Our Not So Lazy Days of Summer

It's been a busy summer so far. All one month of it. There was a week of VBS and a week of Cub Scouts Camp. There was the excitement of Garrett losing his first tooth, followed by a visit from the Tooth Fairy.

There have been some play dates with friends, the discovery of the boys' "Secret Stash of Fun" (the affectionate name Garrett has given the perfect climbing tree in our back yard),

some swimming, lots of lemonade and watermelon, and hours of reading. Blake and Garrett have already claimed their prizes from the library for reading 600 and 300 minutes+ respectively! And that was all before July!

July 4th was packed full of fun and firsts for the family. There was more swimming, lemonade and bbqing but the real highlight for the twins was learning to blow bubbles (and that soap doesn't taste very good), and the magic of watching them form...float away...and disappear. How fun to watch the wonder in those little blue eyes.

A new tradition we started this year is making homemade ice cream (in a ziplock bag) for dessert. It was fun, memorable and delicious!

It wouldn't be "independence day" without the twins taking full advantage of their freedom for the hour or two before fireworks. That included lots of dancing (turns out that Ella is quite the party animal) and running in any and every direction until they were tired enough to sit down for a few minutes and recharge while picking at the astroturf.

Ella getting her groove on.

Chase strutting his stuff.

Like aunt, like niece.

The holidays aren't the same without family. Blake and his cousin Hunter.

Another attempt at a family picture.

Remembering the real reason for fireworks and freedom.

The forecast for the rest July? More fun, lots of outings and maybe, just maybe a little bit of much needed rest.

(Don't you just wish you could be almost two again?)