Dinner time conversations

Byron: Mom, I think God is too busy to do all the things that need to be done so we should help him.
Me: Ok, what should we do?
Byron: We should tell stories to people
Me: Ok, what stories?
Byron: How about How to Train Your Dragon, that's a good one.

Feet!!

Edie has realized those feet down there... are hers!! She's very excited.

Just keep swimming, etc..

Guess who swam at the pool (without a life jacket) for the first time today?
Shown here in his cowboy outfit from his brief stint at summer school. It was soo cool. The last couple times we have been to the pool he's wanted to practice without his lifevest on. So, today Edie swam a bit and then snoozed a bit poolside and Byron had his chance. He was swimming from the steps to me and back again. He kind of does a dead man float and then kicks like crazy and ....swims. :) We're working on the arms and the breathing while swimming.

In other Pedersonian news.. Potty training is still going on, and on, and on. And, really, not so well. However, we'll keep at it. Really, there's no other alternative.
And, a cute pic of her Supreme Excellency of Cuteness...
The posting has been rather sporadic of late. We had an insane amount of company from late May through the first weeks of June and then Aaron left me (all alone with 3 kids and 2 dogs) to help Pete and Alicia move (We owed Pete big time for all his moving assistance between various apartments in Chicago). However, we're all recovered. It was a LOT of fun. Aaron also passed his boards. Yay!! No more studying (for a test at least) for 10 more years. He is officially official now.

Sunday fun

The crew:
The destination:
The aftermath:
Disclaimer: Waylon was not actually asleep, just lazing.

Miss Edie Pants

Yep, made some pants (for beach going) for Edie. By made, I mean sewed (on a machine borrowed from great friend Rachel, not ready for the commitment of my own machine. That means I have to actually sew something again on my own, scary.) with the sublime supervision of my momma. Here they are...
The cute recipient of said pants....
Freckle nose (just cause, you can actually tell that the Christensen genes are in there somehwere)...

Snake killer

The scene. Lazy, warm afternoon. Byron and Waylon playing in the pool while Edie hangs poolside. Exactly like this...
I was sitting next to Edie, just playing and all the sudden Laya goes crazy. I look back and there's a snake slithering up the porch towards our grill ( in the very foreground of the photo above). It went right behind me and I didn't even know it. Waylon was still in the pool so I grabbed him up and threw him in the screened in porch. Byron jumped into the storage bin(majorly freaking out) and Edie just watches from her lazy-baby chair. Laya ends up chasing the snake around to the other side of the porch (thank goodness) and corners the snake. It was about 2-3ft long and inch wide or so. It looked huge. Laya, our crazy little puppy, kills the thing. One dead snake (the following photo may be slightly graphic and fear inducing for snake fearers)...
It made up for all her carpet hole chewing, window sill chewing, knock over various children and adults crazy behavior. She was the heroine of the afternoon.
Byron and Waylon lavished her with various blankies and sausages for the next 1/2 hour.

Aaron thinks it's hilarious that this is such big news around the Pederson household. What can I say, the day to day happenings of a stay at home mom are pretty mundane.

Summer break

Today was Byron's last official day of preschool for the year. They had a graduation ceremony for the 4 and 5 year olds that are going into kindergarten next year. Byron got to participate but didn't get to wear the hat and got a story book instead of a bible.
With his teachers Mrs. Marett and Mrs.Skipper...
Best buds Haku and Avery...Ice cream social after the ceremony...
Here's some videos. Byron was really being a character today. He's definitely feeling good. Working the aisle...

Some singing...

What happens when you give a bunch of 4 year old boys ice cream and turn them loose...

Tomorrow we have a picnic out on Tybee for the entire school. Lots of celebration going on. After that, it's back to business as usual. I have to say I'm really looking forward to having lots of unstructured time this summer. Edie is getting to the point to where she needs to nap in her crib more often.