Sprinkler Fun!

Last week we had some really hot days! We decided to beat the heat by taking the sprinkler out after we had dinner. The kids were unsure about the sprinkler last year, but this year they loved it. They ran all over the place, and got soaked. Then they moved all of their toys underneath the spray of water, to see which ones filled up. Matt and I sat in our lawn chairs and watched the action. We only got a little wet when Jack moved the sprinkler. And then when we were done, Matt put on Sophie's butterfly towel and pretended to be a bee and chased the kids all around. All in all it was a good time!

The Patch...

This is pretty much how Sophie feels about her patch. She hates it. I feel so bad for her when I have to put it on. She definitely gets to the point when wearing it, where she just gets mad, and frustrated, and then doesn't really do much of anything. So we try to put it on for around an hour in the morning, and then another hour in the afternoon. We aren't sure if it's the patch or the glasses, but we are really seeing improvements in her eye strength! Praise God!

Just like Daddy

The kids adore their Daddy, and love any chance they get to be just like him. Saturday, we stopped by a soccer shop, and they had these little kits(soccer uniforms) that were just the right size for the kids. Ok, really they are huge, but if I stitch up the back of the shorts they will fit just right, with room to grow. When Matt walked in with the kits, Jack started hoping up and down, saying, "Oh, my! Oh, my!." Then, both kids started taking off their outfits to get into the kits. Jack was Messi, and Sophie was Rooney. They ran around the house kicking soccer balls, and yelling, "GGGGOOOOOAAAALLLLL!" Just like Daddy.

Happy 6th Anniversary!

Matt and I celebrated six years this past weekend! Yay! To celebrate, we went to a local park, and had a picnic, and then went out to dinner. It was nice to get out and relax a little. After we had lunch at the park, we got out the camera, and turn on the self timer, and snapped a couple of pictures of ourselves together. These are my favorites.

I won't show the pictures of what Matt really thought about this process(or the fact that I left the camera stand at home), but he loves me, so he humored me!

Glasses

Last Friday Sophie got glasses! She has had a lazy eye problem for a couple months now, so we made an appointment with the eye doctor. It turns out that her vision is very poor, and she is extremely near-sighted. One eye is 400, and the other is 500. Sophie was using her good eye so much, that the muscles in her weak eye grew so weak that she wasn't really using them at all. That is what was causing the lazy eye. The eye doctor put drops in Sophie's eyes to dilate them, and apparently they sting a lot. I lost it at the doctor's office. Out of all of the things that Sophie and I have been through together, this was probably the mildest. But when the doctor put the drops in her eyes, I started crying immediately. Good thing Matt was there, because Sophie loved being held by her big, strong Daddy, and I was able to try to compose myself so she didn't get upset. We waited in the waiting room for her eyes to dilate, and the poor thing kept tripping and loosing her balance. The doctor said her glasses would be really thick, and all I could think of was kids' glasses that I had seen when I was little. Instead, we got to pick out really cute square frames, and the lenses were ground down, so that they aren't too thick, and her eyes aren't too magnified. I think she looks like a little cutie, but I am sure I would think that no matter what! She loves her glasses! Sophie also has to wear a pink patch that goes over her glasses, and that is the real point of contention. She hates that "pink mousey" patch! She only has to wear it for 2-3 hours a day, but she gets so mad! We are praying that her eye will heal quickly, and she won't have to wear it for much longer. She really does like to wear her glasses, but already in the first week, they have gotten bent. We just have to take them back and get them fixed, but really, how am I supposed to take care of these things for her? It's going to be a challenge! Here is a picture of Sophie in her new glasses, making her "cheese" face.

Backyard Bird Sanctuary

Sophie and Jack love to watch the birds and animals that fly and scamper through our back yard, so we recently bought a bird feeder to place right outside the three-season room. The kids can get pretty close to the birds, without scaring them. Since putting it up about a week ago, we have seen cardinals, robins, finches and other birds I can't identify. We also have been visited by squirrels and bunnies. The kids love it! They are learning to be quite and still so that the birds won't fly away. Sophie picked this bird feeder out. It's called "the chalet." I guess I should mention that after a week, I hit it with the lawn mower, and destroyed it. Matt was nice enough to pick up a new one at Walmart, and we are back to having our own little bird sanctuary.

Jack helping Daddy put the bird feeder stake into the ground.

Checking it out.

This is the crazy face and squeal that Sophie makes when she sees a bird. Hence the reason they need to learn to be quite and not scare the birds!