I made the grand plan of going up toe the Angel’s Stadium to check out the Monster Jam.
Clearly, Micah was pretty pumped on the way up.
We originally were going to hang with Paul and Riley, but they didn’t really have enough seats in a row near us.
No worries.
We headed up the stadium to where our other buddies were sitting.
The Hemans and Barbers had a perfect place with tons of extra chairs next to them, so we got comfy and had a blast.
But I think of everyone there…..there wasn’t a single soul who enjoyed it more than this guy.
We were there until 10:30, and he was wide-eyed the whole time.
He loved the “orange truck” and clapped after every race.
He was perfect about covering his ears the whole time to muffle some of the noise.
And for a boy who likes to move and shake…this boy sat as still as can be on my lap the whole time!
Dash got the stealing talk today.
But couldn’t he have picked something a bit less noticeable?
Just a pair of high-schoolers coming home from track practice.
Honestly, this kid is always happy.
(Unless he is awakened from his nap.)
The kid is almost always smiling.
But in just this past week, I have seen a touch of something.
When I say touch, I am talking about the smallest touch that can be seen by the naked eye.
But there is a touch of teasing his siblings/throwing tantrums without laughing mid way through/not doing what I ask happily/tattling.
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I still thought I was okay with it only being a minute touch.
But then it happened.
A FULL BLOWN SASS!
I said, “Dash, don’t ever get out of your seat belt!”
To which he replied, “Dash don’t ever get out of your seat belt!”
Did I mention that his tongue was out and he was repeating my voice in a high-pitched snotty way?!
Oh boy….and so it begins!
Auggie came up for the day.
I think my mom’s eyes have had her worried a bit, so we lucked out!
She mostly hung out, held the fussy Pips and went to my mom’s hair appt. and dinner with her.
While Auggie was here, Navy showed off her “big sis” skills.
But audience or not — Navy really does adore the Pips.
As does everyone else, but thank goodness Auggie loves to hold a little fusser.
The Pips has had what Dr. Carruth says is, “a classic case of colic”.
Poor girl.
But a baby whisperer was in town today, and that colic had nothing on the bouncing hips, patting hands and warm shoulder that Auggie had to offer.
Nonnie took us all out to eat for lunch at Zovs.
Our favorite!
As we sat there, we saw a butterfly out the window that was hanging out on the grass for a really long time.
So after we finished, we headed out to see if it was okay.
It did have a little tear in it’s wing, but was so sweet as it walked all over Scout and Navy.
They even took it in the car for a ride.
But when we got out after the car ride, their new pet flew off.
Navy was devastated.
But when Scout and I told her that it needed to find her mommy, she was okay with it.
And ever since, she has been eyeing all around her, just to “make sure the butterfly can find [her] if it comes back”.
Scout and Navy are 20 months apart.
Dash and the Pips are 23 months apart.
Apparently, the range worked out for us, because these brothers and sisters sure do love each other.
This was Navy loving Scout because she was so excited to see him.
This is Dash who finds the Pips very first when he wakes up.
But no matter the time of day, he is always hugging and loving her like crazy.
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Now 34 months?
Time will tell if the sweetest-boy-on-earth Dash, will jive as well with the constantly-teasing Navy.
My guess is yes — but that is me putting positive energy out into the world, in hopes that it sticks!
Scout, Dash and I got new running shoes.
So I laced/velcroed theirs up and then started lacing mine.
In the meantime, they headed out to wait for me to open the car so we could go for a run at the harbor.
As I was lacing, Liv the neighbor carried Dash in and said, “Dash is bleeding”.
I looked up and said, “He sure is bleeding!”
I grabbed him, took him to the counter, snapped a picture, and then Micah wiped him down.
Forty-five seconds later, he was up and at ‘em.
Five minutes after that, all was well on Nonnie’s lap with “Thomas” in tow, while munching on some fruit snacks.
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Clearly, it was merely a flesh wound.
We have early church this year, so we have the whole Sunday afternoon free.
The mornings are really rushed, but when we have an entire day to spend together as a family, I love it!
After dinner, we opted for a walk with flashlights to see “cool and interesting things”.
Micah was the photog (hence the blurry photos) — and here are the rest of us…all geared up to go.
The little Pips is always comfy when she is next to her mom, and was down for the count almost immediately.
Of all the things we found, I think the most “interesting” was how many stars we can see from the dirt path in front of our neighborhood.
I think we decided that we were going to have to look for stars on that path one night.
I love that our kids are always up for little adventures like these.
“Yook mom…I a monster. RAAAAGGHHHH!”
(me) “I scared! Hey monster — where’d you get that gum?”
“Daddy’s room.”
(me) “Better go fess up.”
“Don’t wike to.”
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