoes. You don't know if you are going to get red potatoes or white when you start digging. When the potatoes were planted Isaac and Isabella just dropped potatoes them into the holes Matt dug. There was no rhyme or reason. It will always be a surprise when you dig them up this way.

Then, we picked the first four rows of corn that Matt and Isaac planted first. Isaac stuck it out the longest helping us get the corn husks off. Isabella mainly played in the sandbox and only helped with a few. At the end they both found it was a lot more fun to parade around the yard carrying tall corn stalks and chasing each other with them. However, by this time I wasn't clicking pictures any more. I was elbow deep in corn silks and husks!

Isabella playing in the sand while we harvested.

Isabella wanted to know what was inside.
I told her it was a surprise she had to unwrap.

Isaac was very intrigued to find that some little worms also liked to eat sweet corn and some of them were still munching.

Washing up the new red potatoes.

Can You Guess Who I Am?

Isaac and Isabella played dress up.

Can you guess who they dressed up as???

Isabella was having difficulty with her hair.

(Still a girl even dressed up like Dad.)

Don't they look so distinguished?

Isaac's closet served as his elevator.

Helping Around the House

The little ones are growing up right in front of my eyes. They really like to help out (at times) around the house doing chores. Isaac has become very good at getting the silverware out of the dishwasher and putting it in the correct location in the drawer.

They both like to help mop the kitchen floor. Isabella thinks she should be able to clean her mop in the bucket all by herself.

Isaac calls his mop a zero turning radius mop. He has been listening to his dad discuss getting a zero turning radius lawn mower.

Swimming at the City Pool

The kids and I have been going to the pool several times a week since the end of June. Isabella's favorite thing to do is bob like a sea horse in the deep water. Jumping off the side is what Isaac seems to like the best. Matt came along on Sunday evening so I had an opportunity to snap a few pictures.

The thrill of hitting the water!

Isabella is content to play with her ducks, of course.

Daddy bringing a lot more excitement to the pool!

Look at the height!

Isaac and Isabella have already been requesting that I throw them up in the air the next time we go to the pool. They just don't understand that I don't have the arm strength to this. It would be more like a couple of inches in the air.

Water Colors

Isaac and Isabella having been doing a lot firsts this summer. I was brave and bought them scissors to practice cutting. They have been doing very well for the exception of Isabella who cut a hole in my shirt. Did I say it was a BRAND new shirt. Good thing I am talented in the sewing area and the cut was toward the left bottom seam. Life lesson Isabella learned was never cut clothes only paper and play dough.

The other day we bought water colors. They were both delighted at this new purchase. We had done some Q-Tip painting at story hour earlier this summer and they LOVED it. Isaac decided he would paint shirtless. Isabella decided to be Mommy and wear an old t-shirt I painted the house in. They both took inspiration from the Fourth of July Fireworks and decided that would be their focus for this first monumental painting.

Isabella's Master Piece
Isaac's Master Piece

I think this will look magnificent.
Isaac in deep concentration picking just the right colors.
Isabella incognito as a true artist.

Train Ride Video

Here is a video of our train ride!

Train Ride

On the morning of July 4th we got together with the Wienck side of the family for a little train ride. We rode the Central Branch Railroad train from Blue Rapids to slightly past the Blue River. Everyone loved it. The train ride took us over the Blue River 85 feet in the air. The train then stopped in the middle of the river bridge for the children to throw rocks over. We were a little worried about Isabella, since she didn't really like the spillway. However, she proved us wrong!

Fourth of July

We celebrated the Fourth in the little town of Randolph with the Wienck side of the family! This was one of Isaac's and Isabella's favorite fireworks. They called it Falling Rain.

Isabella enjoyed some homemade ice cream to help celebrate!

Matt and Cathy enjoying the beautiful evening.

Isaac and Isabella getting into the spirit of the holiday!

This is what we call a Cousin Hug!

Isaac entered his first pedal tractor pull.

He only made it a couple of feet!

He thought he could of done a much better job

if they would up unhitched the wagon!

Driving

Isabella driving vehicles on her roads.

Notice the beautiful landscapes that she created!
Isaac said he was heading to Topeka.
He just needed to get on interstate.

Isaac has many important places on his roads. He has Uncle John's green house (center), his white house (right of Uncle John's), Zach his neighbor's brown house (upper right of his house), wheat field (lower left - covered up by Isabella's), green grass (various places), blue lakes, and brown areas (just dirt).

We had visited the preschool he will attend in the fall and they had a huge rug with roads to drive on. Isaac asked if I could draw him some roads like Hope (daycare) did for him. We started out with one piece of paper and just seem to be adding new roads all the time. There are no budget problems in Isaac World. Maybe he is just trying to help out the economy?