Update on the Ducks

Several people have asked me what happened with the baby ducks in our pool. The answer is..... I have no idea. 

 We started out with 8 chicks and the Mom, the next day there were 2 Hens, 1 Mallard, and 5 chicks, on the 3rd day 1 Hen, 3 chicks. The next day 1 hen, and zero chicks. The Hen was still there by herself for a few more days after that. I looked all over the yard and there was no sign of a nest or broken eggshells. They just showed up one day and then disappeared. Occasionally we see a cat, but for the first day, they were in the water 100% of the time. So if something got them it had to swim in the pool to get them. It is a Mystery.

What were we thinking

The 4th of July is my favorite Holiday. We thought we would change it up this year and it would be fun to take the kids to the festivities at Tumbleweed park about a mile+ from our house. We also thought it would be a good idea to walk and avoid all the traffic and walk in a back way. It started at 4:00 p.m. and they shoot off fireworks from there when it's dark, and you can also see the fireworks from our house. We usually like to walk to the park across the street to get an even better view and no crowds. So at 4:00 p.m. the absolute hottest time of the day, we set out with our 3 kids to walk a mile + in 105 degrees. The walk would not have been that bad except it was HOT. We were smart enough to take some water bottles but that's all. When we got there we were drenched in sweat, and our water was HOT. We didn't even think about taking a decent amount of money to buy food or drinks while we were there. Luckily we ran into some people we knew and they took care of us. They had a cooler with all kinds of drinks and a nice shade umbrella. The kids forgave us once they got wet on the bounce slide. So we hung out for a while then decided to walk home once the sun started to set. We wanted to jump in the pool and cool off.

All so we could walk across the street from our house and watch fireworks at our park.

What were we thinking?

Our Little Pyro

Every night Derek begs us to build a fire in our fire pit. He doesn't care about roasting marshmallows or hotdogs. All he wants to do is go around the yard and look for wood and leaves to build the fire and make it bigger and bigger. He actually built this fire himself and did a great job. Curtis just lit the match. His actions show it all. He really loves fire, even when it's 100 degrees. He would have done well as a caveman. I'm not sure why this video is sideways. I'll work on that.

Milestones

Trey is 7 months old now. Last week I noticed he is getting his two bottom teeth. No wonder he has the urge to chomp on everything. 

 Dax and Derek didn't get their teeth until they were 10 months old. He has crawled down and he is fast, just yesterday he started pulling himself up and standing next to the furniture. The end is here. No more setting him down and running into the other room for just a second. Time to babyproof everything. In the last few days, I've also noticed he is making more babbling sounds like he is saying, mamma. He is such a good baby. I earned him.

School's out for summer

School is out for 8 weeks. Wahoo for the kids. I wish the feeling was mutual. We've had the Zoccoli cousins here for 3 days. All 5 boys (I guess 6 if you count Trey) have had a fabulous time together. Dax had a little performance at school the other night. I need to upload the video

Trey update

Trey has been getting up on his knees and starting to crawl for about two weeks. It started right when he turned 6 months. He doesn't quite have crawling perfected but he can go a little way. Sometimes he does a true crawl up on his knees, then sometimes he does the military crawl where he drags himself with his arms. Just yesterday I noticed he is sitting up by himself, he even puts himself in that position. He seems to like to sit up and play with something by himself. He is so cute with his giggle and the sounds he makes.

 

Cute pictures of my boys playing together

Not something you see everyday

My Odometer on my Dodge Durango. I had to pull over to Mcdonald's and take this picture on my way home from church.

I was a little disappointed when it hit 100000 miles I thought the odometer would roll over to 000000 and make me feel like I had a "new car" but not so much.