Sunday,
July 13: After church I met my study group up in Denton. Jamie and Tyler spent the evening in costume, Tyler as the Hulk, then Thor, and finally Iron Man. Jamie kept it simple:
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| This was the moment she stopped being okay with the papparazzi. |
Tuesday,
July 15: McKay’s day home was most unfortunately spent uniform shopping across
Dallas. Eleven stops! Or so Tyler tells me. Poor little guy was dragging by the
end. We took pity on the kids and stopped in the middle of our errand running
to check out Monster Yogurt. It was a fun little frozen yogurt place
with a playplace inside! Turns out this place is one of the best places to eat dessert in Dallas, according to D Magazine!
Wednesday,
July 16: Abby watched the kids while I was at class. They had such a fun time
playing at the Hatch’s house.
Thursday,
July 17: Thursday morning was the start of several very rainy days. The temperatures dipped down into the 70s, and it was gorgeous. I got a little taste of running in the cool weather that night, and oh man it was glorious. Come on October!
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| Sleepy in the stormy morning. |
Friday,
July 18: More uniform shopping. Ughhh. It’s like throwing money into the wind
everyday, and the kids are so done with all this shopping, but we still need to
locate the right navy blue “modesty” shorts to go under Jamie’s jumper, and a new
supply of socks for the school year. I have no idea where literally half of
last year’s socks went. At bedtime, Jamie got really into brushing her hair. It got bigger and bigger:
Saturday,
July 19: I promised the kids we would make up for missing donut day on
Thursday. We went to check out this hipster place on the other side of White
Rock Lake called Hypnotic Donuts. Supposedly 90% of Dallas’s donut shops get
frozen donut dough from the same supplier, and that’s why they all taste the
same. A handful of donuts make their own yeast donuts from scratch each
morning, and this place is one of them. They were so yummy! Appropriately, there
was a 25 minute wait to order. The line snaked out the door and down the
sidewalk. All the artwork looked like that episode of Portlandia, and the menus
were paperclipped to the backs of vintage vinyls. It was interesting for sure,
but I’m still not clear on if I’m cool enough to eat there again J
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| Jamie got scared of the sparklers when she found out they sort of pop and flash at the end. She would only hold another one if she could stay inside while the sparkler stayed outside, and Daddy kept a close eye on the whole situation :) |
Funny
Things:
- Tyler was building a Lego tower, and Jamie was being mischievous and knocking off pieces. Tyler got frustrated and shouted, “You’re making me fail!”
- McKay convinced Tyler to try BBQ sauce for the first time. His eyes widened, and he shouted, “I LOVE IT! I love BBQ sauce!!” It was pretty funny.
- Grandma Hinckley gave Jamie a doggie purse for her birthday. It has not left her arm in days. She carries a little purple cat named Glamour around in the dog purse, and these two toys keep her busy for hours.
- At bedtime, Jamie has a silly game she likes to play: Jamie sticks her tongue out when I try to give her a kiss. I say “Hey!” and pull back. She laughs and says, “And another?” and sticks her tongue back out.
- Tyler and Jamie were fighting on the way home from a family dinner. I was pretty tired of the constant bickering, and I asked them both to think of something nice to say about the other person. Tyler had a really hard time coming up with something nice to say about Jamie. In frustration/alarm, he wailed, “Oh no! I will never think again!”
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