Day 248: Family walk in the park

It was so beautiful out today. Jamin got home in the afternoon, so we were able to eat dinner together and take a walk. Zaria and I had gone out earlier with Jamin's mom, but she was happy to push her stroller around and look for ducks and dogs again. I loved the sound of community softball players in the background.

Day 247: Mothers' Fellowship last brunch

Today was the last official day of Mothers' Fellowship for the year, and it ended, as always, with a brunch. This is a bit of a wide view. On brunch days, each group decorates their tables and it's a big potluck with more fellowship time. We don't do the usual worship and speaker. I'm a little sad to be done for the summer. I certainly plan to come back, but I know it will also be harder to make it regularly with 3 kids.

Day 246: Forking a mess and quiet waters

Zaria sort of used the fork I gave her, but then she started having fun putting her hands in it, then rubbing her face. Oh, goodness. Later we went for a walk by the lake-- if you look on the other side of the water you can see a couple of deer.

Day 245: Walking the dogs

This evening Zaria and I went to visit Cassie and perhaps play games-- her mom and grandma joined in a game of Dominoes, but we ended up taking the dogs and Zaria for a walk because she was getting much too crabby and tired to let us play Dominoes in peace.

Day 244: Baby shower

We had a little baby shower for my cousin Leslie today. She's due in late July with her second child. Her other child is a boy named Tristin (pictured below) whom Zaria enjoyed bugging. She was feeling much better today and enjoyed making the rounds. She thought that Tristin's paying attention to a video game was a great reason to stand right in front of his face and babble to him. It was probably good practice for him to be an older brother soon.

Day 243: Cookies on a rainy day

I made some cookies today for a girls' night taste test night-- we're bringing some food item with both generic and name-brand ingredients to see if there really is a difference. So I made chocolate chip cookies with both Cub brand chips and Hershey's. Zaria was pretty ill today and only joined me for a little while in between naps. Hopefully all her sleeping today will mean she'll be much better tomorrow.

Below is Jamin with his new hat and my umbrella (since it's the only one we could find right away). It's a pretty silly hat as it is. I believe his word is "jaunty". It was even more ridiculous pairing it with this umbrella, so I had to capture the moment.

Day 242: New clothes, clean place

We picked up a whole bag full of clothes and shoes for Zaria at church on Sunday, all nicely laid out in sizes and FREE. Too bad I still am not sure what to start gathering for X and Y. There were a lot of cute girls' clothes. A big thank you to the parents (moms, mostly) that put on the clothing give-away! Zaria's already been having fun trying on the shoes (too big still) and hats that we grabbed. She was also a little scared of the vacuum again. It seemed to help leaving it out and playing with it with her to get her used to it.