feeling spring

this year has been another year with strange weather.  we go from 40 degrees to 80-90 degrees to 50 degrees and back.  so we've had some really great days and have been playing outside as much as we can.  

a meadowlark - these things are loud

ginger and dizzy lizzy 

 this is ginger looking at the kitty - she's pretty scared of her 

playing in the dirt 

poor kitty... 

 here gingy! ahh!

 trampoline pics

 racing - this is his "putting on the screeching brakes face"

 fixing his car

playing fetch 

 big boy bike

 ginger

no, i'm jorel

i really like halloween.  last night was no exception.  jorel dressed up as thomas the tank engine - surprised?! - i was a girl from the 70's.  we went over to the sis's house and did trick-or-treating with the cousins.  the kids had a great time and got lots of candies.  

a funny moment through the night was when jorel would go up to the door and the people would ask him if he was thomas, he would say "no, i'm jorel."  the first couple of times he said it pretty nicely, but about the last 10 minutes when someone would ask, he was a little more angry.  it was so funny.  i've been laughing about it ALL day!

i'll just show you the pictures now :)

 such fun cousins!

 mom took these pictures of our cute little fam - above is how we normally are, but below we are cooperating... i know, aren't we darling?

more jorel, more cousins, and more ginger

jorel just keeps getting bigger and bigger.  the other day he got ginger in the wagon and tried to pull her all around the yard.  she was a little heavy.  later that day, the cousins came over for grandpa ron's birthday (happy birthday grandpa!)  to play and they ended up putting the slip'n'slide under the "new" jungle gym that "grandpa" got for his birthday.  pretty creative, eh?  they really have a lot of fun together.  

goggles

not much to say about these pictures except jorel got new goggles....

he also has continued to be a little nudist and the other day wanted to dress up with this cowboy and pirate outfits a.k.a hats... made for a few good pictures...

 we have also spent a couple of days at the ever so popular hurricane splash pads, he stayed on the yellow spinning thing pretty much the whole time we were there on day, so that's all i have a picture of...

ginger has also been a good dog lately since my mom has been home and let her out of her kennel more.  she is still crazy, but not as much as an attention hog? okay, she still is...

i had some time alone while my parents took jorel on vacation with them.  so my friend trina and i did some fun stuff for my birthday.  massages, pedicures, the pool, dinner with her hubby and james and attempted movie, but had to leave before we finished it.  it was a great day.  *we did all of this on saturday because my birthday was on sunday but yeah, no pictures...

i've also tried using those sally hansen real nail polish strips, you know, the ones with the patterns on them?  i am a fan.  for the most part.  they do last longer, and i can't paint those patterns on by myself!  but the clean up is pretty messy.  but they are kind of cool and the best of all is there is no dry time.  this argyle one is my favorite so far.... also i've had a pack of bubble tape around lately.  my friend said, "typical baseball fan" haha.  :)  what can i say, i am one...

last but not least, jorel has recently fallen in love with the slip'n'slide.  after he let me cut his hair, i let him go at it.  at first he tried to jump and and go, but he eventually got the hang of it.  i even joined the fun.  he would sing a little song before he went some times.  it was pretty comical, this kid.  and i tell you, skip the store bought and just get some of that plastic you use as a cover up when you're painting or something, goes way faster and doesn't hurt nearly as bad...

and seriously, check this kid out!  why is he getting so big?!?!?!

and that pretty much wraps up July.  where is this time going?!