The Ozmerican Life

and I'm getting blog lazy. Turns out summer brings quite the social animal out of me. I know, does that even exist?? Almost every day I've had off work I've gone out with the kids somewhere...last week we went to the beach with some dear friends (coworkers) of mine and their beautiful girls. My poor boys surrounded by girls AGAIN!!! I am in a circle of girls it seems.

I know the slimy green lake in the background is a far cry from the beautiful white sanded ocean that my Aussie relatives AREN'T enjoying because it's winter there...ha ha ha!! All the way down to 68 degrees during the day (brrrr get out the parkas) and 50 at night, rough isn't it??
Below is Keira playing with Delie. These two girls are 2 weeks apart and are going to be best friends whether they like it or not. Jentzen is coming in from the left to pour water over Delie's head, after all, it's what boys to best. And then back in the water are Quaid and Ava roughing up another kid who's crowding their swimming turf.



Keira showing some sassy skin....What mom lets their 18 month old walk around half undressed? I did. Get over it, I have.And my favorite pic...the two little girls again. I decided that I would skip the swim diaper and see how she did with a normal diaper. She went swimming a little more than I expected and well...her bum was bigger than her head :) Okay so I guess they are worth paying $17.32 a piece. Yet again...parents robbed by the kid crap monopoly.
Also last week I was out doing some landscaping reconnaissance and went to Cleary Lake for a little walk/bike ride with all the kids. It'd been awhile since I had been there. I remembered it being a 3.5 mile loop around a lake but the sign entering the trail said 1 mile. Perfect for my little ones on 18" bikes that require 37 peddle rotations for every one step I take. Turns out if you don't turn around when the distance marker sign says .5 miles and follow the little yellow arrows painted on the trail telling you to "TURN BACK NOW"....you acutally end up going that 3.5 miles that I remembered. All the while hearing, "Mom, I'm getting tired, are we almost done?" And me replying with, "Yep, just about done, keep going." All the while knowing that we have about 2 miles left. Repeat that 13 more times and that about covers it. Good thing I didn't give into Jentzen begging me to take his training wheels along. Couldn't you just see that? Me with 2 kids in a stroller toting a bike on my back, with two other kids on their bikes begging me to stop and carry their bikes too! With all that could have gone terribly wrong, it didn't. They all made it and had a blast. Ava is not too keen to get back on the trail so I'll have to be sure to wait long enough for her to forget the pain.

Our garden was planted on June 5th. A little late. We were a little unorganized but it worked. And we even planted a few things that I don't even like, and we won't even eat. How awesome is that??

This week ahead is already packed with friends and family. T-ball is starting tonight. Back in February I thought it sounded like a great idea to put he kids on alternating nights so we get to be committed to watching them attempt to throw and hit a ball every night Mon-Thurs for an entire month. Now that I can actually see how that looks on the calendar...it was NOT a good idea.

We're throwing my Mom and Dad a 40th Anniversary party on Sunday so lots to prepare for with that.

Have a few play dates for the kids. I'm not sure why mom's say that. It's really not about the kids. It's really about the moms. The more kids you get together, the better they play, the more you can ignore them and drift off into the land of adult conversation.

And to top off the week... what I'm excited for the most, A DATE NIGHT!!! It's been....well....who knows how long...so long I can't remember. Not sure what we're doing or where we're going. Nathan planned it....can't wait. I'm sure it involves walking hand in hand down a flower petal paved path to arrive to a perfectly laid out picnic with fresh fruit and coke. I'll be set down on fluffy pillows and he'll stare into my eyes and read off his list of 100 reasons why he loves me followed by love poems that he's written just for me, all while massaging my feet. Yep....I'm sure that's exactly what he has planned!!