September Stories

I have several stories to document/share.

Several weeks back, my mom and dad watched the girls for us while we attended the Akron football game. Matt was marching in the alumni band, and I went with a friend. Well, they brought their dog, Max with them. You will remember, it was hotter than hot that day. So to keep Max cool, Dad and the girls sprayed Max with the hose. They both loved it! Hannah has no fear and loves dogs anyway, but she is especially taken with Max. She petted him and sprayed him. Even when they came in the house, she stood at the back door and said, "Mac, Mac." She wanted to go back outside to play with him. (He's a huge yellow lab; so he can't come into the house.) Everyday for about two weeks after that weekend, she asked for "Mac." Laura played fetch with Max. She liked to throw the dummy, but she was not fond of taking it out of his mouth. He brought it back to her, and she asked Dad, "What does he want me to do?"

Hannah is at the stage where she likes to read the same book over and over again. Her favorite one right now is the one with all the pictures of animals in it. She brings it every night to Matt's or my lap and says, "buk, buk." Of course, if we don't promptly bring her to our lap and read the book, she throws a tantrum. Her favorite animal seems to be horses right now, which she refers to as "neigh, neighs." She gets confused between the sound the sounds the animals make and the names of them. She prefers the sounds. Her favorite a while back was the gorilla. She likes to pound her chest!

A couple of weeks ago, we went to the row dinner that our friend hosted for the sousaphone row of the OSU marching band. Our friend owns some horses, and his wife took Laura out to feed the horses treats. Laura loves this activity. Well as they were walking out in the pasture to the horse, Laura told Sue, "I don't want to step in the poop. Will you lift me over it?" Hilarious. She was very concerned about stepping in a pile of poo!

You may have seen a few posts on facebook referencing the "fun" birthday party we attended last weekend at Chucky Cheese. (If you can avoid that place, I recommend do so at all costs!) It is a chaotic room of kids running in all directions and playing games that involve noises and flashing lights. The one upside - the pizza is pretty good. So anyway, we survived the birthday party, with the intent of not going to that place again, if at all possible. We got home about 7pm, and Laura walked to the couch and immediately fell asleep. I took Hannah upstairs for a bath. After her bath, she likes to run around upstairs naked for awhile. So I let her do so, while I put away a basket of laundry. I picked her up and took her to the changing table to put on her jammies. To my horror, I laid her on the changing table to discover my arm was covered in poo! Oh, yes. Hannah had pooped somewhere in the upstairs. I yelled for Matt. He comes upstairs, but not immediately to my aid. He first wants to find the pile of poop, which turned out to be in our bedroom. Lovely. I cleaned off my arm while he cleaned up Hannah. Then I cleaned up the mess in the bedroom. Guess we learned our lesson!

We had Matt's birthday this week. He turned 37! We gave him presents Friday night, and then I made cupcakes for the tailgate on Saturday. Laura was very worried Friday night that no one was coming to his party. So cute! We explained to her that the tailgate would be like his party. So she was OK with that. We sang to him, and the girls helped him open his presents. One of the highlights - Laura picked out some presents at Target for him. Her and his favorite was the package of M&M's that we wrapped up! She know what her daddy likes!


Last weekend Matt and Chuck hosted their first tailgate of the season. It was a beautiful afternoon. I took the girls down to the tailgate, and they had a wonderful time. Laura actually went down on the bus with Matt. She is such a social butterfly like him. We got to visit with Wendy, Steve, Bryce and Caitlin, who we haven't seen forever. So that was enjoyable. There was a good turnout at the tailgate, about fifty people. It was a great time. Matt, Scott, and Dom played the group a Buckeye song on the sousaphone. Very cool. The girls played with sidewalk chalk and some other toys they brought. And of course the best part was that the Bucks won! We are tailgating again this weekend! (Not sure if the kids are attending though.)

We were watching the Duggars on TV last night, and they were at Niagara Falls. Laura is watching and she says, "Mom, did you know that if there is a huge river and a huge waterfall, then that's China?" Hmmm...didn't know that.