Summer days

with swim hair...

naked naps...

and movies in the park...

with daddy as a worker bee and mommy pregnant, we're trying to live it up as best we can!

"It's a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it's light out". ~Bill Watterson

Summer responsibilities

be sure to look cute in your winter (& santa) pj's...

attend gymnastics classes regularly...and pose where we're getting new steps...

make your own breakfast...

and lunch....

go in for a trim.....

and of course, exercise....

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." ~Philip K. Dick

big bikes

we are wrapping up this summer with new, bigger bikes. i'm not exactly sure why. they were clearly needed, however, with how fast they grow i worry they'll need even bigger bikes by spring. :(

 

elena got a new bike for her birthday that just seemed absolutely HUGE for her.  so we exchanged it for the next size down and i fear she'll outgrow it by next year.  sigh.  those training wheels will be coming off though so hopefully it will be good size!  adelyn of course got e's hand-me-down bike.  took her a bit to get used to the pedal brakes and she'd stop suddenly.  but she definitely is getting too big for her trike.

 

big girl bike ride...

 

 

"Life is like riding a bicycle - in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving." ~Albert Einstein

swings

they're good girls... love their mama... love Jesus... and America too... love elephants... and pb&j too...

it's a long day... livin' in the midwest... there's a freeway... runnin' through the yard...

and i'm a good mom... cause i totally let them...

i'm a proud mom... as i watch them fly high...

and they're free...

free fallin'...

yeah, they're free...

free fallin'...

yeah, they're free...

free fallin'...

"OH!" - Tom Petty

ba bye

we had a whopping 24 hours to get used to the 30 degree drop in the temperature. but that's okay. we definitely enjoyed the hot hot 100 degree heat index that seemed to last all summer! helk, even daddy and i went swimming this summer more that we usually do...

which the girls sure enjoyed...

oooh so close, ad...

there you go...

pay back...

ad's back float...

and her front float...

dumping water on others just doesn't get old...

the girls would fill their buckets in the slip-n-slide...

ad looking for more buckets....

miss e...

she would request the sprinkler/slip-n-slide/baby pool every single sunday. this past sunday was the first that we couldn't because of the weather....

adelyn has developed quite the relationship with the water as well this summer!

skipping through...

splashing us...

e collecting water in her mouth to spit at daddy....thankfully she couldn't spit OUT, just down...

more water on daddy...

e for sure mastered the slip-n-slide this summer....

she even had the running and jumping into it DOWN...

her and daddy had plenty of races down the slip-n-slide....

e always had a bit of a head start...

the kiddie pool is not just for kiddies...

a wet daddy...

e trying to jump on the floatie....which she jumped right over it and slid down without it... ;)

elena is ready for the slip-n-slide olympics...

ad taking a break from the water...

which often turned into a popsicle break...

excited for water e...she just LOVES the water...

oh, and i was there for our many water fun days too....

we're going to miss you summer!! but oh how we love fall!!

"Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability." ~Sam Keen