This Week at Our House #27: July 4th Robertson Family Reunion

1. We had a nice 4th of July celebration with John's family.  If we move away from UT, I suspect we will plan to come for this about every other year.
2. I was able to do a lot more this week. I think some days the kids definitely thought, "mom is back." Some days I was just too tired from just giving birth and having a newborn.
3. Ruth and Kate both had a nice time visiting with the cousins who are their ages who came to the 4th of July family reunion. I also had fun just hanging out with the teenage girls. They are cute and are at a fun time in their lives.
4. Kate enjoyed the family reunion. She has gotten really good at keeping Susan calm.This year Kate was a main helper with the fireworks. 
5. Johnny has a 9 year old cousin who adores him and follows him around. Johnny is very patient with him, even when I know he wants to be hanging out with the older kids.
6. Adam has spent as much time as he can in the pool at Grandma's house. He also enjoyed helping with the fireworks.
7. Rachel finished her final week of school. She also had tons of painful dental work done and had a swollen mouth for 3 days. We were actually able to get her to take ibuprofin after that. Rachel is swimming great and does not need any flotation help this year. Rachel was so excited for the family reunion that she asked us to put her to bed early on Thursday so that the Fourth of July would come sooner.
8. Anya had tons of fun with her cousins and swimming during the family reunion.
9. Joseph went around hammering walls and floors and things with a toy hammer until he broke one too many things and I threw the toy hammer away. He put a hole in the wall and started crying like he had been really hurt because he knew that he would be in a lot of trouble. I think he got in less trouble because he was so sad about it.
10. On Thursday, Josh caught a small slug in the back yard and held it and talked about it for at least an hour. Josh told me that it was sticky. He also described it as "Beautiful".
11. Arwen is just so independent and cute. She is still absolutely loving Susan.
12. Susan gets fussy every night around 6pm and stays that way. She can really scream when she wants to. She is a lot like how Kate was as a baby, except Susan basically sleeps through the night. She will not sleep in her own bed at all, but as long as she is in my next to me she will stay asleep from around midnight until 7am. 

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