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Dearest Joshua David and Grace Elizabeth~

You two came running into our room at 2am, so all four of us slept in the big bed until around 7:30am.  Nice and cozy together!  :-P

We didn't make it to church this morning because someone didn't want to eat her breakfast and took forever .... so, we got ready and headed to Costco by midmorning.  We picked up a bunch of meats for the next few weeks to make healthy meals.  We got some other things while there, but focused on the meats and produce. 

We were home by lunch.  I made some mac and cheese for you two, but Grace had fallen asleep in the car and continued to sleep once inside the house.  So, Joshua ate some as she slept. 

Once Grace woke up, she started crying because of a 'hard' poop.  Poor little thing!  You were really in some pain there!  After you were calm and ate a little, we went back out to Target.  We picked up a few things that we couldn't get at Costco.  You two both ate two cookies each. 

Joshua, you repeated your nap resistance again once home.  Grace napped earlier, but Joshua ended up not napping.  We tried for an hour to get him down.  I watched some 'Rocky and Bullwinkle' in the playroom as daddy tried to get Joshua down in the bedroom.  Oh well.  Once we knew it was a lost cause, we watched a little more of the Olympics.

You two helped make a healthy dinner.  We cooked chicken with onion, garlic, corn, carrots, peas, and quinoa.  It was good and we had a salad.  You all ate some of the chicken with some cheese, though it was a struggle for Joshua.  :-P  Everyone had some frozen yogurt afterward.  Then, we swept and vacuumed the kitchen.

This evening we watched more of the Olympics.  Today is actually the last day, but since we've been recording the events, we still have several hours of sports to watch.  ;-)  USA won the most medals with 104 .... and 46 of those were gold!  Woo hoo!  Go USA!  Joshua, you were so hyper this evening and got in trouble for drawing on the walls (Grace, you even drew on the windows).  I'm sure having no nap helped with that!

Grace, you were getting brave this evening with some words.  You were saying 'mama' a lot and started to say the word 'ball'!  Woo hoo!  You're getting pretty good at the 'ba' sound.  :-)

Oh, I have an idea on a photograph to submit this year to the State Fair contest.  Uncle James gave me the idea.  I don't already have a great shot of the idea we're thinking of, so we'll have to work on it over the next few weeks to see if we can pull it off.  I'll keep you posted.  :-)

Sleep tight little ones!

I love you both so much!

~Mommy