4 Peas in a Pod

Monday, July 6, 2015

Week of June 28, 2015

This week was filled with lots of friends and lots of outside play. We're really trying to embrace the heat of the summer instead of being stuck inside for months.

Monday all the kids' friends came over to play. Tuesday we just had Knox and Brex over but, we still had lots of fun. The kids built castles and buildings with foam blocks and knocked them over with their cars.

Wednesday we met some other CC families at a park to play and give the moms a chance to talk about the upcoming school year. It was really hard to be able to talk because the playground was so far away and I couldn't keep a good eye on the girls. But, the kids had lots of fun playing.

Katie got home and made a playground with her geoboard.

Katie wanted to learn about water this week. I am not quite sure what that means (haha) so we have been learning about the water cycle, swamps, rivers, ponds, etc. The girls made a swamp scene with stickers.

Thursday the boys came to visit again. The kids spent a couple hours playing with playdoh.

Of course, dress-up is always part of their day.

Boaz and Selah joined us for movie night Friday night. The kids played with playdoh and watched Veggie Tales.

I love how Lillie is cuddled on the couch with the kids.

For the 4th of July we went to Grandma's. The girls got to decorate the dining room table with flowers and flags.

They helped get the corn ready to cook.

We popped fireworks. They weren't too crazy about the loud ones but, they loved the snakes, smoke bombs and poppers.

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Weeks of June 14 and June 21, 2015

This has been one of the busiest two weeks we have had in a long time. The girls have kept busy and kept us busy.

Audrey likes helping with the dishes.

Katie has been making beautiful art...we got out the easel and she painted many, many pictures.

Audrey likes to paint, too.

Katie started swim lessons. She went everyday for 1 hour for 2 weeks. After her swim lessons it was free swim so Audrey got to spend some time in the water, too. Both girls gained tons of confidence in the water. Audrey likes to jump off the side of the pool into your arms. Both girls travel all over the pool while wearing their life jackets.

While Katie took lessons Audrey and I ate lunch and played on the playground.

Both girls love the air mattress we have for movie night. We usually keep it up over the weekend so they can play on it. I blew it up one weekday because it was rainy and we were getting stir crazy stuck inside.

Eventually we couldn't stand staying in much longer so the girls played in the rain and mud while Daddy and I sat on the front porch.

Audrey loves watching big sister...I love the way she holds her little hands.

The girls and I have a Sunday morning tradition of eating blueberry muffins.

Poor Audrey wanted me to read a book but, I couldn't at the time so she got her baby and read the story to her. Even though the book is upside down she was reciting the words perfectly!

Daddy made a tent in Katie's room.

The girls helped us cook chicken teriyaki. They chopped bell peppers and helped stir the sauce and chicken.

Katie can read after bedtime. We find her curled up with a book, sound asleep, quite often.

We've been going on some bike rides recently. The girls and I went one morning and found a roly poly and blackberries.

When we got home we found a tiny toad. We caught it and brought it inside. The girls drew pictures of him and then we let him back go. We've been learning about frogs/toads lately so it was a lot of fun for the girls to see one up close.