August Activites

Summer is winding down so let's reflect on some of August's highlights:

1. Indiana State Fair where my mom won 30 seconds to collect bills in the Hoosier Lottery Win-Tunnel. Afterwards, she commented that her winning technique was to catch them with her face.

2. Callie's first Merry-Go ride. I think she's still trying to figure out if she liked it. Or, she had concern at how many tatoos the operator had... on his neck.
3. We often get help with cleaning up after a messy Callie meal. Don't worry, things get sterilized in the dishwasher.

4. Callie with her great grandpa Johnny at the lake. 5. Took the ATV's and a good friend to the ATV park. No injuries even though my friend is prone to bad decisions. I also realize I'm not 18 anymore as I'm sore as hell after four hours of riding.

6. Callie will be one year old on September 7th. She has already received a Bday card from her Kansas Grandpa and Grandma - Betty and Howard. The card went on a few trips around the house.

7. Its been a good but quick summer.

10 year reunion

This past weekend was my highschool 10 year reunion. I can't believe it has been that long since we graduated! After being a little nervous about going back, I'm really glad I did. Most people I have not seen since the day we graduated and I realized that I really did miss them. We had a great time catching up and hanging out. Sean was the life of the party getting to know everyone. A few of us even went to the local town "night club" and danced the night away. It has been a long time since I was out til 3am and I am still recovering. I really do hope that we can make good on promises of getting together more often. 10 years is a long time! Shanna, if you see this I hope you recovered and made it back for your get together the next morning. Thank you to Nicole for planning everthing!

I can feed myself!

Mommy and Daddy let me eat all by myself! Sweet potatoes are my favorite to eat and to wear! Maybe after a few more tries I'll get this spoon thing down. Till then, Mommy says she is glad she has a washing machine!

Marshmallows for everyone!

Tonight Callie learned that if she holds food out, the dogs will gladly take. Sean and I were making sweet potatoes with all the fixings and decided to give a few marshmallows to Callie. Instead of putting them in her mouth like I thought she might, she held it out for the dogs. They gladly accepted her offer and waited around for more.

Weekend highlights

Ah yes, a nice quiet weekend in the Connolly household. So nice that sleep snuck up halfway through our sweet potatoes and corn.

Then we went for a ride after mowing the lawn. Yes, I'm lazy enough to have a lawn mower for a quarter acre lot. Jennifer appreciates the short mowing time. I enjoyed restoring an old piece of power equipment. Note that no mowing was done with Callie in tow. When we stopped she kept pushing the levers to try and go forward.

Bath Time

Due to my work schedule I don't get to spend as much time with Ms. C as mommy does. So, I've achieved the title of Opener/Closer. With this role my duties include bathing and pajama prep at nights and feeding and dress in the mornings. We have gotten to know Chuck Lofton for weather and Mimi Pierce for traffic in the mornings.

Last night there was a joy filled bath as captured. This week bubbles have been discovered and are being thoroughly investigated. The discovery process includes confused faces, hand-bubble patting motion, and oral consumption. Exact bubble understanding has not yet been determined.










Note that a citation for poor feeding performance was issued to Jennifer last night.

My first Blog ever!

OK, so according to Gabe Popovich, we are not cool if we don't have a blog. So Gabe, this is for you! I don't promise to be witty, have correct grammar, or have regular postings, but I will give this thing a try. Callie has to have a way to connect to all of her fans right?

So, for our first event to talk about...

Sean decided to enter a float into the big town of Lapel parade this past weekend. He spent an entire week planning and constructing this float. If you ask me it turned out pretty cute. Sean, Amy, Anthony, and I got to toss out candy to all of the kids. Callie and Madison rode in style. There were many remarks as to how cute they were and both girls did amazingly well the entire parade. Madison even had a fiasco with a pinwheel getting caught (and I do mean stuck!) in her hair and still didn't break down. Our first parade was a hit and we have next year to look forward to. Knowing Sean, I'm sure next year's float will be even bigger and better!
Just another tidbit... This is what I see when I sit at my computer desk for a minute of internet time...