The no cavity club

Let me start by saying: I am not part of it. But both my kiddies (and Stanley) are. The kids did very well getting their teeth cleaned. K went first and she just sat there with her mouth open like a big girl. She did kinda get skittish when the dentist came in at the end to look at her teeth. I think part of it was that she thought she was done. C had x-rays done and did so much better than last time. He said it didn't hurt as much as last time.

Then it was my turn. And Daddy wasn't there yet. I don't like starting on my teeth til he is there, but I had no choice. They kept bumping my chair and asking questions (how am I supposed to answer with my mouth full?). Finally he showed up and took them out to the lobby to wait. Then I could get my teeth cleaned in peace. They told me about the cavity that I've had since LAST visit. I guess I really need to get it taken care of, huh? I just don't have the time!

Here are some pictures of those who are in the no cavity club.

Indianapolis Indians game

The Indianapolis Indians are a AAA baseball team. Every year our church gets free tickets to go see a game. It's nice to go to this game, cuz most people in our section are from our church. K and I didn't go last year because it was so HOT. This year, it was beautiful! We actually took jackets for the kids. Another bonus, Monday nights are $1 menu nights. So we ate dinner at the ball park.

We had a really nice time. The kids were good (extra nice since Monday was HORRIBLE w/ K girl-HORRIBLE), the weather was beautiful, the Indians won, and we got to just sit and talk with church people.

We took Stanley with us (I remembered poor Stanley). So here are some pictures of our night.

As we were walking to the stadium, we saw the outside of the massive Lucas Oil Stadium where the Colts play.I know it's hard to see, but the Indians won 5 to 1.

Stanley has left the building!

Stanley is off to many adventures today. Six to be exact. Plus I have 3 more Stanley's floating around out there somewhere. (Does it "negate" his travels if he is in 9 places at once?)

Here are all Stanley's "clones." Kinda disturbing.

So those of you who are waiting on a flat houseguest, he is on his way!

Two Years in a Row!

So this is the second year in a row that I"ve had a summer cold or the summer flu. This year it is the flu; and it is no fun! Friday afternoon I hit a wall and never re-bounded. Saturday and Sunday were really bad. Sunday morning, C woke up crying because he had a headache. I think he ended up with a touch of it. He is still dragging today but seems much better. I feel almost all better today. Just a touch of a headache and scratchy throat. Hopefully tomorrow I will be 100% better. I have too much to do to be sick! (Momma: and you thought your laundry was bad!)

So Sunday we did not make it to church. But we did make it to lunch. My cousin's husband was driving through on his way to Chicago for a job. He stopped in Indy to see us for lunch. It was a good time! We went to Grindstone Charlie's. We had never been there before. I was very impressed. It was nice to see him; we hadn't seen him since C was a baby. After lunch, he visited the Indianapolis Speedway. After lunch, we went home and all crashed.

I had thought to bring Stanley to lunch, but totally forgot. Poor Stanley. I need to "send" him to school with C soon. And he had been begging to visit friends. Hopefully soon I will send him out on some adventures. Keep on the lookout for a flat guy! He may show up at your house!

Here Comes the Bride!

Our 4th of July was very different this year. We didn't have a picnic or do fireworks. One reason? It POURED! Second reason: we had a very special wedding to attend. M and Green Socks got married on Saturday and C was in the wedding as the ring bearer.

Friday afternoon was the rehearsal. I took C (original plans were for Daddy to take him; due to K's bad attitude, I took him--a break for me). It was at a church that I wasn't familiar with; I was afraid I would get lost. But Maggie (our GPS) got us there. The rehearsal went well. We had literally scared C in regards to how he was to act for this weekend. He took his job very seriously. Funny side note: one of the bride's brothers made T-shirts for all the guys to wear. The shirt had a funny picture on the front and the back said "I was a part of T & M's special day" C did NOT want to wear the shirt! Why? It was hot pink! Let me back up to Thursday. Daddy took C to pick up his tux Thursday night. When they got home, I asked how it went. C's answer "the bow tie is pink!" Poor guy. He's so funny. Does not like guys to wear pink. Well he didn't have much of a choice. Anyway, I digress.

After rehearsal, we went to the dinner at a local Italian restaurant. After dinner, we stopped at Hallmark. I though it might be a good idea to have a card to go with our present.

Saturday morning, C needed to be there at noon. Again, originally Daddy was going to take Ca and I was going to meet them there later. Saturday morning I decided that we would all just go together. But that meant packing up stuff for K and I, lunch for her (they had lunch for the wedding party), something for her to do, stuff for the reception, etc. We left about 11:30 (we didn't get home until around 8; it was a long day).

K and I spent most of the time just keeping busy. We watched part of a movie, colored, played, talked to everyone, listened to Daddy's iTouch, oh my! Pictures started for C around 1. We got seated around 2:30 and the wedding started at 3:30. It was so pretty! And C did such a good job! He stood so still, turned when he needed to , watched what he was supposed to. He had many compliments afterwards. Now the flower girl was another story. She was so funny! She's only 4 and got very bored. She kept everyone entertained. Thankfully the bride couldn't see her.
The reception a pasta buffet. So yummy! They had the best baked lasagna. The cake was really good too (our preacher's wife made it). After dinner, they had dancing. Oh my! That's when the fun started.

