Here I go again, posting a much delayed June update in August. Oh well, better late than never. Gonna let the pictures speak for themselves as I’m ready to unload the burden of blog posts and just get them done.
A bit overdue, Reid had his 3 year well-check on June 4th. He checked in all healthy at 34.8 pounds (80th %ile), 38″, (60th %ile) and 16.97 bmi (77th %ile). Dr Houts “burned” off the small wart he had on his pinky toe and we scheduled a follow up visit for a few days after to recheck Reid’s abdomen where Dr. Houts felt something. He was fairly certain it was stool, but wanted to be 100% certain and as it turns out he was right. So thankfully no worries. At age 3 he is full of sass and spunk. He’s a great cuddler, has more facial expressions than I can count, and likes to be in charge. He and Griffin are playing really well together and he likes to be able to do anything Griffin does. He’s becoming a much better car driver, though he does like to run around in a diaper (or less) a fair bit. He’s begun potty training and does really well, though isn’t entirely interested in doing it all the time hence the diapers and pull ups.
We enjoyed a short trip to Mom and Dad’s for Dad’s birthday and Father’s day. The kids enjoyed playing with their cuzzies for a good bit.
We recently began receiving meal kits from Hello Fresh and have come across several recipes we enjoy. While they definitely take longer to prepare than the card says (or at least I must be slower than expectations) they are generally quite tasty.
Friday, June 12th was Haya’s last day with us before she has baby Summer! She was getting rather uncomfortable and decided she’d like to be finished a bit earlier than planned. In the end everything worked out just fine and we were able to find someone, Lexi, through College Nannies + Tutors who began the following Monday. Haya was so gracious and brought the boys gifts for HER last day. I told the boys how spoiled they are. She brought them gifts they loved and they were busy the whole day playing with the water table and Griffin’s lego kits. We gave here a couple of our favorite things, the Chicco table seat and the SkipHop on the go changing pad clutch. She also brought Lucy for some fun and Griffin was beyond thrilled.
We’ve been biking for food and later that night decided to head out for dinner at Raising Cane’s in Powell. It was a great ride and we even went across Sawmill Parkway to have dessert at Whit’s.
I had to go to Millcreek over the weekend and Griffin likes to come along. Since we didn’t get out a golf cart I let him “drive” from the main office to our shipping building. He thought it was pretty awesome. Then he likes to sport all my gear like pruners and radio etc.
After having the pediatrician “burn” off Griffin’s several warts (one large one in particular) on his hands we decided it was time to go the the dermatologist. We had his first visit on June 15th and he did great. They applied acid-soaked cotton to his warts that we left on for up to 2 hours. Then a recheck and similar process a couple weeks later, though using nitrogen to burn off the largest one. That was a more painful process!
June 15th also marked 5 years since Nathan was born and passed away. Each year we visit the cemetery and take flowers. We spend time talking to the kids about him and saying a prayer. It’s always a sad and emotional time for me in the weeks leading up to it. We have finally purchased our family headstone and Nathan’s marker and hope they will be installed in the next couple of weeks.
We visited the zoo for the drive in zoovies a couple of times – once with neighbors and once with just our family. It was a warm night but a fun time.
We celebrated Kevin for Father’s Day and the kids enjoyed giving their dad their home made gifts. Daddy was also pretty have to receive noise-cancelling head phones to use primarily when mowing the lawn, lol. Griffin has been begging to go fishing so that’s how we spent the early evening of Father’s Day. I was kind of a nervous wreck with Reid and the water. Griffin caught a fish on his first cast and Reid caught a ginormous fish that slipped off the hook just as they were reeling him it at the shore!
Lexi began on Monday, June 15th and we’ve had a great start. She writes up a little report each day and has created fun cards for activities. The boys have bracelets with beads that are earned by following the rules and doing good things. She has a lot of creative ideas and the kids are transitioning well.
Jim and Pat came up for a short visit to pick up some Millcreek shrubs for their yard renovations. They stayed for dinner (another Hello Fresh, which we’d never made before but turned out to be another good one!) and we enjoyed seeing them in person for the first time in a long time amid all the corona distancing!
Kevin had 6 trees taken down (our dying spruces and dead portion of our birch) and all the stumps ground out. We now have basically no privacy trees along our neighbors with the white fence, though they trees were mostly needless anyway. Time to put some thought it to how to redo this area.
Griffin harvested our first green pepper! And a few pics of Brutus out front one really nice morning after our daily walk. He’s such a pretty boy.
We celebrated Mom and Dad’s 50th wedding anniversary on June 27th with a feast of food! We had appetizers, a dinner prepared by the Bethune’s and us, and a lovely replica wedding cake made by Amy. It was grande and fun! We had solicited videos and photos from friends and family and it turned into a 45 minute video that we all enjoyed watching with laughter and tears!
Here are our yearly summer pics of the boys with their hosta’s (Reid all About It and Mighty Finn). And a few of them just amongst the masses for scale!
Reid has pretty much given up naps even though he still really could use them! Bedtime was getting to be a bear in that he wouldn’t go to bed and stay in bed so we decided to stop the naps. That being said we regularly find him asleep if he sits down to watch a show on the tv or tablet late in the afternoon.
Our neighbors have an awesome inflatable water playspace and we’ve been lucky to play there several times. This particular day Griffin really hurt his back by jumping down the slide. Thankfully after a couple of days of soreness and pains he was back to normal. Gave me a good scare though as this boy doesn’t often get hurt to the point of tears for an extended period of time!
