July Pictures

The kids love to go swimming at Grandpa's pool. We try to go once a week. They both do really well in the water with floaties. I try to spend some time without floaties with P1. He doesn't like sticking his face in the water. Maybe next year we will have to do some real swimming lessons.

After swimming they like to pick raspberries and play in the sandbox.

 Fun at the park:

Building a sewer with Dad for their ninja turtles:

Sleeping beauty:

Leonardo! The kids want to name the baby Michelangelo if it's a boy.

Fun at Ikea:

 

My silly kids:

Getting a treat at Sonic: 

Our conversation one day when we were leaving a park: 

P1: "Mom, we should go to a resternot. You know the one with the bell?"

Me: "You mean Taco Bell?"

P1: "Yes, Taco Bell. We should go there."

P2 readily agreed with her brother that we should go to a "resternot". Unfortunately for them, I can't eat anything at most restaurants and I was getting hungry so I told them no, we have to go home to eat. Also, we have only taken P1 to Taco Bell once, and it was a long time ago.

Well, the next day we went to the splash pad, and as we were leaving we have the exact same conversation. "Mom, we should go to a resternot. We should go to Taco Bell." My dad works right by Taco Bell, so I decided we could go surprise him and see if he wanted to go to Taco Bell with us. The kids each had a soft taco and I asked P1 if it was better than my tacos. P1 said "They are both my favorite." Good answer!

Handcart Days

We went to the Handcart Days celebrations at the park with my family. It was sooooo hot. But P1 had a lot of fun, especially with all the inflatables. P2 didn't want to do any of the inflatables.

P1 got stuck on the climbing wall of the obstacle course. Fortunately, another little boy came along and climbed up it which helped P1 see how to do it. This ended up being his favorite inflatable.

 

Eating lunch:

More rides:

The only ride we got P2 to go on was the swings. The only other thing she liked doing was the fishing pond.

4th of July

This was the last year of the annual 3rd of July BBQ at grandma and grandpa's house. They live within walking distance of the city fireworks, so every year the extended family gathers at their house. But they are selling their house so this was the last time. They rented a bouncy house that the kids had a lot of fun with. 

PE drove us up to the fireworks since I'm pregnant and dealing with a lot of fatigue. I probably should have just walked up and taken frequent resting breaks (it would have been faster). PE drove the van back home and then walked up. But turns out, that cell service went out because there were too many people in the area. So PE couldn't find us, and we had no way of contacting him. Texts wouldn't even go through. I was near tears and then the lights went off because the fireworks were about to start. I had been praying that he would find us. Seconds before the fireworks started, he found us! He had to leave the golf course so that he could get a signal and read his texts. I'm glad he found us! The kids enjoyed the fireworks with no crying this year.

On the 4th of July, it was 100 degrees outside. So we took the kids to the splash pad. The last few times that I've taken them, they haven't really played in the water. But I guess since Dad was there, they decided it was okay to run and play.

We stopped at Jamba Juice for a treat on the way home. P1 left his TMNT water bottle there, and we didn't realize it until that night. He was very upset about it. Fortunately, we were able to get it back the next day.

June Pictures

Celebrating our cousin's birthday:

Good morning! One of their favorite breakfasts is Raisin Bran.

Dance Party! They especially like to dance to songs from the movie "Trolls".

Our friends! P2 calls her friend her sister sometimes. And they really could be sisters. Their personalities are very similar.

Caught napping! When did my baby get so tall?