Kids Club

The other day I met my friend Jennifer and her daughters at the mall. They had a Kid's Club thing that was put on by National Geographic. I thought it would involve more crafts (bc that's what I saw online) but it was just a girl singing and playing the keyboard. It did not keep the kids interest, especially since we were so far back. Elijah did dance during a couple of the songs. Noah hated it and kept wanting to leave.

When it was over, we went to McDonald's and got Happy Meals courtesy of gift cards from Grammy. They loved being able to get them and devoured the food.

Before we left we went to the Lego Store. Oh my. I think they would purchase the whole store if they could! Can you tell who was missing? They weren't in a very cooperative mood.

Foster Freddy

The weekend of the Fourth of July we found a little dog that needed some help. He was extremely friendly but his fur was in desperate need of care and he was hungry and thirsty. We cut some of the matting out of his fur and then ended up taking him in to be groomed. It was so bad it had pulled on his skin. We also listed him on some local sites as found. To be honest, we thought he had been lost for awhile because of his condition.

Here he is after cutting the matting out and giving him a bath. 

We found a groomer in town that was open on Sundays. We had to stop at Petsmart first to get a collar and leash. Here he is on the way home from the groomers.

Molly was not super fond of him (we nicknamed him Freddy) so I had read somewhere that it helps to walk dogs together as well as take them to the park...so that's what I did. Look how skinny he was once he was groomed.

Freddy sure liked to play fetch. 

Ollie liked to watch them.

Well. The 5th was a sad day because we found Freddy's owner. He was actually Osito and was owned by an 18 year old girl that, unfortunately, did not understand the importance of keeping a dog like Osito groomed. I talked to her about it and let her know that if she ever felt that she couldn't care for him anymore that we would be more than happy to purchase him from her. He was a very good dog. Everyone is sad. She did say the kids could take him to the park if they ever wanted to see him more. That was nice.

Wait, who is that?

After Oliver's 9 month doctor appointment, I wanted to compare where he is with all of the other kiddos so I was looking on my blog and Facebook. I cannot believe how much Elijah and Oliver look alike!

Oliver is 1 1/2 inches taller than all of the other boys at this time. He has more teeth! Elijah just barely was working on #6 and Oliver has 7. Noah had 6 and Jonah...poor Jonah had zero. Oliver is also 2 lbs less than Elijah was...I'm super surprised at that. All of the other boys had just started crawling at this stage. Oliver is not really interested.He gets around by going on his back, pushing himself up with his feet and then rolling back onto his belly. He is trying to sit up, but has not mastered that. He likes to eat, but only if he can feed himself or nurse. He has not taken to a sippy cup at all. I just bought him a cup with a straw and he is trying..but not quite sure about that either.

I just can't believe he is nine and a half months old.