Summertime, week 8

Another week of summer down, only about 4 left to go! Both happy and sad about that, but I digress. Here is what we were up to last week. 

Took the kids to Sonic happy hour and they chose cherry slushes with Nerds candy in them. Ewwww! .....I thought, but then I tried it, and I have to admit, it was kinda tasty! 

We went to Bass Pro Shops last weekend and browsed around. The kids had fun looking at all the cool stuff, including this giant shark!

And no, we did not make it out of there empty handed. They left with cowboy hats and pop-rifles. :)

Carter dressed Ella up as Spider Man one morning...

Eric got an extra workout one night since both kids decided to hop on while he was doing push-ups. That's 75 extra pounds!

And baby is doing good! This photo was taken at almost 32 weeks. I've started having some contractions along with typical aches and pains.... feet, ankles, hips, back. I told Eric that pretty much everything hurts at the end of the day.... except my arms, HA! It's hard to imagine that I'll get much bigger, it has gotten really hard all of a sudden lately, but I'm hanging in there!

Carter has been a great help to me lately, since daily chores have gotten really tough for me to handle all on my own. He's been really good about making sure his room is cleaned each day, and the play room, too. He helps me clean up the kitchen after meals and loves to vacuum! He and Ella both have also started helping me make their lunches each day. It definitely helps this tired Momma to have two kiddos that are excited and willing to be a little more independent. Coaching them from the couch isn't too bad. :)

These two play a lot of "family"..... Ella was taking care of her baby Carter here in this picture. So cute!! Sometimes she's got another baby in her tummy, and she'll raise up her shirt and say, "Want to watch my baby move?" HA! She may have heard that from me a time or two :)

Here they are doing puzzles together. I love how much time they spend playing together now. Granted, there is a lot of one pestering the other (Que the window-shattering, blood-curdling Ella scream here), but a lot of the time they just enjoy each other and come up with the cutest games or scenarios to play that will keep them occupied for a long time.

While getting ready to load up the car to go swim, Carter found a rollie-pollie in the garage. I laughed when he called it a tweedle-beetle... Fox in Sox is one of his favorite books! But they had a good time passing it back and forth for a few minutes before letting it go.

Ella one morning before church. She was just so precious all dressed up and playing babies with her purse and pushing it all around the house. Such a sweet little imagination she has, and that maternal instinct makes me proud!!

Carter is in art camp this week, and it sounds like he had a good time on his first day. I'm hoping to get a lot done around the house this week in preparation for the baby. We'll see how productive I am!