This describes Atticus' mood from Friday until ooohhhhh, Tuesday morning. As crummy as he felt, he still got dressed and put on his toolbelt for a Bob the Builder show. At the end of BTB there is a Fireman Sam episode and for that Atticus keeps on the tool belt but replaces his hat with a fireman hat. So sweet!

We have been on house arrest for the last week as Atticus and Mazie were under the weather for a bit. We spent some time outdoors over the weekend and at the beginning of the week before the rains came.

Fashion Show

We have started our school shopping for Piper, I think she is more excited to wear her new clothes than to go to kindergarten. Every night she is requesting to do a fashion show in which she plays music and models her new threads. Last night, Atticus got in it and we had a dance party/ fashion show for aunt Amy. Mazie was a bit apprehensive.

HIawatha

Piper made her stage debut at the Lake Hiawatha festival. We had a hard time pulling her away from the stage to do anything else. After all the waiting, when she finally got the mic. She roared like a lion. The emcee played some tunes and grooved on stage for awhile. Atticus rode Snickers, the infamous snickers who seems to have changed colors over the years.....

Mazie and Asher

Maddy, Piper, Zane, Auria, Ruth, Atticus and Fongs son (?)

Maddy, Piper and Auria

Mazie Francis

NNO was tonight and we had a great time. I served as event planner for the 2nd year in a row. We had a great turnout, only 1 or 2 houses were unaccounted for and we had visitors from our neighboring block. The kids look forward to this all year, they love closing off the street and playing in the road. We decorated bikes tonight and had a bike parade, ring toss and water balloon fight (huge hit this year). Mazie gnawed on a corn cob and seemed to be in heaven. She is on the move lately. No time for nursing, no time for being held, she just wants to cruise around.