Kendal or Mia....

Can you guess???

Mia is the top one (about 5mo) and Kenni is the bottom (almost 5mo).
Can you tell they are sisters???

Camping week has started...

Today we used paper bags...

to make super cool camping back packs!

We even had compasses...

that we added a little beaded bling to....

We finished up our morning by reading camping stories and then making up a few stories of our own. We are excited for camping week!

This is cute; Kendal playing with her toes and reaching for objects!

This is not cute; Gaby finding a slug yesterday and making a home for it in the back yard. YUCK!

This is cute; Mia's dirty face and booger hanging out of her nose. She can make anything look good!

This is not cute; another slug that G and the daycare kids found today. We now have an bug container housing 2 slugs and a worm. Isn't that just lovely!

an overview...

of our week...

We cut bubble wrap to make cool designs...

Then we painted and stamped with it. We talked about textures and patterns even.

We have played with balloons, painted with balloons, and even made a story using balloons.
After we tossed around our balloons for a while, we had a contest to see who could pop their balloon the fastest.

We have been outside a lot this summer... it is hard to wrangle the kids in when they are having so much fun.

We are off to have a water balloon fight... check back for more pictures!

Friday's Favorite pictures- Royal time!

Last weekend at the K...

During the game

The girls loved the fountains...

We bought hats, and shirts for the girls...

Our fun afternoon at the Royal's game...

random thoughts...

It has been an odd week... not a bad or good week but just odd. Today we had the AC people back to fix the unit again, while it was still cooling the house, it was never shutting off. It has been running and running since it was fixed the first time. I am a little scared to see the bill for this month. But, it is now fixed!

Last night Mia woke up crying 4-5x last night, this is my big sign she has an ear infection... Dustin was able to take her up to the Walgreen's clinic over lunch and yep, another infection. This is #3 in three months.

This last weekend, I think we were home for about 2 hours total (not including sleeping time). I feel like I am still recovering from that... I am getting too old for this. But, see an end coming soon... there is about 2 weeks in July that we will be bored and have nothing to do!

After Kenni's discouraging check up, I stopped nursing. Well, I tried to anyway. I held off for about 4 hours. Then I had such mom guilt for doing so and gave in. I know she is my last one and she is doing good! Yes, it is work and takes some planning on my part but it is so worth it. We are almost to 5 months of doing this, what is a few more at this point?

Gaby's softball team has been doing weekend tournaments. They are doing pretty well. Last Saturday they played 4 games in one day! They placed 3rd. The one before that they placed 2nd. I love watching Gaby and Kadyn's softball games. However because of Kenni and Mia, I have to pick and choose games to watch or we take 2 cars in case we have meltdowns. I normally do the 2nd one so I don't miss out.

I am so blessed to be able to stay at home and do the job I do. I love it. However, summers are hard on the girls. Gaby has told me several times already that she doesn't always like being "a part of daycare". I try to give her and KK choices but then the daycare kids sometimes don't understand why they can do something different at times. I am looking forward to some days off soon so we can play, go the pool, and a trip to KC. I try to keep it relaxed and laid back during the summer, finding a balance between activities and routine to free play. I want everyone to have a fun time.

To end my randomness, I leave ya with some "fun in the sun" pictures from a friends house.

Little Mia in her "boat" as she calls it.

Kadyn being a little shy at the pool... which is so not like her.

Kenni and Dad... soaking up some rays! After all, she is our little sunshine!

And my dare devil Gaby... she loves jumping off the diving board. She would be in the water 24/7 if she could be!

Friday night fun...

Last week we found out Gaby's softball team would be playing in a tournament. They didn't use a pitcher but a pitching machine. So, Friday night we packed up the clan and went to the batting cages so Gaby could practice!

Here she is in action...

Dustin was giving Gaby some hints on hitting... I just think he wanted to play too.

Mia, Kendal, and KK just hung out and watched... we still had fun!

We ended the night playing a round of putt-putt and snow cones. It was a fun time by all!