Childhood Memoirs: Warm Weather

good day all! yesterday was jack's birthday and as a result we have a new word in our vocabulary: sea monkey. as in "i think we just lost a sea monkey" "we're growing monkeys" and "don't spill the sea monkeys" or " it's monkey egg time!" it was rowan's gift to jack, and a mighty fine one at that.

despite our warm weather we've all had runny noses and colds. i've been using this to keep us out of the doctors office:

they're awesome. all natural, but they really work. i picked them up at walgreens, but i think pretty much everyone carries this brand. it's both a blessing and a curse that they make kids medicine taste so good. on the one hand, the kids take it without fussing. on the other hand, they fuss when they don't get it.

one day last week ago, one of those days this month jon was home, we took him some sonic to work. on the way i asked the boys what daddy did for work. they gave their usual responses of, "he goes to campus." or "he talks with guys." both of which are true. technically, he talks to guys on campus. specifically he disciples college athletes at CSU. pretty sweet job actually.

our animals were all sick this week and needed great care.

i broke our "summer only" rule and made some lemonade on a warm day in early march.

people were grateful.

my favorite house in our neighborhood.

i came home from our life group's ladies night to find jon and colton (one of the guys he "talks to on campus") hanging out with pizza and cookie dough. they have an intangible "baseball guy" connection.