The Brown's came to visit

I'm so thankful for good friends.The kind who would drive 3 hours to see you. We had a great visit from the Brown family. They were our neighbors in Okinawa. Our kids played together just about everyday. It has been a year since we have seen them and in that year they haven't changed a bit. Mason really took to Ryan. It could be that he misses male attention,since Pete is gone. Emily and Jacob were very sad to se them go. We'll see you all again.

Coming Along

Painting the undercoat. Gluing the tissue paper.

Crafts

This is our summer art project. Pinatas. Today was the messy paper mache' part. In a few days they will dry and we can begin to decorate. Emily is making a pig and Jacob is making a dog.

I'll post pictures of the finished pinatas before they get wacked.

Blah

Summer just isn't as fun when your husband is deployed. All the family activities are missing one main component,Daddy. Although I try to keep the kids entertained and having fun. It just isn't the same when Pete is gone.
I sometimes get overwhelmed at all the responsibility of being a temporary singe parent.

Funny Things

Mason and I were sitting on the couch reading books and looking through Parents magazine. I was asking him to point out things like trees and babies. When we came to this ad in the mag Mason points and says"Dada" I said "no, that's a soccer player". He just kept pointing and saying Dada.
Funny part 2
Jacob is playing legos and brings me the latest thing he built. "Look mom it's the Yahtzee thing from the Indiana Jones movie"
Kids!

HA!

I was just surfing the net and found this cute saying on a t-shirt site. Ladies we all know it true.

Had to do it

Before
After


Today was the last straw for Pete. We were shopping and a lady said how cute "she" was with "her" flip hairdo. So we took Mason for a hair cut. I'm not used to it. It's shorter than I had envisioned. I liked his long locks,but it's just hair it will grow back.

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