Visitng Grandpa at Work

The girls like to play Scare the Grandpa when we see him at the store. This time they tried to hide behind the 1/2 door and jump up and growl. Though the growl mostly came out sounding a lot like giggles. Dad tricked them by reaching under the door and trying to grab their ankles. Mom and I stood back and laughed.


The girls know that this is the 1/2 door that stands between them and a treat. As long as they behave in the store they get a treat when they see Grandpa. He takes them to the side area where they keep the candy, and sometimes they get stickers. Mom and I occasionally have to confiscate the good stuff. . . strictly for quality control sampling of course!!

1st Ever Lost Tooth & Visit to Monroe

Dahlia has finally done it!! She lost her first tooth tonight. It was getting pretty wobbly, and it needed a little encouragement, but with a little extra wiggling it came out. Poor Bobbie was excited, until she realized that she didn't have any loose teeth and then she was upset.

Dahlia tucked her tooth under her pillow and the Tooth Fairy has come to collect it, and gave her 2 shiny quarters for it (the tooth fairy is a little cheap at our house).

We just got back tonight from a visit the Jones Farm. The girls had a great time with the grandparents. I got more cleaning done at my place. It seems to be easier to clean sometimes when I am not also trying to entertain the girls. The last time I tried to just clean and let them entertain themselves they found scissors, and . . . . well it's just best if I try to clean and keep them in sight.


On Saturday we went to the library and the girls had a blast running through the leaves in the park next to the library. There was this big pile of leaves and no one in sight. So the girls ran into it, and started playing.


Soon there was no big pile of leaves, it had been pulverized. Then these two young men came into the park carrying a trash can, a shovel, and a rake. OOPS!! Luckily Mom knew the kids (some of Dad's scouts) and we sent the girls over to help them rake the leaves. Since we had killed the pile they had already made, figured the girls should help them make another pile of leaves.


Even Mom got in on the clean up action . . . a little. She was supervising, and I was photo-documenting. Mostly we were laughing because the girls were having a great time, and the guys were very patient with them.

Mostly Pointless Blog

So I am thinking that if I have a blog but never remember to update it that it is mostly pointless. As the point of a blog is to pass information from one person or group to another person or group. If it sits empty day after day is it under utilized.

So here goes. It has been a few months since I last updated. Dahlia turned five, and had a birthday party. I had a birthday party.

There are several of us at work that are on a get prepared kick. With everything going on in the world, and all the disasters in the US it seems like a good time to pick up one extra thing at the store. It really tore at my heart watching all the families in the fires, and hurricanes that were left without. I can't imangine what I would do if my kids were without food, or medicine. I could put up with a lot more then I think I could stand to put my kids through.

I know having extra food has helped us more then once when money got tight for one reason or another. Living frugally is not easy, but it is something that the Seher family is working to improve. Okay so Mommy is working on it, the girls are oblivious.

Less Talking and More Pictures?? Coming right up!!


The girls "helping" Grandpa. Notice that one is checking out flowers, and the other is carrying a wooden thingy (which is very shortly abandoned as it is not that fun to carry).


Here are the girls, with Naomi and Aunt Val watching all the crazy adults try to break Grandpa's Birthday Pinata. They got to run out and pick up the candy as it fell, but then they were quickly banished back tot he porch so they didn't accidentally get hit with the bat.



An oldie, but still a favorite picture. This is the girls dolled up in Grammy's traditional Easter Dress. Don's Mom insists on buying the girls an Easter Outfit. Complete with hats, purses, and gloves. The girls love it, and I figure if she wants to go through all the trouble of buying it, I have no problem having the girls wear it. It is a tradition in her family that hearkens back a ways. She talkes about remembering the excitement of knowing that she was getting a new frilly dress, with allt he works for Easter every year. I get a kick out of hearing her describe all the petticoats, and so forth that her mother ironed for her to get her skirt to be so fluffy. Since I don't actually OWN an iron, and even if I did it is highly doubtful I would use it. It boggles the mind that her mother would iron 6+ petticoats, just to go UNDER the dress. Times have definately changed a little.