Johnson Household

I am still getting use to being a working mom. To my surprise going back to an office environment after my hiatus didn’t feel unnatural. Honestly, it felt like I was going back after a long weekend.  So far I am enjoying what I am doing, but  I don’t remember ever being so busy at a job, ever!

We bought a scooter!

Here are our four reasons behind the purchase in no particular order.

1. My commute is short
2. High gas prices
3. We care about the environment, a lot!
4. And, its SO much fun to ride!

Meet Buddy!

My Buddy

Craig filled, Buddy, up.  I never thought I would ever see numbers like that again.  Enough said.

Hey now

Emerson is visiting us for two weeks.  It’s been so much fun having him up here.  Dagny is having a blast with him, in case you can’t tell.

brother and sister

Love it

Here is Emerson with Agi Mama (my mom).

My mom with her grandson

Someone loves her daddy.

Craig and Dagny

We had a family picnic at Dagny’s daycare, Doodlebugs.

us

And, here a couple of photos of my silly little girl.

rockstar

sour face

Barbara

Friday, Craig and Dagny got into the car and drove down to Ohio to visit with Craig’s parents. I was originally part of the plan, but with with starting a new job I just couldn’t do it. It was a bittersweet moment. It was so hard not being with my two favorite people. I missed them so much, but I was so happy they could have some daddy-daughter time. Plus, I was glad that Dagny got to spend some time with her grandparents. That’s always a plus.

From the photos that Craig took, it looks like they had a great time.

getting comfortable

During their visit, they all went to the Wilds. I am still so bummed that I didn’t get to go.  It looks like such a great place. Next time!

Dagny and Grandma

looking

close to nature

D checking out the donkeys

Mommy Bear's turn

Giraffes!

Looks like Dagny had a great time

Grandma and Dagny also baked some brownies together in Dagny’s new baking set.

Brownie time

licking time

Walking around the house, which is nestled in the woods.

"This way, Daddy." (she looks so BIG here!)

D with Grandma

The first thing I asked Craig when I saw Dagny was if he gave her a dictionary during the ride and if they took turns stretching her.  She seemed to changed so much in those few days.  My little, big girl.

Barbara

We went down to Long Island this past weekend to visit with my family. We decided to take Dagny to Doodlebugs for the morning, which gave us the opportunity to pack without a 3 1/2 year old asking us every second, “Are we going yet?” and “Why?”

I had gotten Dagny a couple of puzzle books of Mazes and Dot-to-Dots (numbers and letters) for the trip. The books are meant for 5 to 6 years (Kindergarten age) and D is just flying right through them. She is one smart little cookie.

Here she is:

When we arrived we checked out their new home garden filled with organic yummys. I am not kidding, they are growing grapes, cucumbers, watermelons, tomatoes, herbs, peppers, and tons of other things.

D checking out the watermelon

The rest of the weekend was about hangout in the pool and eating!

Emi and D

Dagny with a couple of the lobsters. She wasn’t too sure of the whole thing.

D not sure of the lobsters

Craig and Emerson on the other hand were very sure of them.

Craig

She did like the new car from her uncle and aunt.

Here are my kids. I feel like the first one looks like an album cover, is that just me?

It was such a great weekend. Unfortunately, we had to cut our visit short because of my new job.

Barbara

This weekend was hot, hot, hot. Summer has arrived blazing.  I realize some are not too happy with it, but hey it’s summer and summer is suppose to be hot. With the heat and sun the pool reached 97.5 degrees when we took the bubble wrap off.  Seriously, whoever came up with the idea of using bubble wrap to heat a pool is my hero. The pool ranged between 94-96 degrees while we were in it. Insane!  While some might thing its too hot, um… your wrong!  It was absolutely amazing.

Moving on, Friday we decided to go to the Pittsford Duck Drop. Dagny was more excited about feeding the geese and ducks, than the yellow ducks racing.  I guess I see her point.

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She also liked the live music. She just got up and started dancing. Lately, we’ve been catching her dancing and singing at home.  It’s so cute.

Waiting for the rubber ducks to drop.

It's insane how much I love this little girl!

Unfortunately, our duck didn’t win. Maybe next year.

This weekend we hit a new milestone.  Dagny with Mommy Bear in tow went to her first movie, Winnie the Pooh. I can’t tell you how happy I am that her first movie was a classic and it had a bear in it!  It was perfect.  The movie was a little over an hour which is perfect for a 3 1/2 year old attention span.

Here she is all set to go.  Thankfully, Mommy Bear was the only one that actually went into the theater. Otherwise we probably would of needed to buy another ticket for all her “friends”.

ready to go

Here she is right before we went in.

with the movie poster

My big girl ready for the movie to start.  Sigh.

big girl

-Barbara

Bonus Dagny:

Here is Doctor, Chief, Pianist Dagny!

D