C's ABC's

Cohen learned his ABC's and I've been trying to get him to let me video tape it, but he's not very cooperative for the camera. I finally got a pretty decent clip, and I thought I'd share because it's pretty cute :)

Hittin the Pavement

Cody and I have pretty different experiences when we are away for the summer. He is out every day, immersed in the culture of where we are, meeting all sorts of people. He gets to know the area a lot better that I do, as he is walking through neighborhoods and talking to local residents all day. He sees a lot of American reality.

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I spend every day with the kids, doing who knows what ;)

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At night, Cody comes home with pretty interesting stories..

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Some of them are almost unbelievable -

Like the woman who began having kids at age 12 and had 9 kids by age 23!

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Some of them are funny -

Like the old ladies who want to set Cody up with their daughters.

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Some of them are sad -

Like the family, yesterday, who didn't qualify for the alarm and the wife started crying because she was afraid of her neighborhood and wanted an alarm system so bad :(

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Some of them are scary -

Like the time last week where a grumpy old mad held a gun to Cody's face.

(Cody told him he was rediculous and walked away)
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Occasionally, C will take pictures of his adventures on the streets with his phone and send them to me.

I thought it'd be fun to share some of them.

He saw this sign posted at a church. It cracked me up!
I guess this is the cool thing to do to your ride these days??

So excited for her new alarm :)

Rain, Rain

The weather in Georgia is interesting. It can be sunny one minute and raining the next. This happened the other day to the kids and I.. It was pretty and sunny, so we decided to head out to the pool. We changed into our suits, gathered and packed all our pool gear, and headed out the door. After only three steps down the stairs, we hear "BOOOOOM!!" The loudest thunder ever. Guess we're not going to the pool anymore! We walked all the way down the stairs anyway; it's still sunny but obviously that's going to change soon. I thought I'd snap a few pics of the kids in their swim suits while we were out..

It's starting to sprinkle now..

And a few minutes later, it's dumping.

I figure they're already in their swimming suits, why not let them play in the rain?

Cohen's face after a loud thunder.. Ahh!