A Funny Conversation

Getting out of the shower;
Reid - "Mommy, what are those?"
Mommy - "They are my breasts."
Reid - "Is that where Kayla drinks?"
Mommy - "Yes. That is why God made me with them."
Reid notices his nipples and begins to pinch them.
Reid - "When I was a teeny baby, Kayla used to drink from mine too."

Ummm, maybe we need to talk.

Phase 3 of The Garage Construction...look closely and you can see Reid coming off the porch.

Family Fun Day at Pepere's work was a of of fun. The kids put on hair nets and ear plugs so they could get a tour of the Pepsi plant. They were so funny!

Even Kayla wore a hair net and ear plugs. She didn't mind at all.

Reid's favorite activity was the blow up slide. He must have climbed up and slid down a hundred times.

Reid tried out a future as a fireman and Kayla got her arm painted. She got a Pepsi symbol :)

Garage - Phase 1

We had a loan closing at the bank after school and then went to Reid's gymnastics class last night. When we came home we saw this....Garage Phase 1 has begun! So exciting


This hole is deeper than it looks here. Too bad they didn't dig out that walkway too...maybe it will "fall" into the hole soon.

And I thought the ant holes were big...We won't be jumping on the corner of the porch anytime soon.

Thankfully, Jeff and Reid were able to move my plants...the peonies wouldn't have been too happy about this.

Our most recent partial family pic...I wish I had the camera last night when Reid invited Kayla in his room to read books. I sat her on his bed next to him and they "read" his toddler bible. He made up words and she looked at the pictures. They looked SO cute!

Cobbossee kayak sprint

Friends of Cobbossee Watershed hosted the 1st annual Canoe and Kayak sprint at the YMCA camp across the lake from us last weekend. I'm sorry I wasn't able to edit the video files into one seamless 'movie'.

Summer Fun

July 27th - Kayla tries out her new cloth FuzziBunz diapers. Yes, Kayla. That diaper does make your butt look fat.

Reid feeds the horses on Grandpa Coutures farm. He loves to be with animals but was a little reluctant to pat them at first. I think we have caused him to fear the electric fence enough.

Reid and Jeff camped out in the backyard one night. They lasted until 3am. In the morning I asked Reid why he came inside. He replied, "Oh, I just wanted to check on you." I love that kid!

Kayla, happily trying to suck her thumb. She isn't really that into her pacifier but she is determined to get that thumb in her mouth. Once she figures out she can control it, I think we are going to have a thumb sucker. For now, she gets it in, but doesn't know it is her hand so she takes it back out.

Kayla and Mommy at the drive-in. We saw Cats and Dogs....we could have made a better movie with Socrates and some treats. The kids had a great time though.


Waiting for the movie to start. We made a bed in the back of the van for the kids to watch the movie. They mostly played. We love Pride's Corner Drive-In!

Reid and I went blueberry picking in Fayette at Steep Hills Farm. It was wonderful! He had a great time and we made pie and blueberry crisp a few days later. I was pretty proud of myself. I am trying to do more baking...maybe that is why my clothes still don't fit!

This is what Reid wore to do groceries one day....oh dear! Yes, those are winter boots, no shirt, a hooded sweatshirt and swim shorts. It was 85 degrees that day.

We joined up with the Churchill's while they were on vacation and went to Funtown/Splashtown. Reid LOVED the log flume ride and proved to be quite the thrill seeker.

Reid on the Froghopper. He loved it. Kayla napped under an umbrella. She liked it too.

Reid, helping himself to a glass. He got up on the counter using a stool. He is sporting his Cony Lacrosse team shirt. The students gave it to him. It is his favorite pajamas right now.

More Fun in July

Kayla's debute in Abigails old bathing suit. Abby is now 12 I think... We went for a swim in Memere and Pepere's pond. The kids loved it.

Reid's spider hunting face.

This is a picture of the gross web that is spun by this gross spider. The gross spider seems to spin webs around leaves and forms a gross little "hut". This gross spider is also 6 legged...weird and gross. I have seen at least 3 of these gross spiders in my yard and have sprayed a gross nest with chemicals to kill the gross little spiders that were just hatching. I have tried and tried to find out what kind of gross spider this is but have come up with nothing! I would like to know if this gross spider will make us sick if it bites us with it's gross fangs. Can you help me?

Latest Photo Shoot...July 19th

Our photographer at Heavenly Photography was running a special that we couldn't pass up so here is another session with the family. We had a great time!

Old fashion laundry.

This one of her is my favorite.

Squeeze!!!! I think she looks like me a little in this one...maybe not.

Happy Kayla in her beautiful dress. She likes to dress up.

So we brided Reid with a wrapped up toy to get him to cooperate this time....nothing wrong with that. Inside: 3 Matchbox cars. Cost us $3 plus wrapping paper I had in the closet. SMART!

This is Reid out getting the mail but stopping to talk with a neighbor. Looks that way, anyway. LOVE IT!

DeJongh Family of Four...Complete.

Water boy

Reid is having a lot of fun this summer! We're making good use of the hot weather and Cobbossee to get a lot lake time in. I'm happy to say that Reid can swim now!




He's also getting pretty good at jumping off our dock!




I'm also thrilled that Reid and I paddled the my canoe together but I'm sorry that it wasn't until this week.

He really liked it but had a hard time with a regular paddle. So I went into my shop to see what I could do and ended up cutting a broken kayak paddle I'd made in half and glued up a T-grip for it. It's now a light paddle that's his size (pretty much).

Now we just have to get him to learn to peddle his bike and pump his legs while on the swing!