cement truck

One benefit of the landscaping work this summer was getting to see some of the heavy equipment the workers used. Here's Blane checking out the cement truck. 

ENT

 I spent a lot of my childhood at Dr. Cundy's office, our beloved ENT.  I remember the drugstore we would go to after each appointment, which seemed like weekly..., where I would get a special treat.  I remember each and every stuffed animal I got for being brave before each surgery.  I remember the antibiotics, getting my ears drained, and choosing which flavor I got for the laughing gas to put me under.   I saw Dr. Cundy so much that when I ran into him at a wedding a few years ago (20 years after the last time I saw him in his office), he said, "Hi Kari, how is your mom?"  He must have seen thousands and thousands of patients, but he couldn't escape knowing me (and my amazing mom who took me to each and every appointment), unfortunately.  

With 3 (live) children, I figured we would have hit up an ENT long before this week, but somehow we have escaped them until now.   In fact, I think we have only had 2 ear infections total.  Crazy.  I had 2 (at least) before I was 6 months.  B was the first Campbell to see one.  

 After a 2 hour wait, we were treated like kings (and a queen) by this wonderful ENT at Children's.  Luckily, unlike his mom, we are avoiding tubes and things seem to be OK.  Hopefully with some intensive speech therapy (whew, luckily the other two are in school...) he will be speaking in no time. 

They were so good with him, he didn't want to leave.   

Ice Cream Bars

Tired Guy with a Truck

Lego Ankylosaurus

Zoo Day

 I took the big and little one to the zoo last week while A was in camp.  We had so much fun together exploring, riding the train and eating ice cream.

Cannot Escape Mud

Free Range Kid

 Baby B is sitting on the bleacher on the right.

And playing BBall alone in a diaper.

Caught

When we can't find B, he has usually climbed up on LTs bed, shut the big guys door and is turning their lights on and off.  

Last Regular Swim Meet

 The boys had their last regular swim meet last Friday.  It was a hot one so we played lots of games in the tent.

The Stapleton pool has 8 lanes.  They had 10 kids in the 9-10 boys 100 IM, but one didn't show up, leaving LT to swim his alone in this giant pool!  He did really well and I would have been intimidated, but he had no issues with it.

Biggest Guy

Sunday Funday

More Pool Time

Manual Labor

 These boys put in a few good minutes of hard work hauling heavy rocks from the pile into the front of our house.  I think they have a new appreciation for the hard work our workers have been doing hours on end for weeks now.

Do It Again

I don't know why the boys decided to teach B "Do It Again" but they did, and B (and everyone else) finds it hilarious.  If you say, "Do It Again", he does this funny thing with his arms and gets excited.
He was busy reading when I took this video, but it still shows "Do it Again!"

Yard update

The yard should be done this Friday!  The concrete slabs and walkways are all in.  New stairs and pergula are finished, and the lighting is in.

 Most of the brickwork is finished in the front and back and the planters are in.

And the first two new trees have been planted.  Today they are taking out the back stairs and railing and filling that all in.  

Pool Rat

B gets dragged around a lot, but he sure loves being dragged to the pool.  He makes himself at home there.  We spend most Wednesday evenings having dinner at the pool and last week was no exception.  

And just a funny story so we don't forget.  Our family was eating burgers for dinner.  B didn't seem interested so we thought he just wasn't hungry.  As I've said, he's pretty comfortable running around the pool so as long as we know he's away from the actual water, we let him wander.  Before long, we noticed that he had an entire piece of pizza he was eating.  Apparently he'd climbed up to some other family's table and helped himself, they were laughing.  He ate that entire piece and ran off to play.  Again, we checked on him and he has a big chunk of red juicy something in his hand.  I assumed it was watermelon, but slowly realized that no one (including us) was eating watermelon.  He'd found a sandy piece of dropped otter pop, licked the sand off, and was eating it.  Minutes later, we couldn't find him.  I began walking around the grounds and saw on the bleachers a row of teenage boys eating pizza.  B was smack in the middle eating anything they put down.  He knows how to get his needs met at least.  

Still Good Buds!

These two met at age 3, they've been in the same class ever since and remain good buddies.  

Authors Share at school (from ~2 years ago)

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Itsy Bitsy Spider has been one of B's favorite songs since he was very small.  When I was teaching, I would sign the songs with my kids and this is one I remember most of the signs to.  The boys have caught on, even B.

Another Swim Buy a Share

 Yesterday another friend and I hosted a buy a share at VV for LTs age group.  We swam and had snacks and pizza.  

A and another sibling got to come as well.

Bear Peak

 Yesterday, LT, a friend of mine and her son set out to do Bear Peak.  I was honestly questioning the reviews that this was "steep, challenging, long" etc.  It was in Boulder after all, how hard could it be?  We left Denver at 7 and returned at 4 PM.  We took few breaks despite the incredibly hot weather and the challenging terrain.  It was long, hot, beautiful, steep, challenging and a huge accomplishment for these two boys and for us!

Yard is Underway

 When we signed a contract to have our yard redone in March, they said they would start June 5.  Neither Brian nor I really believed it would start on time.  Friday June 2nd, they came and surveyed the yard and said they had to finish a few things on the 5th at another project and would start June 6.  And they did!  They demo'd the yard quickly.  It has been so fascinating to watch how its all done.   Brian and I are in awe by their tireless efforts for hours upon hours in the sweltering heat.  Its truly incredible.  All 3 kids spend lots of time pinned to the windows watching the work.