Ham-monsters...

This week we have just been enjoying summer. We have gone to the pool some, when it wasn't raining. On Thursday, I had a sitter come from 3-5 to keep G. She is going to come once a week for a couple of hours so that I can go to the pool without having to watch a certain 2 year old. It was lovely! Then Thursday night I went to a Twilight party. The hostess had just finished reading the first two books and was anxious to see the movie. She had cute decorations with forks everywhere. For those of you who haven't read it, it is a book about teenage vampires set in Forks, Washington. We each got a copy of the soundtrack with a fork attached with a ribbon. She had bottles of red wine with homemade labels that said Type A or Type B. Very cute.
Yesterday Griffin and I met friends up at the pool in the morning. He did really good with jumping in and "kicking". He likes to practive swimming. Then we came home had lunch and G napped. I tried to nap, the pool wears me out, but we must have been on some sort of military flight plan. I kept hearing jets so that was the end of that. Our friends the Flukey's came over for an impromptu cookout last night after Jon and Wade played golf. Griffin and Addisyn play really well together.
Today we are going to Raleigh to run some errands and eat out for Father's Day. Tomorrow Jon and some friends are going to go play golf at a nice course about 30-45 min away. Chicken and Rice has been requested so that is what I will be cooking for Jon for his Father's Day dinner.

Griffin has been really good this week, other than being a brat at playgroup on Tuesday. He hasn't really had any accidents. He has pooped in his pullup that I had left on after a nap since we were headed out. But he told on himself immediently and hates the way it feels. He usually tells us now and we don't have to ask him. He pottys at the pool so he gets the no peeing in the pool thing. Too bad not everyone "gets" that. We were looking at his favorite book, "My Little Animal Book". He saw a picture of the hamster, he said "monster". He is really good with animals and the noises they make. So I corrected him and said, "No, hamster". He looked me and nodded and said, "Yes, ham-monster". He said a couple other times and it is too darn cute to correct. He will start school and the teacher with think we are nuts but too sweet... Love it! He also has a puppy that was in his crib since birth. It has a string you pull to play music. Well he never really loved it and I was looking to clear some stuff out of his crib. So I asked if we could take the puppy out. He agreed. Before I could take it upstairs though he would carry it around it. He was carrying it and I asked him if it was his baby? He said yes and asked for a diaper. We went and searched down a diaper we had left. We diapered the "baby" and he rocked him in his chair in his room and read him a story. So we have rediapered him several times and has slept with him some. It is so sweet! I really think he gets that babies wear diapers and big boys wear underwear and since he is a big boy now he can help with a baby. Not that he will get any babies from this Mom or Dad to help with. That ship has sailed. But it is precious! Here are some links to the pictures.

Thinks he is KISS

The Baby

Reading to the baby

Cuddling with baby