More Lochsa Cabin Time in July

Maylee found a frog on the beach.  She watched it for a really long time before deciding she wanted to throw rocks in the river.  Every time we walked down to the beach after that she woud ask "Maylee frog, where are you?"

Maylee liked to wash the rock off and then throw it in the river...

 Butterflies that she found interesting...

One day after Kev got off work, we took a drive up the Lochsa River.  We saw some "horses" (actually mules but you can't convince Maylee that) and we went across a pack-bridge.  The drive was beautiful!

 

 

Maylee taking Cinder on a walk...(Cinder knows when Maylee is walking her and stays right beside her so that the leash is dragging on the ground.)

On a different day, we visited Kev on his lunch break and Maylee got to see the station's mules and horses.  Horses are becoming her favorite animal other than Cinder and the puppies.

We hiked to a waterfall with Kev's parents on his day off.



Special Learning Times in July

Library Time
We went to the Ceour d' Alene Library in July.  Their children's area is in quite large and is downstairs.  Maylee immediately got a book and ran to read it in their cave.


Bubble Time
Maylee is learning how to blow bubbles.

Watering Time

Nana Jo and Papa Dean gave Maylee a Dora watering can.

She loved helping water their flowers...also her clothes if you look close.

Maylee and the Twins

Cousin Mandy's babysitter went on vacation after the 4th of July so Maylee and I stayed at Mom's house to help her watch the twins.  Emma and Sarah came over to Mom's house to help too.  Maylee loved the babies! 

Charlie is on the left and Tessa is on the right...

The blue in Maylee's mouth is from an M & M potty treat...

 

Going on a walk to the park was a chore...

Cinder enjoying attention from Emma while all three little girls took a nap... 



June 2011 Snapshots

Ammie's Squirrels

Ammie has been working hard on the landscaping of her new house. 

Maylee helped set out the garden ornaments and really liked the squirrels.

 

Harden Family Duck

Neighbors up the road raise a duckling until it was large enough to be turned free on their family farm.  Maylee enjoyed riding her bike (Mama pushing her on her bike) uphill to their house to watch the duck.  Anytime she was riding her bike in our driveway she thought we needed to go see the duck.

 

Shoe Independence

Maylee was so proud when she figured out how to put her shoes on by herself. 

I didn't have the heart to tell her that they were on the wrong feet.

Oregon Trip in June

School got out for Kev and Wendy on Friday, June 10th.  After school, Wendy and Maylee met Wendy's parents in CdA and rode with them to Oregon to attend Derek and David's high school graduations.  By June, Maylee was doing really well with potty training.  However, when she said she needed to go potty you didn't have much time until she would have an accident.  This made the trip to Oregon interesting.  There were a couple of times when Maylee said she needed to go potty and there were no exits off of the freeway for awhile. We told her that it would be okay to go in her diaper and she would tear up and say "No, mama." She held it until we could exit and find her a spot to go.  The original plan was to attend Derek's ceremony in The Dalles and then drive to Eugene to attend David's party.  Between CdA and The Dalles, we learned that Maylee's bladder need more pit stops and she was tired of riding in the car.  So, Wendy and Maylee stayed at Aunt Jan's house while her parents traveled on to the other graduation. 

Derek's graduation and party...

 Bubbles with Connor...

 Playing at the park close to Aunt Jan's house...

Breakfast with the Girls

(Grandma Doris, two of her daughters, her granddaughter, and great-granddaughter)

Maylee loved Big Ammie's hot cocoa...

and Mama's berry French Toast...

Great-Great-Great Aunt Ruth & Uncle Don

While in Moscow, we visited Great-Great-Great Aunt Ruth.  Maylee concentrated hard on the puzzle.  She thought she needed to help Ruth like her mom and grandma were.  She also used one of Don's shot glasses to get a drink of water.

Kev's 3rd U of I Graduation

Kev graduated with his third degree from U of I, an administration degree.  Currently, he enjoys his position as elementary p.e. teacher but this degree gives him options in the future that he may explore.

I love this photo of Maylee and Kev...



These were taken in Ammie and Papa's yard during the graduation party...

Maylee Naked Painting

I guess being naked inspires her to create abstract paintings.

Buses!

Maylee has loved buses for some time now.  We usually see four to eight buses a day driving her to and from the babysitter's house.  When Maylee would see one she would point and say "bus."  Due to Spring Break, she didn't see any buses so the following Monday when we took her to the babysitter's house she screamed "BUS!!" 

In May, the weather was finally nice so one day after school we took Maylee to our school district's bus barn.  She loved it!  Until this trip, I don't think she realized how big they are.  On the way home, she chanted over and over, "I want more bus...I want more bus..."

Happy Mother's Day 2011

Kev took Maylee to CdA for a secret Mother's Day project.  They returned with a rose for me and said the rest of the project will be ready in three days.  I was very curious and couldn't figure it out.  Three days later we went to a pottery store and picked up my gift.  Maylee painted a ladybug pottery dish for me!  She likes ladybugs.  Around the side it says "Happy Mother's Day! Love, Maylee."