Baby Sister - growing up

Love that Big Sister can sit with Baby Sister and roll a ball back and forth.

First time eating "real" food...now she is enjoying avocados, sweet potatoes, bananas, peas and oatmeal.

This was Baby Sister just about a month ago - raising up on arms but at this point still rolling herself around versus crawling.

Doing great job sitting up and can literally fold herself in half. Was take a moment to check out the other baby looking at her in the mirror.

Officially on the move just a few weeks ago. Now she is unstoppable!

Some of the Fun Ways We Stayed Cool This Summer

Yes, that is mud...and lots of it. The kids decided to create a mud pit to play in and covered themselves in it. Unfortunately, I did not get any pictures of Daddy taking the hose to them when he got home.

Spending time indoors also kept us cool this summer. We spent some time at the Science Center and the kids had the opportunity to be on the weather at noon.

This is baby sister's wide eyes for getting her picture taken. Always ready for the bright flash.

Launching rockets.

Fun in the bubbles.

We always enjoy boating, but honestly many days it was just too hot for it. We decided to brave the heat on July 4th and take the boat out and try to stay cool in the canopy and spent a little bit of time in the water, unfortunately, the water was not very clean so we didn't stay in too long.

Little bit of fishing.

We found a great little cove with a sandy area just the right size for us to dock at and play for a bit. The water at the main beach was no clean at all so this was a great alternative.

After a long, sweaty day at the lake. CRAZY hair!!

The kids enjoyed spending some time with their cousins on the slip and slide.

Ice blocks with toys frozen inside were a great outdoor activity. The kids used spray bottles, rocks, and small hammers to chip away the ice in an effort to free their toys.

My Little Pony

Big Sister was so excited when her uncle Tim brought her this wonderful horse this past weekend.
Not sure it is made to sit on, but she had to try it out.

Domino Track Fun

We enjoyed setting up a domino track a few times the other night. Amazing how quickly it falls when a two-year old is assisting in the process...wait, I guess I did accidentally knock it down once too.

All Smiles

Love the dimple chin.

Practicing Sitting

Starting to do some more sitting with some assistance.

Loves her brother and sister...and of course, the feelings are the same from them!

Love the casual laid back look in this one from little sister.

On the Move

For the past week, little sister has figured out her roll from back to tummy. Of course once she gets there it is only a few minutes before she wants to be put on her back again...and needs assistance. Once on her back, she promptly flips back to her tummy...and the cycle continues. Not sure what I will do when she can flip continuously from back to front...YIKES! Not ready for that yet. Bouncy seat works nice to the occasions I don't want her rolling about.

i-pad Hideaway

This is Big Sister tucked away in our fabric tube working on a shape sorting app on the i-pad during school time. We try to give her about 1/2 hour of time each day to use it during Big Brother's school time. We have to keep the volume down and have her sit away from us as to not cause her brother a distraction.

Loves His Grandpa

Just took this picture today and LOVE it. We are blessed to have Grandpa join us
every Wednesday for Science time. They just started their summer focus of
Botany. Big Brother loves his weekly visits with Grandpa!

2-Story Playhouse

Daddy created this 2-story playhouse for the kids to enjoy in the basement. There is a hole in the bottom of the second floor for them to climb up to the second level. It is a pretty sturdy structure - not that I would volunteer to get inside, but the kids really love it!

Baby Sister

Baby Sister is always full of smiles and loves to cuddle!

Building Towers - Sibling Fun

I really never thought to use these floor mats for actually building a three-dimensional building, but Big Brother used his creativity to create some fun structures - that him and his sister would fit right inside of.

Love the quirky smiles I get these days - one-eyed crooked smile from Big Sister makes me laugh every time.

God's Creation

I truly love getting the opportunities to take the time to enjoy God's creation! He provides us so many things to remind us of his glory and unfortunately, we can so easily be distracted by the busyness of the world around us. I pray that each of you were able to take the time to slow down this Easter season and reflect on what God has done for all of us and for each of us. 

We have been blessed to have a kill deer nest in our garden area. Big Brother took this picture and many others and even went out with his sketch book to get a drawing of the kill deer sitting on the eggs.

This is not the clearest picture and definitely falls short of showing how amazing this was, but gives you an idea of the beautiful moon we were able to see on our drive home from Good Friday service.

Easter

Easter Morning!

Big Sister's whack at the pinata.

Lovin' the hair!

Goggles and gardening gloves were a part of the Easter gifts for the kids.
They are wearing them around all the time : )

April Fools

Big Sister was not impressed with Mommy's April Fools joke of "lemonade" as she could not get it to come out of her cup. It was really lemon jello. She didn't want anything to do with it once she realized it was not lemonade.
Even though she does like jello.

Mommy also made brownies (Brown E's). Everyone thought this was funny!