The Kassel Family Project Life 365

Awww……the sweet sound of the Thirteen-year Cicadas, or NOT!  These bugs are driving me crazy.  Being outside during the daytime is just painful to the ears.  No more walks on the Capen Park trail after work until they are gone.  I realize they will only be around for a few weeks, but the noise is bad.  The cicadas also fly and land on everything.  I’ve taken to exercising outdoors at 4:30 am because cicadas tend to settle down and quiet down during he nighttime hours.  You can still here a few of them, but it’s not the steady noise that you get throughout the day.  Yesterday, the kids went to the sprayground with daycare and only stayed about 20 minutes.  The cicadas were scaring Laura and Cheryl said that they were flying around so much that all the kids were very uncomfortable.  I’m looking forward to the end of this year’s cicadas so we can get back to normal!

Well, we finally got our garden planted.  Andy had to do some modification to the soil because it’s so crappy.  He added 15 40-pound bags of compost and then tilled it all in.  After that, we planted 4 Tomato Plants of varying types, cucumbers, and squash.  I hope this year we get a better yield!

This morning was very busy for us.  We started out at Bob Evans for yummy breakfast followed by Kid’s Workshop at Home Depot.  This month the kids built Valet Organizers for Daddy.  Laura went first while Mommy took pictures.

John went second after very patiently waiting.

After Home Depot, we went to a Car Show!  John was so excited over all the cars, trucks, and motorcycles.  He walked around with Daddy and just took it all in.  John made a special effort to show me this car.  I’m guessing he was mostly interested in the very unique color, which he called purple.  It was somewhere between pink and purple.

While Daddy and John were walking around the car show, Laura was merrily playing in the absolutely awesome pirate bounce house.  She quickly became distracted when “Mr. Balloonable” arrived.  He makes very awesome and unique balloon animals.  He made a doll for Laura and a bulging-eyed dinosaur for John.  The kids LOVE their balloon animals!

All in all, a very fun morning despite the heat.  🙂

On the way to take the kids to daycare this morning, Laura was serenading us with the Itsy Bitsy Spider complete with actions.

Laura requested her “Ryleigh Pajamas” tonight.

Ryleigh is Laura’s cousin.  In June/July 2009, we took a trip to South Carolina and stopped in to see the BlumeNation in Greenville.  As Ryleigh had outgrown this nightgown, it was passed to Laura.  Well, she LOVES it.  When the day comes that she can no longer wear it, we will pass it to Cousin Addyson.  Tonight, though, as Laura was putting on her “Ryleigh PJs”, she started to sing a song.  It went something like:

• Ryleigh, Ryleigh!  Ryleigh, Ryleigh!
• Pajamas!  Pajamas!
• Ryleigh, Ryleigh!  Ryleigh, Ryleigh!
• I love my Cousin Ryleigh!

It was too cute!

While watching the news this morning, we saw a story about Union Pacific Steam Engine #844.  The train is taking an excursion trip through Missouri.  One of the first stops was Jefferson City where it was on display for the day.  So right after work, we picked up the kids and headed for Jefferson City.

Both kids were excited and very curious, but John was the most interested of the two.  He simply loves trains.  He was amazed by everything and very disappointed when we had to leave.  We got some nice pictures and a little fun time with the kids.  A great day!