Wordless Wednesday

Possible future Rockstar???

...because fashion designer is definitely out of the question after this.

Fouth of July Weekend 2010

I love the Fourth of July!  It always reminds me of being out on the river and camping and hanging out with family.  This Independence Day was definitely more mellow than the past but it was so relaxing, just what we needed.  I may or may not have taken a nap almost every day. :)

Matt took Friday off so we had 4 days to just hang out.
Friday we spent most of the day at the beach and the kids did awesome!  It's nice that they are both old enough to be able to be there so long and enjoy it.  Alexa got lots of swim practice and Braden just wanted to dig in the sand and bury his legs.





Saturday morning we packed up and headed to my brother and SIL's house for a parade.  I'm not sure who was more excited the kids or me.  I love watching them get so excited about catching candy, it's so cute!

Alexa never likes the beginning of parades, too many sirens...



What she does like...waving to all the princesses and getting necklaces!



Braden was hilarious, it didn't take him long to get the hang of things and before we knew it he was venturing to the middle of the road to get every piece of candy no one else wanted to go and get.  It also didn't take long for him to realize that all that candy in his bag was actually his to eat.




After the parade and a nap we went up to my parents house to hang out on the lake.

I realized 2 things that day:

First...Alexa has a need for speed.  We went out for a boat ride and we were already going way too fast for this Mama's liking and there she sat in the front of the boat with my sister yelling, "Faster, Faster!!"
We are going to be in trouble with this one in the future.

And second...Braden is a pyro.  We were lighting off fireworks and all he wanted to do was get a hold of the lighter, the fireworks, anything that he could get his hands on.  He was straight up mad when Matt wouldn't let him get close to the action.
We could be in some trouble with him too.

Other than that the weekend was pretty boring, just the way we wanted it!  Sunday we hung out at home and played in the pool and Monday we went back to the beach.

I was telling Matt I couldn't believe I went a year without having the kids all dressed up in red, white and blue on the fourth.  In fact I went into Alexa's closet to try to find something she could wear at the last minute and the girl doesn't own one single piece of red clothing, it's just a sea of pink in there.  Anyway, I took a year off but it won't happen again, I love dressing the kids up for holidays!

I can't believe it's already Wednesday tomorrow, I love short weeks!!
Have a good one! :)

There's Nothing Like Eating Your First S'more

Dinosaurs Say ROAR!!

The video is not the greatest because it was taken with my phone but cute anyway. :)
(Pause the music player at the bottom to hear)

I Wonder...

How effective it is

to spend the whole minute of a timeout

taking pictures because he's just so cute.

{Maybe he didn't notice.}

Little Mermaid

Last week Alexa finished her second round of Preschool Swimming Lessons.  Before that we had always been in the Mom and Tot ones where one of us is in the water with her.  Not this time, now that she was 3 she got to go solo and boy was she excited.  I'm pretty sure she loves us but I think sometimes it's just hard to tell because she is such an independent little girl. :)

Anyway within two days of the first session she was transformed.  All she wanted to do was get under the water.  There was a couple times her teacher had to kindly ask her to stay on the side of the pool when she was waiting for her turn to do something.  Yeah, she wasn't having that.  So I think they must have compromised because she got to be in the water but had to be touching the side.  (I'm so glad to see we aren't the only ones who gets conned by her!) :)

At the end of this past 3 week session her teacher said she was ready to move to the next level!  She was able to do back and front floats, swim using her arms and swim under water.  I couldn't believe she was doing all that in just a few weeks!  I told her she was my little fishy and she said, "No Mommy, I am a Mermaid!"

So now onto the next level, Preschool 2.  Hopefully she doesn't learn so quick this time because you have to be 5 to be in swim school (which would be the next level) and that's still a year and a half away.  Seriously, this girl is a little fish...every day she asks if we can go swimming.  I love that.

Here she is with her Best Friend who took the class with her.  They had so much fun together and surprisingly didn't get into much trouble!  They are both talkers, you would think they were teenagers when they get together.

Here she is with one of her teachers.  He was so good with the little kids and Alexa loved him.







That's my little Mermaid!

My New Love

We did it.
We finally took the big leap and bought a minivan.
I wish I could say that I am just too young and hip to be driving it around.
But I love it!
And the kids, they love it too.
And Matt, don't let him fool you with all his talk, he loves it just as much as everyone else.
Power doors, my dream come true.
2 DVD players, my kids dream come true.
I am actually almost excited for winter so I can use my remote starter and heated seats.  Almost.
I seriously feel like a dork with how excited I am about getting a minivan.
And for the record...I am too young and hip for it.
Right!? :)

I saw this video awhile back when is came out and thought it was hilarious!
I have since seen it everywhere so you probably have too.  But if you somehow missed it you have to see it.  Funny stuff! 
(You'll have to pause the music player at the bottom of the page so you can hear the video.)



Have a FABULOUS weekend!! :)