Catch up on Summer 2009

As I type this I really can't believe it is almost August and we only have 4 weeks left of the summer. We have been so busy. The girls recently got back from a 8 day visit to AR to their Meme and Pops. I have no pictures because I was not there but I know they had the best time ever. I missed them so much but got so much done. I am thankful they can have fun time with their Meme and Pops and cousins with out us. The pictures below are randoms from fun stuff this summer from hanging with cousins, slip n slide, sprinkler, and of course no summer is complete without snow cones. WE think of all reasons to get snow cones. Another things we have done this summer that I don't have pictures from is afternoon table time with the girls. I didn't plan to do this but really wanted to make sure Kylee had some learning time. Her school gave us a calendar of very short easy stuff to do this summer. So we started with the calendar and then did writing and reading and math. Katie thought it looked fun so we have been working on letters, numbers, and shapes. It only last for about 15 minutes but the girls beg me to do it every afternoon. I am so proud of both of them! We are having the best summer ever. I think I am caught up now!

Swimming Time with Cousins

Back in June my sister came over and we went for a fun day of swimming together. It was the first time I was able to get pics of the kids swimming this summer. It was a fun day. It was also the day that Katie really started swimming without floaties and now she has the best doggie paddle and when she puts her face in she is quite a swimmer. I am so proud of her. We always have fun with cousins.

My Nephew turns 3

This past weekend my nephew Ethan celebrated his 3rd birthday with a super fun swimming party. My girls had the best time and so did Ethan! We swam, did a pinata, ate pizza and cake, swam some more, and loved on family. Katie was totally in love with little Ella. Ethan was quite a little swimmer. It was so amazing. Maybe he takes after his mama with a swim gift. Ethan is such a sweetie and I feel blessed to have celebrated 3 years with him. Happy Birthday "E"!

Make it Mondays

This summer on Mondays we didn't have very much planned so I came up with Make it Mondays were we would work on special art projects and food items for the day. We have not been home a bunch of Mondays but when we have we have had fun days and the girls have loved them. I took pictures of a couple of the days. The first one we had was right before vacation and we made beach pictures with real sand and puffy fish stickers and seaweed out of tissue paper. We had also made pancakes that morning for breakfast with the girls help. Then the other pictures I had were from our paint the sun catchers and then we made lemon squares. The sun catchers hung on our back door for a few days but then the wind would catch them and make a loud bang so they were taken down. The girls love art projects and fun food so we have loved our Monday mornings and quiet fun together.

Fourth of July Fun

We had a really fun 4th of July celebrating with friends. That morning we worked for hours in the ridiculous heat cleaning out our flower beds and mulching so we were ready for fun. So were the girls. We had a night full of swimming, good food, sparklers, and watching fireworks. This is one of my favorite holidays just simply for the fun fellowship!