Ah, the English language

It's hard to find the time to add entries to the blog with my 20 pound mini-me (Lily) attached to my hip during most of our waking hours together. I have pictures but will add them later.

I love this funny story on Camille. Yesterday Matt was at work late and I was putting the girls to bed. Camille throws tantrums right around bed time, and yesterday was no exception. She was mad at me for something and crying "I want Daddy" over and over. When Matt got home I told him about her naughty behavior and that she was calling for him to rescue her. When he went upstairs to say good night to Camille he asked her if she'd been good for Mommy. Camille just shrugged. She told him, "I was calling for you." Matt said, "I heard." Camille's eyes got big and she said, "You could hear me all the way from here!!"

Casa del R

We went to the Colvin family reunion this weekend. They affectionately called it Casa del R at the Reitmeier home because everyone used to stay at Casa del Mar in Galveston every summer for a reunion. This year we all had fun in the pool instead of at the beach.

Lily played with Uncle Gary for a long time on the beach towel looking at various things from nature. He conducted a test and found that Lily consistently chooses the hand which contains more food. Greedy, I guess:)

In the last picture you can see Camille pouting on the bench when she was in timeout. She was really forcing herself to pout and it was very funny at the time. She can be really stubborn sometimes. She chose to pout in timeout rather than come apologize.

The weekend was a great success.

Chippy's birthday party

Camille's friend Chippy from school had a birthday party at Chuck-E-Cheese. Camille sat next to the birthday boy and even helped him blow out his candles. It's a good thing he was oblivious to her help.

Joey's birthday

We went to Carthage 2 weeks ago for cousin Joey's birthday. Katelynn and Camille had fun playing ballerina dress-up and taking turns picking the worms out of the dirt and throwing the fish back when they went fishing.

random pictures

Lily likes to stand at the dishwasher. She also likes to admire herself in the mirror in out bedroom.

Aunt Kristine gave Camille some rollerskates for an early birthday present. Camille enjoyed rolling around the carpet

on them.

Boating fun in Arkansas

Lily was pretty calm in the water. You can see how much more wild is once Camille got in the water.

More Arkansas pictures

Camille spent a lot of time coloring on the porch at the cabin.

Camille loved fishing! She picked her own worms out of the container and touched all the fish that she caught.

Pictures of Lake Ouchita

These are some photos Matt took on our get-away hike while we were on vacation.

This is the cabin we stayed in. It was great, with a big, scenic deck across the back.