End of July Activities

Well, I'm officically gearing up for the school year. Today I head up to GET to help tear out some cabinets and rearrange the room, try out my new desk chair and whatever else I need to do. I expect to be there for the majority of the week. Jarrod & I are also helping with Vacation Bible School for a few days this week. Jarrod is in charge of the games. We spent last night gathering matching items, blowing up balloons and water balloons.

This weekend we were busy with projects around the house. We bought an iron table with 4 chairs. It needed to be repainted, so we used metal brush on it, washed it, primed it and painted it! It looks great. Once it is put back together I'll take a pic and put it up so you can see it.

Last weekend we had a nice visit with Grandpa & Grandma Roll. They brought Jed a little tikes basketball hoop and mini-basketball. He is now the envy of the neighborhood. Jed is very good at dunking and stares in wide-eyed amazement when anyone dribbles the ball. I'd put up a pic, but he is always moving too fast and they are all blurry. So pray he pauses just long enough for a pic.

Jed also took a real good tumble off the couch and landed on a wood cart for his wooden blocks. We sat for 20-30 minutes yesterday watching Bob the Builder just so he would let me hold a cold pack on his head. It is a doozy - you'll see. I think this is a consequence of Mommy & Daddy roughhousing with him on the couch - oops. Now he thinks he can jump around on it by himself. We'll have to start modeling roughhouse on the floor rather than on the couch.

Here's some fun things that Jed has done this past month that I forgot to write in the last two posts.
-He's trying to talk - he can say Mom, Momma, Ma, D, Daddy or Da-dee, "K-K", truck, Oh Boy!, this and that, cheese (kinda)
-When playing with a phone, he jibber-jabbers - sooo adorable.
-He is stacking blocks.
-He is "playing" with his farm - driving animals around in the tractor and such.
-Dancing and spinning
-Trying to jump
-Almost able to go up and down small steps by himself
-Puts his hand to his ear for various sounds - the most common are trains, big trucks, police/ambulance or fire truck sirens, planes and more
-Looks to the sky when he hears a plane or helicopter
-Beginning to "type" with one finger instead of key mashing
-can drink from a straw
-Likes to draw with writting utensils, but gets them taken away because he chews on them.
-Has a molar or two with more on the way. Strange says the dentist because he only has 3 top teeth and 2 bottom ones.
-Gives kisses & hugs
-Wants his owies kissed by mom
-Will kiss your owie
-Will wave goodbye to his books when you finish reading
-points out motorcycles, lions, ladybugs, monkeys, giraffes, elephants, trucks, fire engines, cars, butterflys (& moths), strawberries, apples and tons of others when you read books.
-Is finally attached (not too much) to his baby bear
-LOVES Thomas the Train
-Gets upset when Daddy leaves
-Drums on his drum
-Has a bottle before bed and about half the mornings
-Will bring an object to you if you ask or take an object to someone
-Helps put things away or pick up when asked

Well, I think I'm running out of new things. Maybe Jarrod can add some - he always thinks of ones I don't. We're a great team that way.

Oh, and check out the following websites:
One is linked over there under links - Roll Family Scrapbook Pages, the other is http://www.rivervalleynewspapers.com/articles/2007/07/30/business/7-29%20saving%20stones.txt and finally http://saveyourstones.googlepages.com/ .

We really haven't told anyone that we started a business. Partly because we haven't had any business to speak of. But the local paper, the LaCrosse Tribune, called and wanted to feature Jarrod & the business as their Business of the Week. Wow! Thought you might be interested in the article. I also included our website. For some strange reason, 4 out of 5 times I get an error message when trying to get to it. Well, love you all! Pics coming within the next week.