Summer Summary

Summer is coming to an end and I feel like so much has happened in the last few months. So much, in fact, that I haven't written about all of it yet. This is the reason for this post: To quickly share some of the things we did this summer that I just never had the chance to blog about.

Playgroup Graduation (June)

Grandma and Grandpa Parkin came for a visit (June)

The girls had to say good-bye to their good friends
Morgan and Sydney who moved out of state (June)

Eve enjoying homemade ice cream on the 4th of July
My brother Jason's kids came and stayed with us for a weekend in July.
Grace and Davis playing together

We took a day trip to the Bay a couple weeks ago. This is the view of the Golden Gate Bridge from where we stopped and had our picnic lunch . Aaron's sister Sarah came with us. We spent most of our time at a fun Children's discovery museum in Sausalito.
Grace, Sarah, and Eve dressing up at one of the exhibits at the Discovery Museum

Big Girl Bed

Our little Eve isn't a baby anymore! For the past week she's been sleeping in her big girl bed. We knew that the time was coming, but when the girls broke the crib last week while playing in it...we knew that it was definitely time! We actually got a bunk-bed for when the girls eventually share a room, but for now we just set up half of it for Eve. She is doing great sleeping in a bed. At first her naps were cut shorter and she was getting up earlier, because of the excitement of being able to get herself out. But I think that is pretty much wearing off and now she is sleeping normal. She definitely feels like a big girl and gets so excited when its time to climb into bed.

Teased Out

I have to hide all hair brushes from Eve. She thinks it's fun to brush her own hair, but this is what happens when she tries:

Happy Birthday Grace

Yesterday was our little Grace's 4th birthday. Let me tell you, it never took so long for a birthday to come! It seems like everyday for the last month or so Grace has asked, "Am I four yet?" Or made statements like, "When I'm four I can______." Well, she's four now and boy does she feel big!

We celebrated by having Aaron's family over for cake and ice cream and "the opening of presents." Grace, of course, loved having the birthday song sung to her and blowing out the candles. But I think it's safe to say her favorite part was opening presents from Dad& Mom, Grandma& Grandpa, Aunts& Uncles, and Julyssa (sent in the mail.) Aaron video taped the whole thing, but I completely forgot to take pictures of her blowing out her candles and opening presents. We did get some pictures afterwards though.

Today Grace and Eve were making little birthday cakes out of play-doh. They were even putting candles on them and singing Happy Birthday to each other. I guess I should say Grace was singing and Eve was chanting "Ha-ppy, Ha-ppy!" Who wants all that birthday fun to end?!!

Lorraine and I dishing up cake


Grace and Grandma trying out her new doctor kit

Sarah, Grace, Eve, and Callen having a tea party

Busy at Play

This afternoon the girls were playing really well together, so I decided to take advantage of it and get some pictures! They were so into what they we doing that they hardly noticed me snapping away. Just wanted to share some of the cute shots I got (nothing professional, but I just love the looks on their faces.)

Eeewww

I never thought I would say this, but Eve is really cute when she has a poopy diaper! As soon as she is done taking care of business, she points to her diaper and says "tinky" and/or "pupo." Then as I start changing her she gets this funny look on her face and says "eeewww"...sometimes over and over! Okay, so I've stooped to a new low...writing about stinky diapers...but this is all part of my life!

Lewis Reunion

Well we've been back from our family reunion since Thursday night, but that's when I started reading Harry Potter...Which of course means I was unable to do anything else but read in my spare time! I finished the book yesterday morning so now I'm free again! So yesterday I finally cleaned my house and finished unpacking from the trip...and now I can blog about it!

We spent four days in Newport beach with Aaron's family for a reunion. It was so much fun! We spent a lot of time at the beach. The girls were braver than they ever have been before at the beach. They played in the waves and did a lot of digging in the sand. They had a great time playing with their cousins. We all had a wonderful time with Aaron's family. It was fun to visit with everybody, play games, and Aaron had a lot of fun bogey-boarding with his brothers. We also enjoyed the extra time the four of us got to spend with one another. Aaron and I got to swim in the ocean together, play in the waves with the girls, and take beach walks. The two of us even got to stay a night in a cottage right on the beach while his mom watched the girls for us at the time-share up the hill (thanks Mom!)

We brought our camera to the beach with us only one of the days, but we still got a few cute pictures. Most of the great pictures were taken by other people in Aaron's family. I'll post some of those in the future when I get copies of them.

Eve, Grace, and Julia examining sand crabs that they caught


Aaron on a bogey-board


My sister-in-law Callen took this cute one of Eve