Pool, Ladybugs, and Will~

EK invited some of her friends over after Bible School today.

They enjoyed a picnic lunch~

SJ constantly says, "I want to do my 'wimmin' lessons"

and ready to shed her swimmy.

Having the time of their lives~

Josh gave EK a ladybug land kit for Christmas

and we finally got around to ordering them.

They came in the mail today and everyone thought it was SO cool!

They came in a canister ~

They needed water~

EK said, "This is SO exciting!"

Careful observation~

AND a few new pics of Will...

doing puzzles at preschool~

playing in the sand~

and eating~

and eating~

and eating!

All in all, it was a wonderful day!!!

This and That~

Today I woke to another photo of sweet Will @ preschool.

He was so diligently working on his finger painting~

and while EK was @ bible school,

SJ asked if she could paint not knowing I had a pic of Will painting too~

Don't you think they favor each other???

Bible School is going great!

EK says she loves it every day.

Today as we walked away SJ asked if she could go to her Bible School~

I said next year when she was 4 she could go...

she wrapped her arms around my leg and said,

"Yay! I LOVE you mama!"

When we get home,

it is time for lunch and today after EK was done

I looked over to her bar chair and this is what I saw~

Poor baby curled up sound asleep on that hard chair...

What in the world will she do when she has to make it all day @ K?

Definitely think naps will be a necessity. :)

A BIG Day for 2 Littles

~ EK went to Bible School and LOVED it~

On Saturday, Scott jumped in the pool to cool off

and before we knew it, SJ had jumped right beside him

without her swimmy (she had no idea she didn't have it on).

I freaked just a smidge and Scott grabbed her right away.

I knew right then it was time she had lessons.

So today Amelia asked SJ if she wanted to do swimming lessons.

SJ said YES!

And just look what happened in the first 5 minutes~ not kidding!

She is natural fish!!!

Since way before the wedding,

EK has had about 5 loose teeth

and just in the last 2 weeks 2 permanent teeth have grown in

behind the two front bottom ones.

One was barely hanging on and Scott said it was time for it to come out.

He grabbed some floss and I my camera~

And you may remember,

EK is very afraid of the tooth fairy

(don't know why)

SO, our elf Hermie is coming to drop off the money...

not in the house but in her carseat in the car.

We have had this planned for a very long time.

Wonder what will be in that little pocket in the morning. :)

Weekend Recap

We had a great weekend!

Really the first chance to get out on the lake in a while.

Saturday evening we went out for a dinner picnic~

until a little storm blew over~

We made it home just in time!

On Sunday, after church, we headed to the lake again.

This time the littles begged Amelia

to ride the tube with them,

SJ's first ride ever~

and EK rode by herself for the first time ever~

We were so proud of her!!!

It was also the first time EK&SJ had helped Dad wash the car~

Although there was WAY more playing in the bubble bucket

than washing the car. :)

A very fun weekend!

Cousins

Scott is the youngest of his three siblings

and has many cousins.

Two of them were visiting this week

and we had them over for dinner last night.

We walked out to show them our backyard

and took a group photo of them.

Today EK and SJ's cousins Max and Adelyn

came over for swim.

Here they are playing beside the pool.

EK has been a little sickly all week

and I took her to the dr yesterday because she had ran a fever for 3 days.

She had a sinus infection~

today I walked into the family room

and found her curled into a ball sound asleep.

Believe me...

that definitely means she is sick.

She never sleeps during the day otherwise~

SO happy for the weekend!!!

A Sweet EK Story

There has been a very smart and beautiful labradoodle

on the beach all week

and EK was infatuated with it until yesterday...

All of sudden she is in my lap sobbing

and then she made me cry~

Amelia was upset too.

It took a little while to figure out what was wrong.

She finally cried out, "I miss Fisher!".

The only way to calm her down was to take her for a walk~

get her away from the labradoodle.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Today the littles asked me when we were going home.

I told them day after tomorrow.

EK was VERY happy

and SJ was VERY sad.

EK wants to see her dog

and SJ wants to live in this beach house forever. :)

The Big Girls~

Amelia and Rosemary both brought friends with them to the beach~

Brooke and Leah.

What have they been up to?

Lots of laying out on the beach~

Helping EK ride her boogie board~

Making SJ a mermaid~

Playing ball~

Flipping~

Dressing up at night~

So we could go out to eat~

Or do a little outlet shopping~

Or make a stop at the hot sign~

No matter what they are doing~

you can be sure there is plenty of laughing going on...

They are having a ball too!!!

The College Girls~

The Sophomores ~

The Sisters~

They LOVE the beach!!!