Last year, Madeleine got this musical seahorse as a present from her "Aunt Amanda" and now she will sing along to it and rock it to sleep. Thankfully, because we hear it a 20 times a day, the lullaby that it plays isn't annoying!
James got a very long overdue haircut! I do miss his long surfer hair though.
James made a house for his dinosaur!
When my dad came to visit a few weeks ago, he brought us marshmallow roasting sticks - so of course we had to put them to use :)
We went to the mall a few weeks ago and walked into a children's boutique store. Right in the front were all these summer hats - Madeleine took one look at this hat, threw it on her head and ran out of the store. When John grabbed her and brought her back, she refused to take it off. So of course she is now the proud owner of a summer wide brimmed hat. That she wears almost everywhere!
Last summer, we were a part of our community garden. And while it was a lot of fun, it got to be a pain to have to walk there every day to water it or when I wanted a tomato. So this year the kids helped John and I plant our own. It turned out great - but they still want to go in there and dig... I'm pretty sure they have dug all the seeds back up.
Just a cute one of Madeleine at James' school playground!
There are train tracks that pass right by James' school - and at least once a week they get to see a train go by. They all line up and watch, and the conductor is always accommodating and will blow the train whistle for them :)
Tire swing!
John built an awesome fence that goes around our AC unit and the garden - and of course James had to help. He started trying to help me paint all the pickets, but that just ended up badly. He then got to help John drill the screws in which was a much bigger success.
During the summer, our city park puts on a kids movie. They have popcorn, temp tattoos, contests and food trucks - and then when it gets dark, they play a movie on a huge screen. This was James' first time and he loved it! The movie was Frozen and of course all the kids sang along.
Hide and Seek :) Madeleine isn't sure whats going on, but shes not going to be left out!
We were at our friends house for dinner and since it was so hot out, we let the kids play in water... which lead to them stripping off their wet clothes. By the end of the night, they were all naked and running through the hose. But at least all the pizza and ice cream sandwiches were washed off!
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