HOA & More Stuff

L4 made arrangements so that I could have a car on Wednesday because we were going to go swimming, but unfortunately the family we were going to swim with got sick. We picked up L4 from work and went to Scouts with him.

We rushed home and threw together a little dinner so L4 could rush off to an HOA meeting. Currently a parking policy is being enforced to follow what the law says. A few home owners have received notices because of being in violation. L4 wanted to have an email available where people could response to issues or ideas concerning the community. He has mostly got complaints. One of the funnier complaints was that the HOA board should turn over their salaries from being on the board and decrease the monthly HOA fees. It is an all volunteer board meaning there is no monetary compensation for the time put in and if there arises a problem in the future and the board did not address it, L4 could be held legally responsible. Great compensation if you ask me!

Underfoot has shown a flare for playing games: Candyland, Uno, Memory, and Connect 4. He likes to take his time on his move (like his Uncle Aaron) and have a discussion. He is also enjoying reading books. Lots of books all the time. We follow a blog that has a few recommendations to good books that a parent can read over and over again and not feel grouchy about reading the same book. He loves Joy School and learned about his joints and why they are so important! One day this week, Underfoot found ice cream in the freezer in the morning, ate it, and gave the rest to K2 Gideon who was still in his bed. I got to clean the carpet and bed linens. Underfoot has learned how to open Otter Pops and will eat as many as he can before I find the wrappers.

K2 Gideon continues to express his opinion by screaming. Most of the time he is just hungry. He inherited that from me. He is more confident in walking and climbing. Tonight he climbed up our swing set and threw off the toys from the tower. He was very proud. He climbs up on all things that he has the strength to get upon. He is also starting to say words. I understand him mostly, but he is trying to say things like banana, thank you, phone (this is a favorite), applesauce. It is coming.

We enjoyed a visit with L4’s sister’s family too this weekend. Their children were very excited about the meteor shower that was to occur on Thursday night.

On Saturday afternoon, we entered the world of texting. If you want please send us a text to our cell phones. I, for one, am very excited.