Honestly, I just don’t know where my time goes. I think I know why all the "seasoned" moms I know are always telling me to enjoy my kids now because time flies!

OK, here are my recent katy-isms:

*Her big toe nails are always splitting out, and the other day it had traces of blood under the torn nail. I don't do blood so Peter clipped the split nail and pronounced it "fixed". Katy pointed out that her toe was still "muddy" instead of bloody. Also, this is a great place to mention that bandaids seem to have magical healing powers that immediately stop pain from all sorts of owies.

*Medusa (lady with snakes for hair) is also the name for the mean lady in Disney's "The Rescuers". Katy wakes up with wild hair every day now, and we call it her Medusa hair. This translates to "adusa" for Katy. Also, McDonalds has been called "EatDonalds" lately, with similar Katy logic applied.

*We were helping Katy practice saying our full names for each member of the family the other day. My morbid reasoning is that if Katy is ever lost she can tell people who her parents are. She nailed both her parents' first names, and even gave her middle name, but Allen gets called "Juice McGoose" so much that she said his name was Allen Agoose".

*We often watch squirrels and birds outside and talk about what they're doing and why they're doing it. Usually squirrels are looking for nuts and birds are looking for worms. Katy can't remember the worm part and she insists the birds are looking for germs.

*Tonight we were playing Simon Says, which tickles Katy to no end but she doesn't really get it. Each time she fell for it, I would say, "Simon didn't say!" and she would mimic me by laughing and saying, "Simon can't say!"

Allen had two more teeth break through last week...poor little Juicer. That means he has four up top and four down below. My former co-workers call him "Porkchop" and now he has enough teeth to chew up his namesake!

He and Katybird are loving their swim lessons! Mom might be joining us in our swim efforts tomorrow. I guess I've just made them sound like so much fun. Thursday is our final day so I'll be allowed to watch Katy's class that day. Until now, parents have been banned from class. She doesn't seem to mind one bit. She and her friend Sage wave bye bye to me and don't look back. Allen and I are stuck together like glue for our lesson, though. He loves when we sing songs and he gets lifted up into the air lots of times. I think I'm building muscles on top of my muscles. Today he put his face in the water at least 20 times so I guess it's working.

Here are some fun shots of our past couple of weeks. The house gets demolished daily. And Allen loves the drawer on the new oven. Peter was playing with Allen's birthday present from Jim & Tara. It's a baseball toy and the kids can't give enough of it.

The week before last Mom had the great idea of heading out to the movie theatre. Warren and Marjean sat on the Big Juice for us and we whisked Katy off to see Kung Fu Panda. She was glued to the screen and Mom and I kept laughing over our popcorn at her reactions. She was completely exhausted after all that fun.

Then Peter and some of his co-workers decided to head over to a community baseball game. There were games for kids and yummy hot dogs and all the drinks we wanted. Dr. Pepper sure tastes good on a hot summer day. Katy was initially afraid of the mascot named "Kaboom" but she eventually realized he wasn't out to kill or maim her and she warmed up to him. Allen was the man of the hour and he was passed throughout the bleachers. Everyone had to have a little of the Juice Man. It was a total blast and much more fun than I thought it would be!

This Sunday while Peter was getting Allen ready for church I snapped a couple of Bird pics. She was suprisingly cooperative. Those shoes made her look about 27 or 28 years old. Speaking of Sunday, she really likes her church nursery now. We can't believe Allen will join her there in November!

Tonight I caught Peter teaching Katy how to play some card game on the laptop. He made all the decisions and she got to push the buttons. It was so cute to listen to them!

OK, guess that catches me up again. The story of my life is that I'm always behind, but I think I'm in pretty good company back here!