One Big Summer Post

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am so behind blogging and wish I had lots of time to write and get caught on Summer pictures, but is just not gonna happen. I have an endless To Do list that I need to tackle. Our Summer was great! We had so much fun with the girls. Playdates, day trips, beach, pool, dates with my bubby, time with friends, super hero bday party (They dressed up as Super Kublets!) and many memories to savor.
Warm days are almost over...I'm so ready for Fall and continue to make memories with my girls and Kyle.

Storytime and Chick Filet in the Backyard

We've been trying to do a lot of indoor activities to take a break from the heat.

We went to story time last week and it was very crowded. The girls paid attention for about 5 minutes and lost interest in the story. There was too many kids in there--about 30 or so.



I met there one of my oldest friends in the U.S. , Laura, my sweet friend from high school who has a 17 months old. His name is Harris and he may be a Panthers player in about 20 years from now. He weighs 30 lbs!!



About once a week we eat Chick Fillet. The girls love it! (and me too!). We took some take out the other day and had a picnic in the backyard. It was steamy hot, but kids seem not to mind at all

"Cheeeeeeese!"





Those little feet are growing so fast! Vivian loves to explore. I love the sense of wonder of this age. Everything seems so interesting. A stick, a rock, a bug...too bad as we get older we loose that sense of wonder

Having kids is a second chance to relive our childhood. I try to keep that in mind. I enjoy living the world again with their eyes, their curiosities and innocence. Even for a little bit every day. It brings a kind of joy that I've forgotten. Joy that I miss...joy from the little things of life that seems meaningless now as an adult

Riverbanks Zoo

We took the girs to the first trip to the zoo. Although it was REALLY HOT and we nearly melted, we had a great time and the girls enjoyed seeing the animals

I think Jacqueline's favorite part of the day was this gigantic cup of icee

Two beautiful flowers!

As usual, Bolota wanted to be held and carried out through the park. Poor Daddy!

Penguins! One of my favorite part of the zoo since the room was air conditioned

 Next time we'll probaby go before it gets so hot or wait to go in the Fall.  It was neat telling J that God made all those animals.

 We stopped by Crack and Barrel for a quick lunch and headed home.

So fun to do something different and day trips are not as bad when we have a DVD player for the girls to watch unlimited cartoons!  For a change, we could actually have a conversation in the car. It's one of our favorites things-- to have long talks while in a road trip

 

I pooped!

 

Vivian has being very interested in sitting in the potty lately. She loves "reading" while pretending to go. She has actually gone a few times. I'm not too worry about it since I take more of a laid back approach to potty training. Last night at my Summer bible study, I met a woman my age who had 4 kids. She was telling me that all her kids were potty trained by the time the were  2 yrs old and the 4th one she started potty training at 6 weeks old!!!! Before I had a chance to think how crazy she was, she said it herself: "I'm crazy like that".

Early in the morning (not much later than 7am), Bolota is already playing dress up. She usually drink 2-3 glassed of milk before I even finish my breakfast. I enjoy our time together. Jacqueline gets up around 8am. So early in the morning it's just me and baby girl...she has being growing up so fast that I feel that if I didn't have this blog, I wouldn't remember so much of her 2 years. Life with 2 girls so close in age is pretty hectic. I want to savor every moment. But lot of time I get cut up in the every day stuff-- cleaning up, cooking, and just going through the motions. I don't want to look back and feel that I just survived this stage. Instead, I want to look back and have a billions memories of us cludding in the sofa, laughing and spending an absurd amount of time enjoying each other. I've been intentionally trying to be more present with them

People with older kids are always telling me how fast this phase goes by. I'm starting to agree with them and already missing this age although I'm living it now. Sounds nuts. But that's honestly how I feel. To think that one day, the dress up clothes will not be worn, droplets of milk on the floor won't be found, no crushed gold fish on the floor of my car....whinning, well, that I won't ever EVER miss!!!! :>