Here are a few photos from the past couple of weeks... nothing too out of the ordinary, just a sample of our 'everyday' lives. Too bad I don't take pictures at the doctor's office - seems we spend plenty of time back and forth there - yet I just can't bring myself to take pictures of it... maybe one of these days... Anyway, this week was fairly slow and uneventful because everyone was sick at some stage. It started with Hunter's vomiting episode early Sunday morning - which wore me out all day Sunday. Then Tony came home mid-day Monday with flu-like symptoms after Helena had vomited in the morning waking me up... Another few days of Helena coughing, Hunter acting a bit 'off' and finally it hit me Thursday. Praise God it only lasted 24 hours and by Friday I had enough energy to go outside and clean the bathroom!
In the Clark household we never leave the house without sunblock... maybe Hunter was trying to tell me something!!! I should be told something like "hey mama, don't leave these things in the reach of children"...
The tent made it's season debut during the week for just a bit of entertainment and slight change of scenery. Hunter is also a very helpful older brother most of the time.
After a week in the house I was really grateful that Kevin & Crystal weren't scared off... it was great to have adult company and something to look forward to! Kevin is a buddy from ICLP days... we used to play basketball and eat lunch together regularly, but since Tony's been working and he's been writing a thesis we haven't seen much of each other. He's headed to Columbia to work on his MBA so this was kind of our farewell... and although we haven't seen him much, it's still weird to think we won't see him here again... but this is the way of the expat!Anyway... we had a fun dinner at a local place and the kids absolutely took to Crystal... Hunter will be disappointed to know that she is also moving to NY... bummer... he could've had a new girlfriend!
It was tough being inside because LOOK AT THAT BLUE SKY!!! Can you believe it! It was the best, most beautiful day of the year and we were only doing short stints outside... in fact, this was the day Hunter came down with a fever that started a new stream of sickness... YIKES! But you've got to love this sky!!!
Before he came down with a fever, Hunter had 'hog fever'... not related to the swine flu... more related to riding motorcycles... He's finally gotten the hang of riding the trike... and now that's what he wants to do everytime we go outside! I like this photo just because it's got the bit of action of him passing me and moving on by himself... he was loving it!!!
Helena turned 11 months old on July 9 (happy birthday, Dillon!)!!! Only one more month til my baby girl's not a baby anymore!!! You'd never know it in this photo, but in the midst of (or the cause of) her congested cough, diarrhea, etc she also cut two new teeth... so that brings the count up to 8 total already!!! And they're all symmetrical now!!! Wow!
She's a real helper too... she loves helping me 'unload' the dishwasher... she especially likes the spoons and the measuring cups!
She's been seen climbing in completely to help 'unload'... but here she looks like she's pulling out the tray for easier access! I love my helpful kids!!
During one of the (what seems like many) 'sick days' we had the A/C folks come to do the annual maintenance... of course the kids LOVED having someone else in the house and Hunter kept following one of the workers around say "hiiiiii". And no matter how hard I tried, he just kept coming back into their space...
But why wouldn't you be drawn to such fun toys as these? Even Helena was caught trying to climb the ladder!
We were out for an after-dinner stroll through 'bark park' but happened upon something other than the usual dogs... a girl had her parakeet leashed to her bike... that's interesting pet maintenance!
It was tough being inside because LOOK AT THAT BLUE SKY!!! Can you believe it! It was the best, most beautiful day of the year and we were only doing short stints outside... in fact, this was the day Hunter came down with a fever that started a new stream of sickness... YIKES! But you've got to love this sky!!!
Before he came down with a fever, Hunter had 'hog fever'... not related to the swine flu... more related to riding motorcycles... He's finally gotten the hang of riding the trike... and now that's what he wants to do everytime we go outside! I like this photo just because it's got the bit of action of him passing me and moving on by himself... he was loving it!!!
Helena turned 11 months old on July 9 (happy birthday, Dillon!)!!! Only one more month til my baby girl's not a baby anymore!!! You'd never know it in this photo, but in the midst of (or the cause of) her congested cough, diarrhea, etc she also cut two new teeth... so that brings the count up to 8 total already!!! And they're all symmetrical now!!! Wow!
She's a real helper too... she loves helping me 'unload' the dishwasher... she especially likes the spoons and the measuring cups!
She's been seen climbing in completely to help 'unload'... but here she looks like she's pulling out the tray for easier access! I love my helpful kids!!During one of the (what seems like many) 'sick days' we had the A/C folks come to do the annual maintenance... of course the kids LOVED having someone else in the house and Hunter kept following one of the workers around say "hiiiiii". And no matter how hard I tried, he just kept coming back into their space...
But why wouldn't you be drawn to such fun toys as these? Even Helena was caught trying to climb the ladder!
We were out for an after-dinner stroll through 'bark park' but happened upon something other than the usual dogs... a girl had her parakeet leashed to her bike... that's interesting pet maintenance!
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