The merriment continues for the Joh(a)ns(e/o)n clan!
Roslyn has been anxious to feel the wind in her teeth since she laid eyes on her watermelon helmet. JP got a second Yepp seat and added it to the back of Annie's Schwinn. Annie didn't feel very stable with her precious cargo raising the center of gravity. For the family's first adventure Annie rode the long bike with Josie and JP rode with Schwinn with Roslyn. Later JP added both seats to the long bike so now both kids ride with Dad.
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| Whoa, nelly! |
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| Juicy Watermelon |
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| We arrive at Trolly Barn Park |
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| Josie is thirsty after a long ride |
Mama can often be seen at the park coaxing her daughters down the slide. Here's a secret: Mama is terrified of the slide, too!
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| Note the look of terror |
After the park the family went to El Zarape to refuel with some margaritas and Mexican eatin'.
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| "Maybe I just have taste buds all over my face. Have you ever thought of that?" |
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| Josie's Glow Brain Helmet |
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| "Tally ho!" |
Josie is finally staying in bed at bedtime thanks to some external motivators. Not only does she receive a sweet treat (currently she enjoys "Cherry Lovers", big heart-shaped jelly beans) she also gets to pick an activity to do the next day such as a craft or baking with Mama. In the photo above she is holding the gecko bead craft that Dad
helped her make made for her.
Josie and Roslyn are starting to develop a very sweet relationship. They love to send each other into giggle fits. Josie likes to share with Roslyn on her own terms and has been known to scream when Roslyn merely looks at a toy Josie is playing with.
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| Lookin' out my front door |
The family traveled to Kentucky for the annual Johnson Family Reunion just in time for record-smashing high temperatures. All of JP's siblings and their respective kids were present for the first time in three years.
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| Baby Adrian and Baby Roslyn |
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| Josie cares for a baby doll |
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| Roswell hits the pool at Barren River |
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| Roz and her first cousin once removed ("See! She eats grass, too!") |
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| Josie and her first cousin once removed |
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| Josie impersonates Randy, Assistant Trailer Park Supervisor |
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| Roslyn Rasmus Johnson, sunglasses thief |
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| Quick overnight at Uncle John and Aunt Rebecca' house in Clarksville |
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| JP and Annie celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary in downtown Bardstown |
On the last day in Kentucky Josie was treated to a visit to the dollar store after having earned all her stars for a week. She stayed in bed at night and took every single nap on vacation. Whatta gal! She was torn between a glow stick, a pizza cutter, glitter glue, and a bird pen, but wound up getting a Flag of America Flag.
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| Looking like Happy the Baby New Year |
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| Remy, Sherrilyn, and Roz with their big, brown eyes |
The family arrived back in San Diego in time to go to an Independence Day party at Paul and Jeanne's house. Josie and Roslyn were stylin'.
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| Yankee Doodle Dandies |
The following pictures are a not so chronologically ordered assortment of random silly fun.
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| Josie says adios to her friend Charlotte with a trip to a farm. Them chickens are serious birds. |
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| Roz really loved Josie's birthday beads, but they had to be archived since Josie often pulled at them while still attached to Rozzie's neck. |
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| Josie loves drawing on her easel daily. She makes the niftiest things. |
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| Nearing completion |
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| Note Rozzie's contribution at the bottom right |
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| Daddy never can seem to wax his surfboard alone these days |
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| Future Surf Betties |
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| Roslyn met the sprinkler |
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| Dad finds the coolest things |
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| Snake Plant Farmer |
Mama is often heard saying to Roslyn "What are you doing?" and "How did you get up there?" Roz is an accomplished climber, but as of yet not a walker.
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| Josie wouldn't climb these stairs at Peppergrove Park until she was close to age two. |
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| Two favorite things Josie does at the park: take off her shoes and pick up trash |
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| Josie and her Edison trainer chopsticks |
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| Paint (not so much) by number reward |
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| Josie loves making cookies with Mama, but Mama ruins the dough by baking it |
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| Play Doh ... Doh! |
A friend of the family left high school early to become a professional ballerina. Josie loved Lauren's Bon Voyage party as she loves most parties. She played ball with a group of older kids for before plucking up an insect and terrifying the group by chasing them with the bug. Mama and Daddy were so proud!
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| Pre-chase |
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| Love hurts! |
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Josie and Roz each had a round of fevers in early June and one month later developed classic Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease. Many rectal temperatures were taken so Josie was pretty sure she had a good idea of how it is done.
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| Zebra to the crotch |
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| Checking out the geese, ducks, and coots at Lake Murray |
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| Sissers |
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| Roslyn's self-feeding method is not ideal. She often has food beyond the brow line and in her hair. |
Roz has become quite communicative in the last month. She signs milk, yummy, nap, dad, eat, more, bird, all done, please, water, music, help, and elephant. Her spoken words are:
- Mama ("mamamamama...")
- Daddy ("dad")
- Grammy ("ghee")
- Grandpa Bob ("bababa")
- Ball ("bow")
- Book ("buh")
- Help ("hop")
- Baby ("beebee")
- Josie ("keekee")
- That ("dat")
- Water ("wahr")
- Hat ("At")
- Cat
- Duckie ("duck", "duckee", "ducko")
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| "Boooow!!" |
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| The best craft: makin' a mess all over the place. |
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