Henry and June: Jul 21, 2009

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

The Foamerator- Juner.

On Sunday, we couldn't resist the cool weather in the low 80's, so we headed out to try a craft from Family Fun magazine:

The Foamerator
(Click for instructions)

We had a good time making foam snakes getting soap everywhere.

Mama made the best snakes. Note Buster's outfit- not only did he manage to venture upstairs alone (a major feat these days), he picked out his clothes, disrobed and managed to get dressy mostly by himself.

I played in the bubbles until I was covered in a nice sticky layer topped with dirt.

Henry gave up on the snakes and went back to normal bubbles.

Bubba gave the foamerator a try, but wouldn't listen to mama's instructions not to breathe in and out so fast.

I liked chasing the bubbles. Look at how happy I am every time I spot a bubble.

On Saturday, we headed down to Old Salem- the original Moravian establishment upon which Winston Salem was founded. We had a good time looking at the old houses, gardens and brick oven bakery that still bakes delicious fresh bread, thin cookies and sugar cake. While we were in a shop, Henry got an old timey whistle sucker. I don't know if the whistle pop dates back to Moravian times, but mama has a distinct memory of mastering "Mary had a Little Lamb" while sitting in the back forty of her first house on Mud Creek Road. That was about 100 years ago. Henro didn't learn any songs, but did have a good time busting the ear drums of all passers-by before he tankfully bit the sucker in half.

Naked bike riding- Henry.

Our favorite people- Mister Paul and Miss Susan came over this weekend to do a little swimming. We had so much fun, we didn't leave the pool until it was almost too dark to see.

When we got home, mama stripped June out of her bikini and went upstairs to get her jammies. Meanwhile, Juner snuck out back for a little naked bike riding.

Scrawny little kid.

I hope someone washed that seat.

We don't have any pictures to prove it, but on Friday, we all went to the Y with my school class. They have a zero depth entry water works pool for kids. It gets as deep as 3 1/2 feet and I was completely confident, even in the deep end. (I'm only about 40 inches tall.) I ran under lots of water falls and we all took good naps when we got home.

On Saturday evening, mama and Mister Pail both ran a 5k. Called the Beat the Heat 5k, it's run in the evening so you can truly appreciate the splendor of July in North Carolina. Lucky for mama, it was only 80 degrees with a slight breeze. Perfect for a nice run. Paul of course, ran a swift 21 minute 5k. Since mama just hurt her back one week ago, papa was not so pleased that she was running at all. But mama said activity was the only thing to loosen up her tight muscles and squeaked in just one second under 30 minutes (although her official time was 30:01- we know that's not right). She was pleased with her time, as it was her first race in over three years and because when she ran on Friday she was only able to run 14 minute miles. Mama has also decided to only run races in the evening because they served, subs, pizza and beer to all the participants. What is this, Wisconsin?

Mama wanted me to show you the purse she made over Cooper family vacation. You can't really tell because of the print, but there is a green lining and lots of curved piecing. She still needs to find a big button to finish it off, but is pretty pleased with the finished project, even if it meant the (hopefully) temporary alienation of her in-laws because she refused to take part in a particularly rowdy and loud game of Pit.

Finally, we excited to announce for the second time that we have a house in Clemson. The first house didn't make it past the home inspection- something about a leaking hot water heater led to the discovery that there was no drainage or working sump pump under the house. So we abandoned that house for this house. The inspection is tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed that we don't have to go back to Clemson again until we move. Mama says she's sure we've looked at every house in the county.

My camera- Henry.

For Christmas, I got this cool camera as a present.

Mama remembered she hasn't uploaded any of the pictures from it, so here are some of my best shots.

The camera doesn't take that good of pictures, than add a boy that won't hold still very long to take the pictures, so most turned out blurry. This is Aunt Jenni and Aunt Elizabeth.

Uncle Kevin. By the way, mama had a dream that Uncle Kevin and Aunt Elizabeth found out the paperwork for their marriage had never been filed, so they weren't legally married. So they decided to take the whole family to Hawaii to make it official. What do you think Uncle Kevin?

Mama.

Most of the pictures I took were of bottoms, torsos, toys and toes. Here's one of Great Grandma Wagners snow globe. Mama says she spent hours watching it when she was little.

At Christmas, we spent the night at Great Grandma's. She read us stories before we went to bed. And if it's possible, her big old house is even quieter that the Seibert house. We've been in the city too long.