Hikes, a split tongue and summer days

We looked up a fun hike with a waterfall that was close to us and took the girls on a hike. It was fun to watch them help each other and we had a good time. Though, I don't think we will go back to that certain hike because there was a ton of poison ivy! We had to be really careful and walk through a few parts sideways so we wouldn't touch any! 

I decided to take the leap and potty train Jonny before our summer travels started! She was AMAZING at it and literally potty trained in one day! AND NIGHT trained as well! She was an angel trainer and really never really looked back. We got some fun undies to get her excited and then went for it. I used this little potty the first couple days but she kind of got tired of going in the small potty and went straight to the big potty! It was really amazing and so stress-free for me!.

Poor girl had a rough go at the ER. She was washing her hands (after going potty like a big girl) and bumped her chin on the sink really hard and bit all the way through her tongue! It completely split open like a snake. I took her to the ER and they had to stitch her tongue back together. It was very traumatic to watch them stitch her up at the ER. They gave her a drug to kind of make her loopy but once they started putting a needle through her tongue she was trying to move around and crying so hard. I don't think her tongue was very numb because the numbing cream they gave me to put on her tongue wasn't really effective since she wouldn't let me keep in on her tongue for the amount of time we were supposed to. Poor girl it took 5 nurses and the Dr. in there to hold her down and to tie her tongue back. Afterward the Dr. said that was the hardest thing she had ever done. the hard part was that the stitch kept coming out and wouldn't actually stitch to anything because it was just one big gash. She had to stop a few times and re-assess to see if she actually go do anything. She finally put in about 20 stitches and called it good. the Dr. did great and the whole time while Jonny was screaming saying she wanted to go home, all I could say is, "it's okay, we are all most there". 

Fathers Day! Breakfast in bed (the attic) and lots of cards and hugs. We love our Daddy so much and think the world of him. The girls love wrestling with him and playing any physical game with him. He's the best and such a good dad to these girls. 

The girls wanted to make pillows one day so we got out my sewing machine and they each chose fabric and we made some pillows. It was fun to see which fabric they chose and Lenny even chose fabric from my Grandma Ila's stash. I love doing these kinds of crafts with the girls. 

 

June fun!

Bergen performed in the theater play Frozen. She was the maid and the narrator. She did such a great job. Especially in the song when she belted out "Let it Go!!!" so loudly and confidently. It was amazing and Spencer and I were so proud and amazed at her confidence. It was fun to watch her perform. 

Gramma B and Bart came to visit and we were so happy to see them! Unfortunately Bart got COVID on his way so he was in bed for the week. Poor guy got some drugs but was sick and sleeping most of their time here. He came downstairs the last day to have a seafood feast with us and to go to Music Man Broadway. We went to the ocean with Gramma B one day and the Deere family was here as well! It worked out because we took a trip to Washington D.C. and went to the temple open house with the Deeres and then they drove up to Connecticut and spent the week with us as well. It was fun for our girls to play with Maddie. One day we let Jackson and Megan go into the city and I watched Maddie and Hayden and we had fun together with my mom as well. 

Charley also had her theater performance in Alice in Wonderland as the Queen of Hearts. She memorized so many lines and did so well on her singing solo! She is such a natural and definitely has a bit of drama/spice/confidence and a really good voice to be a really good performer. She is so fun to watch! 

Lenny finished out her ballet semester and had so much fun doing ballet. She was pretty sad that her ballet performance was on a Sunday and she had to miss out on performing with a costume but she was a good sport about it.