I had a bit of relief though. My sisters and mother-in-law took Duncan swimming a couple of times. They picked him up and made sure he was a fish and not a stone and he LOVED it. It was good for him to get out of the house for a little bit. Melissa also brought me fuel one night in the form of a slurpee and my mom and Michael and Megan brought over dinners.
Really funny, when my mom got here the boys came up from down stairs. Both mom and Bob were behind the couch and Duncan went one way and says "Grandma!!!!" and Ian went running around the other "Papa!!!!" Later at night my mom took a butter knife away from Ian and he flopped to the side in her lap with his arms straight up. He was looking around, looking very angry and quite pitiful. Then he heard Bob's voice and he said "My papa..." Sadly. Like, come save me, grandma is so mean. He is very clever. We are in trouble with him.
Ian continues to be pretty dang incredible with his letters. We were in Walmart and he said "P, r, i, c, e" from the sign, little letters and all. Part of it is the iPad, it's a game changer as my mom says, and part is that he LOVES the show Super Why which is a kids show on PBS. For Duncan it was Wow Wow Wubzy and for Ian it's Super Why. He would watch it all day long if I let him. They go through the alphabet a lot and they spell words, learn rhyming and some sounds. He is all over it. It's no excuse for watching TV or the iPad, but I guess if he is going to do either they should be educational while they do it. I have said it before though, I will say it again, some kids like cars, trucks, tractor or dinosaurs... that kid just loves his letters! random!
Catching up a little, we did our third annual Front Yard of Fire on the fourth of July. It's a night where we potluck (like usual family events) Matt fired up the grill and he spends a ridiculous amount of money on things you light on fire that take all of a few minutes to burn out. He loves it. He loves to entertain. Yes, I read everywhere how irresponsible it was to be lighting fireworks when there are so many fires around this season and we decided to be completely inconsiderate of fellow man and go for it anyway! We were punished.
Toward the end of the show one of the fireworks tipped over and started shooting things right into the crowd. Everyone grabbed kids and went running. Nothing was going to light on fire but there were a few surface wounds... not to mention a nice big dry patch on our lawn. Needless to say for the final two fireworks the men took the advice that one of the city fire marshalls had given on the news that morning and propped the fireworks up with bricks. (Yes, this information had been passed on earlier, but really... do you think they would do it right of the bat? No. Of course not.)
Asher was being so crazy trying to run all over and get in the way and play with fire that during the show I actually penned him up. Yea, I totally did. I went and got the pack n play for him to chill in and surprisingly, he didn't seem to mind.I was dying because Lanie was just happily playing on a blanket and no one could hold and contain Asher!
Asher is cutting all four of his canines at the same time so he has been super delightful. It's not terrible, it's just not that great. Asher was walking by and Michael said "Asher!" as he was walking by and Asher just growled and kept walking. Fortunately when Michael put his arms out and called him over he came over but growling? Ha! He makes me laugh. We have also gotten to the point where he will flip his lid if you offer him a drink but he can't hold the cup (or, you know... the Capri Sun that he will squish and squirt all over everywhere). Flip out as in yell and walk away throwing stuff. Yay!
Duncan and Dylan had school on two days of last week as part of her ESY program and they loved it. In fact, she was so worn out on the first day that when we came home she slept for four hours straight! Her teachers said she grew five inches and I am sure they are also enjoying her long reach and ability to create quite a mess by pulling everything off shelves and tables. They will have two more days in a couple of weeks and then off for a couple of weeks until school starts again (though I am not sure when that is... end of August maybe?) Ian just wanders around the house going "where bruddah?" when he is gone.
Watching Ian with Dylan is adorable. Like ridiculous. He always brushes her hair back from her face (or attempts to) and pats her. He LOVES his Dylan. "Diddie toot" or "Diddy pitty" frequently come out of his mouth. He also has figured out if he puts his hand flat on her and wiggles it it tickles her and she will laugh so when I am doing her stuff and she is laying down he will come over and tickle or pat her. He is very nurturing. I think Duncan loves her too, he asks about her and likes to keep tabs on her, but it's a little different because she is always kind of there. Duncan even said he was going to marry her the other day, he also says he will marry me, we will work on that later. Dylan might need her brothers to take care of her someday so it warms my heart to see this!
My old man had a birthday! To celebrate we had him grill for us! Yay!
Asa got a helmet, and like, it's like, one of the cutest things I have ever seen. Matt even put ears on him just for fun. Clearly he has no idea what the excitement is about.
Aunt Ami at FYOF - All my pictures of Asher look like he is trying to devise a way to escape. This one included.
And that's why we penned him up!
This one wasn't too bad (it's the phone...) but it didn't last long. A for effort.
I got one of those value packs in the mail and Duncan wanted at it. He had lots of fun cutting out all the "tickets!" He is concentrating! (Oye at the hair, he just got a hair cut and once again looks like someone loves him.)
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