Summer Please Stop

Please stop going so quickly! I have too many fun things that we haven’t gotten to do yet! boo….

Here are a few things we HAVE enjoyed!

Eating homemade popsicles with friends. And don’t we all look lovely! I love it when they dress themselves (which is most days.) These are Anna’s two best neighborhood friends, Rhiece and Charity. They are all so silly together, loving dress ups, princesses, dancing, and seeing who wins the Bossy contest!

Swimming.  We’ll we haven’t gotten on the ball to do swim lessons, (insert hand slap to Heidi). But we love swimming anyway. This was our adventure to Grandma’s hot tub! We also love swimming at Rhiece’s house, the Curtis pool, The Evergreen club, and in our little pool in the backyard. Anna was afraid to get splashed and hesitated getting into pools at first.  She is lots better now, but still avoids getting too wet!

Did I mention we LOVE popsicles!?  Especially when teething!

Maddie’s faces were hilarious! I love that girl!

This one is pretty cute too! Attitude and all.

Purple Sand

Maddie LOVES playing outside and loves digging in the dirt.  So now knowing how long we would be in this house I put together a mock sand box.  Maddie loves it.  At first I bought BAD sand, which was grainy and thick.  Then I saw this stuff at Walmart.  PURPLE SAND! Yep, better believe it.  It gets in hair and everywhere, but doesn’t stain.  This was our first day exploring and let’s just say when it is purple it hides nothing, unlike regular sand that you probably wouldn’t see. Ha!

Isn’t this hair do awesome?Curtsy of her bed… (:

Summer means…

Relaxed mornings

Wearing PJs extra long

More time for breakfast

More popsicles and treats (especially homemade ones)

Less time focused on routine meals

Dirtier house

More projects and crafts

Gardening (or trying to, but failing miserably)

Less clothing (my girls always prefer that anyway, but when it’s hot just wear what you have to…right?)

Sickness (what… that is not supposed to be in here, but this week it is)

Scout Camp (and planning & shopping & organizing it all and sending it off with a cute hubby @5:30 a.m.)

Trips to the pool (or to a friend’s pool… or Grandpa’s hot tub)

Cousin sleepovers

Late nights

Walks in the neighborhood that end up with more talking with neighbors and less walking

Sand (at our house it is purple! Yep!)

New bikes (though two trips with the jogger in tow and I got burs in the wheels and they are both popped…geez)

Girls Camp planning

Friend play dates

New Church calling (beehive advisor-score! so excited)

Swim lessons (oh wait, not yet, but I am teaching Anna to get splashed in the face… a huge step for her)

Less internet time

Less TV time

More sunset watching

More dishes (which I am avoiding right this minute)

Cabin trips

Snowbird condo trips

4th of July and beach décor

More Air conditioning (which makes my feet cold, but doesn’t cool our bedroom)

Trip planning

More sunscreen wearing

Sandal wearing (which I love for the girls, but my feet hate me for it)

New house dreaming (slowing looking, but not very intensely)

Life choice making

No change in long work hours for Dave (boooooo)

Painting nails (and sneaking it onto daddy’s toes)

hummm… what else?

 

What does summer mean to you?

Our Lizard Friends

These little guys are all over the place. They scare me when they rustle in the bushes as I walk by, but we love watching them on the walls. Anna even has me tell her stories about the "girl lizard and the boy lizard racing on the walls" before bed. I tried to catch them on video, but couldn't get them... did you know they do push ups? Between that and running all day they put us to shame!

Summer Life and Father's Day pics

FATHER'S DAY Trying to get a good photo with a Two Year old is tricky, especially one with the goofiness of her father!

The Cake...

I was just going to make a classic Tie/shirt cake, but I thought I would personalize it. Dave was so surprised and had no idea, he thought I was making Lava cakes. Don't look to closely.

As perhaps a gift to her Daddy, Anna started more vigilant potty training on Father's Day. We promised her a swimming pool if she could not go pee pee in her diapers all week and it is Thursday and so far so good (except night time...but I am not too concerned about that!)

"Daddy's little Princess" shirt from Grandma and me trying to get a cute photo.

I asked her to make a cute face... this was it.

Cheese Face- sort of

Daddy with his cake

SUMMER TIME FUN

Lining up the Princess dresses. This girl is always very organized in her play.

Watching Dora, Mickey Mouse, or Curious George with some of her babies and animals. A new favorite past time. (oops, but only once or twice a day for down time).

Though I think she is getting into Dora a bit too much and her little mind isn't old enough to distinguish fantasy and reality.

Examples: Yesterday while eating dinner she heard a sound and said, " Is that Swiper?" she was really nervous. I had to tell her a couple times and Swiper can only go to Doras. Also, Last night she woke up with nightmares saying, "I don't want Daddy to steal it" I think Daddy and Swiper had switched roles in that dream. ): She forgave him this morning for whatever he was stealing.

"It's SO HOT Mommy, let's Go to California and turn on the air!" I think she thinks our houses name is California and this has been her response lately when we play outside. We went to a playgroup at the park yesterday and she was a pill! "It's Too Hot." We came home and played in the sprinklers, much better!

I LOVE THIS PICTURE! It captures Anna spunk and excitement.

Mia enjoyed it too!

I have to say I love the non- diaper bum in a swimsuit! So cute.

What could be better than WATERMELON on a HOT day?

Succulent

Our Swing Set where Anna Love to try the "big girl swing"

CRAZY PIPPY LONG STOCKING HAIR after her nap!

Checking out the clouds with Daddy