Water, Music and Baking

We've been having fun around here!

Wednesday morning we ventured outside for our first group swim. It went well, and we only needed a few reminders about keeping the hose aimed into the pool. (Next time I'll plan a little further ahead so that I have time to get E in a swimsuit!)

We went to eat with our life group on Wednesday night, and O did really well. When we got home, we decided to show him the keyboard. Our sweet friend, Courtney, knew we were looking for musical instruments and was so sweet to bring us her childhood keyboard! O absolutely loves it, and has been making songs and recording himself all day! Thank you so much, Court!!!

This morning, E helped with the laundry before her nap. Then she decided to use the basket as a reading nook.

This afternoon I got O to help me make cupcakes! It was really fun, and we will definitely do it again. He was so excited to help - especially with the egg cracking!

Mmmmm! Cupcakes! (Sorry I didn't get a picture of the finished product! But you've all seen a cupcake before anyway!)

Visiting a Friend

Monday was my last day before starting back to work. Drew started back on Monday, so O and I were a duo for the day. We had breakfast and play time in the morning, and then we left right after lunch to drive to the town where O's friend from school, Julia, is being hosted for the summer.

O got to see where she lives, and she was so excited to walk him around and show him everything. We had a little snack at their house, and then headed out for some bowling. The two of them were so funny talking to each other and playing together. All I know for sure is that O talked to J for a while about one of his favorite subjects - Harry Potter!

They had fun bowling, and always wanted to know how many pins were knocked down. By the time we left though, O was EXHAUSTED. He wanted to hang out more with J, so we decided to stick around for dinner and drive back after. By the time we made it to the restaurant though, he was fast asleep. He made it into the restaurant and continued to sleep at the table. He woke up only long enough to eat his dinner!

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So, we said our goodbyes and headed home. The family hosting J happens to live in the same town as my parents though, so we will definitely try to get together again this summer!

On Tuesday we had our first regular day with both Drew and I working. O was fine with the baby, but wasn't really interested in interacting with her very much. We had a quiet morning, and then we had our first official lesson time once Em went down for her nap. He really seemed to enjoy it, so hopefully it will be a fun activity for us each afternoon.

Of course there was some swimming involved in our day. And lots of splashing too.

Funny detail: When we were swimming on July 4th, I asked Drew to move the pool into the sun because I was cold in the shade. Now O asks every time to make sure the pool is in the sun. Ha!

Having Fun

I'm about to run out the door with O for the day, so I'll have to be brief. Drew started back to work today, but we really enjoyed our last few official days of vacation!

Working on the puzzle.

I had to drive A to the airport on Friday. Drew sent me these pics of O's first sno-cone! He chose pineapple.

O just LOVES Major.

Eating lunch.

We made our first blanket fort! 

The gnome came to visit the fort.

Playing Bop It in the fort.

O loves his foam stickers. We started a new binder after this.

We made a schedule to have a better plan for each day. The only complaint was about bedtime. haha

We went to Chuy's after church this Sunday. He did really well in church!

He started buckling all the seatbelts. I guess he wanted everyone to be safe.

We took pictures on our second trip to the water park! Yay us!

 We opted to start with a slide.

 Then Drew went next.

 We spent a lot of time in the wave pool.

 He was SOOO tired.

HAPPY MONDAY, EVERYONE!!