This morning I sat with the 3 older kids and we made a list of all of their favorite memories from this summer here. We’ve read the Paper Doll book that ends with the dolls being cut up by a boy, then flying into the little girl’s memory. I remember collecting memories from them last summer after we read that book. It was fun to do it again this summer. Here are the things, in no particular order, that the kids remembered:
Swimming in the pool and with friends and cousins and grandpa
Clark playing pickle ball and tennis with mom, especially fun at night
Watching Shrek 1 & 2
Catching a Sphinx moth, butterflies, a dragon fly, and finding a 10-striped June Bug dead
Seeing a rattlesnake at Lake Powell and 4 huge dead fish
Going to the cabin on our last night here
Eating lots of ice cream and popsicles
Josie looking at the flowers in the garden
Riding our bikes in the July 24th parade at the church
Playing with the neighbors
Doing lots of puzzles
Margot watching Sleeping Beauty, her favorite
Learning to sing Bill Grogan’s Goat and singing it a lot, Great Grandpa Art’s favorite song
Learning to sing There Were 4 Crows (not 3)
Picking lots of zucchini and cucumbers
Having Claire take pictures of us
Reading so many books
Clark keeping a list of the books read to GrAnn at 10 cents/book, earning $3.00
Josie: practicing reading
Playing with GrAnn’s watch
Eating lots of corn on the cob
Josie got a haircut on the back steps (cut 4-5″)
Josie had beads braided into her hair at Lake Powell and fingernails painted
The bees in Aaron’s house and the bee keepers coming to remove them
The big tin pan of honey comb that we drained the honey out of–it tasted minty
Eating a really good meal at Del Mar in American Fork with lots of shrimp
At Newport: playing in the sand and waves, sand crabs, eating donuts, going to the swimming pools and hot tubs, going to the Pirates & Princesses Activities, eating hamburgers at Ruby’s the last night we were there
Playing and having sleep overs with Robins cousins
Visiting splashpads and playgrounds
Play days with friends from St Louis and Kansas City, playing Red Rover in the park
Vivy had a runny nose all the time with several teeth coming in
We went to see Newsies at the Hale Center Theater in Sandy
GrAnn told lots of stories and we gave her topics for more stories
Lots and lots of arm tickling and back scratching
Clark got a buzz haircut right before coming to Utah
The kids announced Mom is having a new baby: Margot said “Mom,” Josie said, “is,” and Clark said, “Pregnant!” We got the news after the Lake Powell trip. She’s 12 weeks, due in early February. The Robins family figured things out at Lake Powell when they heard Heidi throwing up in the morning (into the lake).
Borrowed bikes from Grammy Tammy’s, rode around the tennis court at night
Vivy learned to walk with confidence, then she learned to climb the stairs, then she learned to come down the stairs.
Vivy babbles a lot, mimicking the sounds we make.
Vivy loves going over to the family photo with her dad in it, saying, “Dadadada”
GrAnn & Grandpa opened their mission call while at Newport: Frankfurt
Riding in the airplane from STL to Newport, then SLC to STL
New pillowcases at the beach (see the video on the blog for a good laugh)
Clark discovered playing with Legos. Spent time with neighbor, Emil Azar playing with Legos in his basement.
We measured and marked heights inside the pantry door
Pool party with the cousins and eating mac & cheese from a big pot out by the pool
Visiting the moving Tabernacle Exhibit and getting Mexican food after
Claire and Graham visited from CT and helped with the honey
We had lots of pool parties with cousins and 2nd cousins
Performing the song, “Gethsemane,” while standing on the fireplace hearth (see video)
Margot ate an entire chapstick in one week. She loves putting it on and licking it off
Eating gummy frogs
Reading scriptures with Grandpa
Going to cousin Cameron’s wedding and cousin Jace’s farewell
Doing sparklers and little fireworks in the tennis court on the 24th of July with cousins
Grandpa spent a whole week planting Vinca in the mow strip
Clark and Carter (cousin) made “mint water” (in blender) to sip
Clark loved sleeping in his dad’s room, knowing his dad used to sleep there
Margot slept with Heidi and sometimes Josie
Ate black berries from Farmer Ron’s
Grandpa watched a lot of tennis. Kids always wanted to know who to cheer for.
Josie made a doll quilt with GrAnn
Making blueberry muffins and eating them all
Margot has sharp elbows and a loud personality, she can turn on a dime
Vivy took long naps, sometimes 4 hours, always pleasant to put down and to get up
Clark fell in love with the little bear quilt
Lots of sippy cups with straws, ICE drinks (“spicy”)
Lots of flautas and quesadillas
Lots of waffles and french toast and scrambled eggs
Lots of cartons of milk in the fridge: whole for Vivy, 2% for the kids, 1% for Heidi, skim for GrAnn & Grandpa
Walked to the Shave Ice Shack on 400 South and State. Got a HUGE snow cone.
Clark coming down from his bed multiple times at night with interesting questions
Lots of sad hugs at departure
Here’s a link to the Paper Doll book if you missed seeing it:
