Wednesday, July 1, 2020

July 2020

We were wonderfully able to spend all of July in Wyoming.  We did a ton of stuff that I am honestly having to leave to the photographs to tell.  Owen did really fantastic with his swimming lessons and lost a front tooth.  He loves to make "lemolade" with grandpa.  Owen adorably will say "Hi there" to pretty much anybody who comes near him. Milton loves going on 4-wheeler rides and otherwise explore around outside.  He loved the rock and fountain out front and going through the "jungle" garden (a pretty trampled garden by the end of the summer) behind the back porch.  Milton  is coming up with adorable description of things such as calling his finger nails his "spikes" and he would become rather upset when I would trim them that they wouldn't come back. To say the kids had fun is quite the understatement.  A good way to get Owen talking is to ask what he did over the summer that is typically summed up by listing all the various vehicles he got to play with.  Milton got his own bank account this summer with $300 and his piggy bank earnings.  Then Owen got a $100 raise with his piggy bank earnings.  Grandma and Grandpa also let the boys have their stash of change from their house.  We all loved spending time with Rod, Ileene, Demetria, Trent, Verna, and Verdean along with all the other family.  We were pretty bummed that Damon wasn't able to come out this summer because of his covid restrictions.  Damon and Rod were able to reschedule their Gannett hike for next summer.  







































































































































Monday, June 1, 2020

June 2020

June brought us the finish line for Owen's virtual schooling.  I'm very proud of how Owen did and how he was able to move into the higher reading group.  The biggest surprise of the month was finding out that Owen needed rather strong glasses! My reason for the appointment was because how close he would always stand to the TV.  The appointment was just a couple days before driving up to Bethesda for our flight a few days later going out to Wyoming for the summer.  Thankfully this office was able to make glasses that were ready by the end of the day.  When Owen first put them on he said "Mommy you look so big!" He has astigmatism and a rather strong lens for farsightedness.  The opposite of mine.  He has done surprisingly well wearing them.  I was expecting a lot of pushback so bought a second pair but we haven't had to use them yet. We also had to say goodbye to William since his family got new orders down in Florida.  The kids understood that they wouldn't be able to play anymore after William left, but were able to have a lot of fun before having to part.  June also brought us new neighbors with two kids Owen and Milton's age.  Owen refers to them as "the girls".  They play well together, but didn't click as much as with William.  Damon was sad for us to go, but was very excited for the boys to have a fun summer in Wyoming.