August 2020 recap

We took a Sunday drive to High Bridge, south of Wilmore. I was surprised that we didn't see any trains.

Chocolate-covered strawberries and pretzels with my two little chefs

Mamaw joined us for a morning hike and picnic at Veterans Park

Exploring the creek

Cutie 1 and Cutie 2 (the second set of 2 cuties to wear these shirts!)

Calvin celebrated his half-birthday (6.5!). With three of the boys' birthdays on the 6th of a month, there are six 6ths that are either a birthday or a half birthday in our family.

Cooper found a big stick!

This was a nice little park with a shaded area for our snack and some reading of a book in the 13-Story Treehouse series, which we devoured this month. I read them all to Calvin. Carter joined us for some and read some on his own.

"Baby sawberry!"

Stopping to check out the little fairy garden on our back neighborhood walk.

Carter was so proud of himself for climbing the hay bale by himself!

This was a neat paved, shaded trail in Jessamine County.

For awhile, Calvin was the "King of Owies," which made Cooper the "Prince of Owies," but I think Cooper has now surpassed him.

Lucas gave me the go-ahead to take the four boys to Mimi and Pa's in Indiana for a week after not seeing them since February. They had both tested negative the week before, so we jumped at the chance! It was a win-win-win-win. Lucas got quiet, introvert time to work on his magazine deadline. The boys and I got a change of scenery and routine. Mimi and Pa got to see how their grandsons are growing up!

Making their own little fairy garden

Oh, Cooper...

We mostly stayed at the house but did venture out to the Arts Park, Memorial Park, and for daily ride-around-till-Cooper-falls-asleep drives.

I was still able to teach my classes. Hooray for a work-from-anywhere job!

So, so good!

Look at this little guy! He adores his big brothers.

Calvin can now make pancakes almost completely by himself. On this day, he worked on pouring onto the griddle and flipping both times.

On our picnics, we eat the now-famous "lemon-juiced apples." I slice the apples and then toss in a bit of lemon juice to keep them from browning. This is Calvin after drinking some of the lemon juice.

We're still heading out to Memaw's pretty much every Sunday evening. We pack a picnic to eat in her backyard, and she usually puts together some type of dessert. Look at that tomato plant! It's just one plant, and it has grown so tall! Carter has one of the first tomatoes of the harvest.

Colson now loves climbing and standing on chairs. This was his first chance to make our family's salsa. You can tell that he often missed the blender.

I had started to take this picture of Colson and Carter sitting together by the wall but then Cooper and Calvin had a sweet moment of Cooper feeding him a bite of what he was eating.

On Lucas' birthday, he surprised us by celebrating our "unbirthdays." Cooper was the first to receive an unbirthday present -- a Mickey. He LOVES the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse TV show.

This was the first time with all the cousins together since Dan's birthday in May. With the girls also schooling at home for now, all three families have been safely social distancing the past several weeks to warrant a small much-needed get-together.

We ate a lot of food and then ate the famous chocolate sheath cake, which has become synonymous with Lucas' birthday. Then he and the big cousins had a sleepover at Mamaw and Papaw's house.

In COVID fashion, he took off the candle before blowing.

:-)