First Week of Summer Fun!

My mom stayed the week after J's birthday party to enjoy some time with her grand babies. We had lots of fun while she was here! On Monday, we went to the zoo because they have membership Mondays in the month of June,  and you can get in an hour earlier AND ride the train and carousel for free all day. Yes, please!!

Waiting for the train

Nana and E

The best picture I could get....sigh....

Little loves waiting their turn for the carousel

E shared her horse with her brother so he could ride the carousel for the first time on a horse

We spent time playing with chalk outside several times during the week

Tuesday I left J with my mom so that I could take E on a special mommy/daughter date. One of the local libraries was having a meet and greet with Paw Patrol and I knew my Paw Patrol obsessed daughter would be excited to see them.

We are so excited to see Paw Patrol!

E become so quiet when she met Marshall and Skye at first and would only go in for a hug. After she met them though she wanted to talk to them again so she was willing to stand in the ridiculously long line to see them again. She gave them high fives and actually talked to them that time.

One happy girl 

Playing a Paw Patrol game they had there

J has decided that breakfast is silly and he shouldn't have to eat it. I'm trying to figure out things that he likes but so far I can only get him to eat fruit. Toddler problems....

We also went to the splash park. It was J's first time to actually get in the water. He liked it as long as didn't get him in the face.

We went to two libraries and signed up for their summer reading programs. We love to read books around here. Right now I have two full book bags from the library that we pull from each day.

Lots of play time with Nana

My cute kids (who hate looking at cameras) rode in the cart together while we were at Aldi. They had fun.

We also broke in our new water table that J got for his birthday. We have been having lots of fun with it!

I was really sad to see my mom go back home but we packed in a lot of fun while she was here! Can't wait for another Nana week again!

Weekend Shenanigans

Since I'm so far behind (that is ever increasing - hello 11 month and 12 month old blog posts!) I'm combining the last two weekends together. We've actually had two busy fun filled weekends.

1. Friday, May 27 we celebrated J's birthday together as a family. We had planned to go to the zoo but it was raining hard that morning so we went instead to an indoor play area that had bounce houses and tons of toys, and a little kiddie size town. It was fun and he enjoyed it.

He loved the little cars they had. He played on one of these most of the time we were there.

Isn't he the cutest little birthday boy?

I have done this every year with E for her birthday. I decorate the table and kitchen area and then decorate their door as well to celebrate their day.

He had his first birthday cupcake and then got to have spaghetti for dinner. He had a fabulous day.

2. On Saturday, E had her dance recital. She did three dances : tap, ballet, and then participated in the daddy/daughter dance that was to a rap/hip hop song. She was an adorable precious dancer and I loved watching her up their on stage. Every time she came on stage, I was beaming with pride. She loves to dance.

3. On Sunday, we went to church and then went to a birthday party for one of E's friends an hour away at Sweet and Sassy. Each of the girls had their hair done (with braids, a princess bun, and spray glitter) and their nails done. She loved it. She has wanted to paint her nails every day since then.

4. On Memorial Day, we went to the McDonalds playscape area because E earned all her cotton balls in her jar (it is rewards for catching her doing good behavior) and that was what she chose. For the record, we never eat at McDonalds. Ever. But I went to get breakfast burritos there for MOPS several weeks ago and she saw the playscape and decided right there that was what she was going to earn for her cotton balls. Judah had fun playing too.



5. The next Saturday, J had his first birthday party. I plan on having my own separate post for it but it was super fun and we feel so blessed to have all our friends come and celebrate with us.

6. E had a party she attended that afternoon after Judah's party. It was a pool party but before that we had cake and they painted the kids faces and played dress up. It was lots of fun. 

 The rest of the weekend we geared up for our first fun week of summer fun!!!