Survivor Camp 101

I dont know how many of you are familiar with the Discovery program called Survivor Man but my girls are good fans of the man on that show. Is it his accent or the mere fact that he does everything cool in the mindset of surviving, who knows? Well this is the result of the girls survival hut/Indian hut. The only problem with their hut is that they constructed it right before we were scheduled for a showing on the house. I sure hope the lookers were impressed and not turned off by my survival plantation.

Here is a close up of the tying of the branches they used to hold the thing up. Now where did they find strong enough grass to tie all those branches together? If it was in our yard, I feel sorry for the next mowing adventure.

A Premature Visit to the Water Park

This was a great playground for Little "O" except for the fact that the water was seen as an enemy to him. He walked right up to the water as soon as we got there but when the fountain shot up in the air he was done. That was just too weird for him. He enjoyed playing on the sidelines and drinking all of the sprite that the girls had.

"H" was not one bit put off by the freezing cold water. Instead she quickly made new friends and was off to a water gun war while her sisters sat wrapped up in their towels shivering.

"K" must have very thin blood....She was out of the water and wrapping up in her towel before anyone else. She shook from the cold the entire time we were there. I guess thats what you get when you go to the water park before it is even time for it to officially open.

And then there was "B" who seemed to love the water almost as much as "H"... minus the desire to make friends with the boys who brought the water guns for war. "B" only deals with boys when she has too, or unless they are the "W" boys, and who can resist those sweet fellows.

Strike a pose....that seems to be "F"s motto lately. I simply called her name to get her to turn around for the camera and suddenly she drops to the ground and pulls out her most pretzeled pose. She and cousin "M&M" must be sharing modeling secrets when they are together.

....and who can resist that face? It was that sweet Little "D"s face that landed us at the water park in the first place. She bats those deep brown eyes and plants on that sweet "you know I'm too cute to say no to" smile and the next thing you know you are there wondering how in the world did I get conned into this. And then you pull out the camera and there right in front of you is that little face that started it all.

The Amazement of Technology

Today we had another ultrasound to check the babies heart and all went well. Can you believe I took all 6 of my children with me and they were a perfect companion for excitement. Their behavior was excellent and their faces were priceless as they began to see their baby brother begin to interact with the ultrasound technicians manipulation. However nothing could have prepared me for what came last....the tech switched the machine into 3-D mode and we were all about to cry. There on that screen was the actual face of our little baby. He looks like Little "O" dont you think? Scooter I wish you could have been there, it was breathtaking.