Flying cheese

We went out to eat with my parents last night and ended up at a pizza restaurant we frequent. We gave Gemma some of the cheese and shredded carrot pieces from the salad along with some breadstick bits to eat. She happily munched on her portion until she was bored or full.

Then she banged her hands on the table.

There was white butcher paper on the table stretched along a few different tables.

The little bits flew into the air from the banging with impressive height. One more whack and suddenly the adults at the table were scrambling to cover their drinks as they were in danger of being filled with the bits of stuff from the table.

Gemma's face lit up with a smile a mile wide. Either the reaction of the adults at the table or the stunning flight of roughly 75 food particles at the same time was so entertaining! Which meant the banging/flying food continued for a good portion of the rest of our dinner. Luckily, pizza and lasagna noodles were not as aerodynamic.

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William observations

The kids are home for the summer and we have fallen into a loose routine. One goal I have is to maintain my workouts. Nothing crazy, just stay where I am at. In order to make this work, Gemma naps and the big kids watch tv. They choose a title from our netflixs choices. They go through spurts and watch the same stuff over and over again. The kids are currently in a Handy Manny kick.

( briefly, the character, Manny, has a fix it shop where he fixes thing.)

William: mom?
Mama: yes?
W: I think all the Handy Mannys seem kind of the same:
M: oh?
W: yeah. All he ever does is fix broken stuff.
M: really?
W: yup. Every single time something breaks and Manny fixes it. Weird , huh?
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A hot summer day + sippy cup=

Yuck. Super smelly yuck.

Gemma's New Ride

Gemma got a tricycle from Grandpa and Grandma McGarry. She loves to be pushed around it and William and Amelia love to push her.

Grumpy Old Troll

When we went to Lake of the Ozarks, I took the kids to a park while Kelly gave her presentation. The playground equipment had a bridge and Amelia came up with a game involving a "Grumpy Old Troll". This was the face that went along with the game.

Gemma Reading

Gemma loves to read. In addition, for some reason all out kids have found this shopping cart irresistible to sit in.

Overheard

The kids had soccer tonight and this was my first practice I was able to attend.  With temperatures in the mid 90's and no shade, it was warm!

John and I tag teamed watching Gemma, watching the soccer and taking some pictures.  It was a lot of fun to see them in action.

At one point, I was the photographer and I snuck over to a spot closer to William's group on the field.  The kids were playing some sort of game where they took turns running on the field to play a little two on two soccer.  After a few minutes, the coach would call out and the kids would switch positions. Two kids were always playing and two kids were on the sidelines watching their team mates play.  William and his teammate just finished playing and ran to the sideline together when I overheard this conversation:

William: Hey!  That was fun!
Teammate: Yeah!
William: Hey!  Let's have a dance party now! (waves arms over head and kicks feet a few times).
Teammate: (has a you are crazy look on his face.  Then looks to the left and right before allowing a huge grin to spread across his face.)  SURE! (Teammate rolls on the ground in what might be best described as a break dancing type roll).

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The dance party continues on for a few more minutes before the boys are called upon to be soccer players again.