Oliver and Emily Jozwiak: 4th July weekend

We had a fairly busy holiday weekend. On Saturday we went to the annual Mum's in Minnesota get together - this is the British group I am a member of. This year the event was hosted by a friend in Maple Grove who has a fabulous pool in her garden. Of course Oliver wanted to go straight in! There was even a little paddling pool so Emily got to splash around as well :) On Sunday I had to work during the day but in the evening I joined the rest of the family at Ray and Sandy's. We had a BBQ and stayed there late to watch the fireworks. Oliver didn't do as great with them this time as he did last year - I'm not sure why. But he definitely had a lot of fun playing with the other kids and making another tie dye shirt to add to his collection! On Monday we didn't do a great deal - the kids were pretty tired from the previous two days anyway. I had to go to work again in the evening but it was so quiet :)

One downside to the weekend is that Emily has been sick. She started developing a rash late Friday which had spread all over by Sunday afternoon and Monday. I took her to the doctor yesterday who ruled out measles which is good but we still have no idea what is causing it. It looked better today but when we were outside in the sunshine it definitely got worse so maybe it is heat related? Hopefully this isn't something that keeps happening when it's warm!

I can't remember if I updated you all with Emily's latest stats! She now weighs 26lbs and is 34 inches tall - she is off the chart for height so she'll probably be taller than Oliver one day. I'm not sure how well that will go down ;) She is getting more vocal every day and can now say bye bye (see the video). She attempts to say grapes but it's only because I know she always wants grapes that I know this, ha! But she will go and stand at the fridge and try to open it if she wants a drink (or grapes!). Yesterday she managed to press the water dispenser on the fridge so that is now locked again!

Oliver is having a strange week. All of a sudden he is saying that he can't do things that he had no problem with before such as swimming, playing in the sand, climbing things in the playground, reading books........ I'm not entirely sure what is going on here. Probably just another phase that we need to get through. I am sad about the swimming though. Jon said he just couldn't (or wouldn't) do anything at his lesson last night. On a brighter note, he is still getting on really well at school and seems to enjoy most of the activities there. They had someone come into school last week for a bubble party and he was pretty excited about that! He also continues to do very well with numbers, letters, shapes and puzzles and he is even starting to draw more pictures which are somewhat recognisable :)