My favorite weekend of the year finally arrived, being Memorial Day. I love the kick off of summer knowing over the next several months the forecast is full of warmer temps and sunny days, at least we can hope. Its MUCH easier to parent in the summer. Maelin can play outside all day - a million things entertain her from watching the ants, to yelling at Dad to kill the bees, and playing chase with Begley. She even has her own squirt bottle and meticulously washes the flowers, we probably have the cleanest flowers on the block because of her.
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| Professional greenskeeper Brett - I'll hand it to him, the lawn looks good after a long winter |
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| Oliver watching Maelin and I attempt to build an outdoor storage box |
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| Gardening Queen (even though she is watering the empty pot) |
Speaking of Begley, Maelin and him are closer than ever - according to Maelin they are best friends. There is no question why Maelin is Begley's best friend, she locks him and her in the pantry and secretly feeds him dog food, along with several others snacks and the occasional hot dog. We are working on training Begley, seeing he is five and has yet to be trained. He now sleeps in a crate at night (instead of our bed) and we also have a shock collar on him in order to teach him some boundaries about barking, begging, and jumping. With the shock collar comes a remote. Our first day with the collar, Maelin found the remote and pressed level 6 (the highest level). Begley made the most atrocious noise, ran under our bed and we did not see him for a day.......poor guy! He however behaves better with the collar on and the shocks are limited.
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| This is a hook that needs to be hung on the wall, Maelin thought it was a dog hat and Begley just went with it |
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| She thought it would be best if she tested out Begley's "house" before he did |
Mister Oliver just turned four months. He weighs in at 15.3lbs which puts him right in the 50th percentile. He is taking a lot more interest in the world around him and is just learning to reach and grab for toys. He's a chill little guy and I am happy to say that at least 80% of the time is sleeping through the night finally :)
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| He is loving to stand (I need to work on my leg tan a bit, yikes!) |
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| Graduated from the sink tub to the baby tub |
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| This is what happens when I run downstairs quick, Maelin put a watch on him, gave him a makeup brush, flashlight and toy elephant |
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| Being fed by big sister |
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| Enjoying the worlds ugliest bouncy seat, its hard to believe how big he is already! |
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