Taking It Easy

We haven't had a whole lot going on around here lately. We've just been hanging out before Steve's school starts next week. Steve isn't going to know what to do when he actually has to get dressed each day and go somewhere. He hasn't worked since the middle of June. I think Nathan has enjoyed having two stay-at-home parents. Mainly because that gives him the option to stay home when I have to go somewhere. He would gladly never leave our property if I didn't make him.

Not only has Nathan recently discovered sandwiches, but he also likes "food on a stick." It's surprising because he doesn't really like anything that didn't come from McDonald's.

Kathryn likes to join me as I do laundry. She actually prefers to be part of everything I do. As I was carrying her in the basket I told Nathan that instead of taking Kathryn's clothes off of her to wash them, I was just going to put her in the washing machine too. (I love this age. It's too much fun.) He got a concerned look on his face and immediately told me "Nooooo!" Then he thought for a second and it didn't seem like such a bad idea. As I was loading the washer he came back and told me to put Kathryn in there too.

My camera lens isn't dirty. It's just extremely hot and hazy here. It's hotter than blue blazes here. (It's my personal goal to learn and use some southern phrases while down here. Even though I'm from the South, I don't use southern terms and phrases like I should. Alabama is a whole different South than what I'm used to.)
After a quick trip to the end of the driveway and back, Nathan decided that he would rather play in the garage.

Here's a story to share. I've been going through all of Nate and Kate's baby clothes they've outgrown and organizing them. I had stacks and stacks of clothes on my bedroom floor that I told Nathan not to knock over. He had been good about it until one day he couldn't resist anymore. He didn't think I was anywhere around, so he thought he could get away with knocking over a few piles. He realized I was in the bathroom so he came in and immediately started explaining the situation to me. "Mommy, those clothes fell over on me." I asked him if he knocked them over and he responded with "yes." I told him that I asked him not to mess with the clothes then I asked him why he did it. He said, "Mommy, I just can't talk right now. I'm too busy." I asked him what he's busy doing. He told me he was going to take a bath now and that he just couldn't talk. This was in the middle of the day. Cute this one time.

Another quick story. Kathryn grabs at everything within reach all the time. In Nathan's presence, I told Kathryn she was too grabby. He misunderstood me and proceeded to join in saying, "Yeah, Baby Sister is too crappy!" I told him that's not what I said, but he refused to change his statement at that point. Then he said it over and over.