Joshua missed the last day and a half of school because he suddenly broke out in Chicken Pox on Saturday, June 27
th. The worst of it lasted about three days, and by Tuesday he was feeling like his old self. We found that the best remedy for the itchiness was TV. Here he is on Canada Day in his new t-shirt:
Natalee climbed into her shopping cart...(her red t-shirt didn't last long, it got dirty before lunch time!)
And the kids were thrilled that we ate lunch outside for the first time this year! It's nice for me when these little things make them so happy.
Wyatt in his Canada Day t-shirt. It was actually Andrew's from when Andrew was 1 year old, but it did the job for Wyatt.
On Friday, July 3rd, we drove out to Camp
Nutimik to pick up Mike who had been helping in the kitchen for the week. By the way, the children and I had a great week together. There were a few moments when it was a little hairy (but that's totally normal anyway, at least in OUR house!), but all in all, I think we did really well and enjoyed ourselves.
They have a cool Fort there. Here is Caleb inside the fort.
Down by the lake. They all got wet.
On July 4
th, we headed out of town to attend a wedding of my friend, Cindy. We asked someone to take our picture as we were heading out of the church, as the last *good* picture of us was taken nearly two years ago.
Natalee was exhausted after the last two days of driving and no normal nap schedule.
Caleb & Joshua have been big into Lego lately. This is their latest combined effort.
2 pieces of Chipboard petals - each full board of chipboard is 9" x 9" $4.00 for both boards.
Plaidmaker - 2 sheets of plastic, one for large plaid lines, one for smaller plaid lines. Each approximately 12" x 12". $2.00.
28 wooden blocks, 56 words (double mounted). Words: thanks, just, brother, boy, daughter, girl, family, my, sister, son, father, your, mother, stamp, together, for, favorite, all, vacation, fun, birthday, happy, !, time, Halloween, fall, ", laugh, special, sweet, ... , wish, grand, good, winter, joy, Christmas, peace, friend, best, summer, day, imagine, dream, & , and, spring, baby, valentine, love, * , hope, celebrate, party, { , little. $14.00.
"On the Spot" 1 large background stamp, approximately 5" x 6", $12.00
"Love Without End" 9 stamps, 2-step stamping, $12.00.
4 cute little stamps, about 1.5" x 1.5" each. $6.00
His cake at home. I found this recipe in a Martha Stewart Kids' magazine - it's a layered Rice Krispie cake with a chocolate marshmallow layer in the middle. The chocolate marshmallow layer was a little too soft when we put in on the bottom layer and kind of ran off the sides. But it sure tasted delicious! Caleb and I decorated it with Smarties and string licorice.
Wyatt hangin' with Dad. He's been sleeping better at night now that he has his own room. Hopefully things will only improve!
Wyatt doing his "side plank". A rather awkward picture, so I included this other one too, with Natalee trying to get in on the camera action as well!
My camera didn't do a good job of taking a clear picture from across the field. There is most of the team and Coach Mike.
An action shot! 
My soccer dudes with their medals. By the way, when we got home, we measured them again, and there's now only 1/2" difference between Caleb and Joshua. I'm thinking that by the end of summer, Joshua may be taller than his older brother? Maybe if I tell Caleb this, he'll sleep more at night! :)
