You've got to take the chance at a vacation whenever it is offered, so since Jared was conscripted to do the last entry and he had taken the camera for the previous two weeks, I've had a nice little blogging vacation here in San Clemente. We've not gone anywhere but have a handful of photos to share with you. The weather has been warming up, but it hasn't been nearly has scorching as the surrounding area due to our nice marine layer that comes to cool us down in the early morning and then burn off around nap time. This past weekend was a stay-at-home one since Jared was sick for the whole time. He's feeling much better now and Einar and I have so far managed to avoid whatever bug it was. This coming weekend, Einar and I are participating in the San Clemente Relay for Life. We'll be camping out on the San Clemente High School track on Saturday night and I'll be walking during the middle of the night while Einar sleeps in the tent. I'm sure he'll do a few laps with me during his awake hours as well. We are on our church team this year. The last time I participated in Relay for Life was in Gardnerville and I was 3 months pregnant!
Einar took it upon himself to help his friend, Nathan blow his nose. They were playing spin the other in the desk chair when Einar noticed that Nathan's nose was gooey and so he went to get a kleenex and help him out.
When the kids were getting anxious for the fireworks after dinner, I put on the Happy Feet DVD and they were mesmerized for awhile...
Lots of action on the Fourth of July in the Ogle house! Eight Adults and Seven Kids shared in the festivities. We had everyone over for a dinner of grilled flank steak, corn on the cob, potato salad, green salad, buffalo wings, hot dogs, and brownies with berries and whip cream. The San Clemente Fireworks were visible from our patio around 9pm and the kids were out there for 30 minutes before-hand chanting "Fireworks! Fireworks! Fireworks!" One mom brought glow sticks for everyone and they loved waving them around.
You won't be seeing pictures like this in the near future because Einar doesn't need to wear glasses. I took him in to see the Eye Doctor last week to calm any fears that he has inherited the Bjorklund eye genes and he not only was a real trooper during the exam, but his eyes are doing well with only a slight astigmatism that doesn't need to be corrected any time soon. When he was in the exam and had to wear the funny glasses to look at the pictures, the doctor said, "Wow, you sure look like your mom in those glasses!" This photo is of him trying on my glasses to show Jared once we got home.
As you may remember, Einar has always had a thing for pink. Some of his favorite books are the Disney Princess books too. I guess he's being influenced by those stories and the pictures in them since this afernoon at lunch he put his slice of red bell pepper on his head and said "Princess Hat, Princess Einar!" He was very pleased with himself and proudly posed for this photo. If your interested, princess eat red pepper sticks and bean, cheese, and potato burritos for lunch. After lunch we headed to the library and picked out a whole bag full of non-princess stories to read before nap time.
Einar took it upon himself to help his friend, Nathan blow his nose. They were playing spin the other in the desk chair when Einar noticed that Nathan's nose was gooey and so he went to get a kleenex and help him out.
When the kids were getting anxious for the fireworks after dinner, I put on the Happy Feet DVD and they were mesmerized for awhile...
Lots of action on the Fourth of July in the Ogle house! Eight Adults and Seven Kids shared in the festivities. We had everyone over for a dinner of grilled flank steak, corn on the cob, potato salad, green salad, buffalo wings, hot dogs, and brownies with berries and whip cream. The San Clemente Fireworks were visible from our patio around 9pm and the kids were out there for 30 minutes before-hand chanting "Fireworks! Fireworks! Fireworks!" One mom brought glow sticks for everyone and they loved waving them around. 
You won't be seeing pictures like this in the near future because Einar doesn't need to wear glasses. I took him in to see the Eye Doctor last week to calm any fears that he has inherited the Bjorklund eye genes and he not only was a real trooper during the exam, but his eyes are doing well with only a slight astigmatism that doesn't need to be corrected any time soon. When he was in the exam and had to wear the funny glasses to look at the pictures, the doctor said, "Wow, you sure look like your mom in those glasses!" This photo is of him trying on my glasses to show Jared once we got home.
As you may remember, Einar has always had a thing for pink. Some of his favorite books are the Disney Princess books too. I guess he's being influenced by those stories and the pictures in them since this afernoon at lunch he put his slice of red bell pepper on his head and said "Princess Hat, Princess Einar!" He was very pleased with himself and proudly posed for this photo. If your interested, princess eat red pepper sticks and bean, cheese, and potato burritos for lunch. After lunch we headed to the library and picked out a whole bag full of non-princess stories to read before nap time.