Guess who was one of the first on the dance floor? My daughter! She was so funny! She was going around asking people to dance. She danced with the groom at least 3 times, the bride a couple times, friends, strangers. She was keeping up to. They did some line dances and she was doing pretty good. Anytime we had to clear the floor (some slow dances for couples) she cried. When we told her it was time to go, she cried. That night when we said prayers she said "thank you we got to dance tonight" She LOVED IT! Now my son on the other hand, would not get out there. He had all kinds of offers! Me, friends, older grandma-type-friends, the bride. Nope. Not interested. Instead he took my camera and was the photographer. It was a good time. But a very long day.

OK. Now for pictures. I'll warn you: there's a lot! I didn't want to put them in a slide show cuz some need captions. Hope you enjoy!

Here's the bride at rehearsal. She looked so pretty!

Here are some of the guys being goofy. That's the brides 2 brothers on the end.And here is the cute ring bearer (in his pink shirt) and the flower girl (the groom's daughter).Here comes the bride! And her dad (Mr. D)RehearsalDoesn't he look cute? He did such a good job! He wanted to wear the tux to church on Sunday. I think he was a little proud of it.I think this picture turned out really good. I might get it printed.Stanley came to the wedding too.The bride and groom. That's the mother of the bride in the background. She is not going to like me for that picture. This was K's dollar dance with the groom. All I had was quarters! The groom dancing with his daughter and my daughter. His little girl's name is with an H and mine is with a K. My little girl can never get H's name right.One of K's dance partners. (B graduated from PCC this May)One of the bride's brothers.Dancing with Daddy.Like her face? One of the times she had to get off the dance floor.Doing the Macarena (or however it's spelled)This is J & E. They've watched our kids before. I thought it was a cute picture. I think C actually took it.We were waiting for Daddy while he got the car (it was still raining!). My kids did not want to leave!

Stanley

Stanley Lambchop has been flattened by a bulletin board! But now he is able to travel through the mail in an envelope and experience many new adventures!

Stanley was one of the presents that C got at his grad party. The Stanley books are actually a series of books, telling the adventures of this "flat" little boy. What's even cuter is that a Flat Stanley is included in one of the books. You can send your Stanley on adventures by sending him to friends and family. Whomever Stanley is staying with at the time is to take Stanley places (daily activities, landmarks, special places) and take a picture of Stanley and/or the host/hostess. Stanley (host/hostess) is to then write a journal recording what you did on each adventure. Eventually Stanley will return home and then C will have pictures and a journal to show where Stanley has been and what he has done.

The first adventure that Stanley had with us was to take pictures with everyone that attended C's party. The next day we took Stanley to Squealer's (the best BBQ place). Stanley is right now in NY state with Grandma and hopefully will get to visit Hoffman's House (the best hot dog place) as well as other places there. Stanley is also going to get to go to Mexico with M & Green Socks on their honeymoon.

I would really like Stanley to be able to visit other places and to meet new people. Is there anyone out there that would like a very flat house guest for a few days? He doesn't eat much. :) I would just ask that you take his picture and make a small journal entry to go with each picture. If you know anyone else that would like to meet Stanley, please feel free to send him on a journey--just make sure he gets home once in a while.

To learn more about Flat Stanley and to see who he has met and where he has been, log on to http://www.flatstanleyproject.com/. Momma, wouldn't this be a fun thing for your class to do? :) You can print a "blank" Flat Stanley off the web site and have the kids color it in. If anyone is interested and gets a Flat Stanley, he is more than welcome to visit us.

I do have to give kudos to my sister: she had mentioned Flat Stanley A LONG TIME AGO and I never did it (to be honest I was just lazy and then forgot). But now Stanley will get to visit her and maybe even meet the new baby before we do!

And now I would like to introduce to you, Flat Stanley. (applause, applause)
This is Mr. and Mrs. D. They bought C the Stanley books and thus introduced us to Stanley.This is Miss S. She was C's AWANA leader last year. Now she works in his SS class. She LOVES C and vice versa. For those of you who don't know, Miss S is a blind lady who lives on her own, holds a job, sings in the choir, listens to AWANA verses. She is an amazing lady. Very sweet too.This is Miss P. She was C's other AWANA leader. This is Miss M.K. She is our piano player at church. And her mom is our organ player. She also works in C's SS class now.C, Stanley and Grandpa.Grandma, C, and Stanley. Grandma was very taken with Stanley. She actually was reading the first book before she left. She didn't get to finish, so she doesn't know what happened. Oh the suspense!This is Green Socks (the groom) and the Father of the Bride.And here is the Mother of the Bride.And here is M, the Bride-to-be (not sure how she ended up last in the sequence)This is the Maid of Honor (cousin of the bride).C, K, and Stanley at Squealers.K and Stanley at Squealers.