Mishmash

Just a little post of things going on around here:

We had a great 4th of July but I didn't get many pictures.  Harvey had a lot of fun with the fireworks this year! She loved picking out her stash and had even more fun shooting them off. Next year we need to remember to buy lots of parachutes because she was having a hard time watching other kids getting to chase down theirs. The fourth is quickly becoming one of my favorite holidays!

These two goofballs had fun squirting each other with water guns
and drawing pictures on Uncle Trent's chalkboard. 

Harvey was SO patient in waiting for us to get her brother down so we could shoot off the
fireworks together. Harry on the other hand was not cooperating and didn't go to sleep until
almost 10:00 so while Brad and I both tried to get him to sleep
(Brad ultimately got him down) we just enjoyed the show outside.
Our neighborhood put on quite the show!

Just a few funny things that Harvey has said lately that I want to make sure and remember:

- Her response to me after I threatened to, "swat her little tushy," was, "I don't have a little tushy, I have a big girl tushy." 

- Swinging outside one afternoon she asks, "Am I swinging stinking high?"

- "Hey mom, do dogs have esophaguses?"

- "Ugggghhh, fiiiiiinne," in response to me telling her that her snack option that day was an apple. Unfortunately she probably learned that from me. 

- While her and Brad were saying their nightly prayers she asked Brad to pray that when she's 12, she gets pimples. Silly kid!

- We were practicing rolling our tongues one day and I can make mine make funny shape. After she tried to do it she asked me, "Can you make a bladder with your tongue?"  

- While I was brushing her hair one day she started laughing at me and said, "Oh wow, you're getting a lot of hair on your face!" 

A little late night reading. I can't imagine what this does to her dreams.

Her love affair with Kansas is still going strong and has now spilled over into her books. One day she spotted a book at the library that said Kansas on the cover and she quickly scooped it up. It ended up being a funny book about all the states and listed them in the back in alphabetical order.

It sparked my memory of a song we learned in grade school and after I sang it to her she was determined to learn it. Brad videotaped her doing it and this video is one of my favorites to watch.  She misses a few states and says it's a song about the days of the week but I love how serious she is. Is it bad that I'll be sad when she loses her little lisp?