Time Out

Rylie has been put in lots of time outs recently because she is now getting one every time she shrieks/screams while inside. Apparently this is her "go to" move when she doesn't get what she wants, and also, apparently, she does not get what she wants a lot. Yesterday afternoon she got (at least) two time outs within about 20 minutes. Here's how they went:

Time out #1
Me: Rylie, why were you in time out?
Rylie (smiling): I in time out.
Me: Why?
Rylie: Why?
Me: You were in time out for screaming.
Rylie: Hug time?

Time out #2
Me: Rylie, why were you in time out?
Rylie: Cause Bingo was his name-o.
Me: No, for screaming. Do you have anything you want to say to Mommy? (I was looking for "sorry.")
Rylie: B. I. N. G. O.?

We may need a new tactic for teaching lessons around here.

Summer is OVER

So we took a little hiatus from The Lynch Family website, but we're baaaaack. See, our laptop died back in May, but the only thing we REALLY needed it for was photo storage and adding to this site. We thought, eh, let's take a break. Then we went off, did lots of stuff, and now we are back to work and the real world (and I've had a few people asking why there are no new pictures) and it's time to start blogging again.

So we got this bad boy:

And we're back in business.

Let me summarize what we did during our computer-less summer:
-Paige finished dance (forever)
-we got a porch swing
-we celebrated lots of people's birthdays
-we went swimming a lot
-we travelled to Seattle
-Rylie got a big girl bed
-Paige got a double bed
-we went to museums, concerts, baseball games, etc
-Paige got a new pet (a caterpillar)

I think that's it.