Week of July 6, 2014

I'm just going to share pictures this week...enjoy!

Week of June 29, 2014: Zoo Week

 

We've had such a fun week with the girls and as always it was full of lots of activities and learning.

The girls had several tea parties together.  Katie couldn't pour the "tea" quick enough for Audrey.  She was guzzling hers down.

The girls played in their pool several times this week.  This picture shows their personalities so well.  Audrey is splashing and playing in the pool, being her goofy self and Katie is kicked back relaxing on the slide.  Katie was more excited about putting on her bathing suit than actually getting into the water.

Katie is learning about zoo animals this week and next week.  She used playdoh to play with some of her zoo animal figures.

Audrey took a ride in the laundry basket.

Knox, Brex and Katie made binoculars and then played in a safari sensory tub.  They used their binoculars to hunt for animals hiding in the grass.

Katie and I took a trip to the zoo with some of Katie's tot school friends while Daddy and Audrey hung out at home. 
Playing in the bamboo by the elephants.

 Climbing on the elephant climber in the indoor elephant exhibit.

 Checking out the penguins.

 Riding with Boaz.

Audrey loves trying on hats.

 After story time we went blackberry picking and ended up with about 4 cups of berries.  The girls ate more berries than I could keep track of but, at least we made it home with some.

We spent 4th of July at home where the girls got to play in the pool.  After Audrey went to bed Katie stayed up with us and roasted marshmallows for smores.

 Katie used some stumps to play with her garden gnomes and fairies.

All of the pictures below Katie took.  It was really fun to see the perspective she had of the world from her little height so I thought I would share.

Katie practiced "hanging clothes" on a clothesline.  She really concentrates when she's doing this kind of activity.  It takes a lot of fine motor control.

While Katie was hanging clothes Audrey was putting the clothespins into a container.  She has really enjoyed picking up lately and so she had a lot of fun with this activity.

Week of June 22, 2014

Our week started when Daddy attempted to mow the lawn before a thunderstorm.  Katie and I went outside to help while Audrey was taking a nap.  It started raining and Katie and I took cover in the swingset fort while Daddy kept mowing.  We ended up staying in there for quite a while but, since we had the camera we were quite entertained. 

 

Audrey has started taking a few steps this week.  She's also really starting to push around the grocery cart and baby doll stroller and has been climbing onto everything and just generally getting into a lot of trouble haha!

We did a little bit of ocean themed school this week and on Wednesday we went to Evan's house for a pirate themed tot school.  The kids made several crafts, went on a treasure hunt and played outside.

Audrey loves her baby doll and has fun putting it into it's highchair and stroller.

Knox and Brex spent the day with us Tuesday and all the kiddos had fun playing and being their goofy little selves.

Katie loves helping us cook in the kitchen and is starting to learn how to season food.  She helped me make beef stroganoff this week.

The girls did some Handwriting without Tears songs and, as always, we did lots of reading.

We had one of our favorite meals for dinner...spaghetti!  It's worth the cleanup of the girls!

Saturday morning we made a big breakfast of bacon, hashbrowns and eggs and then headed outside to eat on the patio.

And just so we don't forget how completely adorable our little Audrey is here is Audrey almost exactly a year ago.

 

And here's little Miss Katie and Lillie 2 years ago...