Summertime, week 11

Last week's pictures!

Sillies pretending to be forest animals.... they make me laugh! 

 Clearly bored, and jumping onto the lovesac for entertainment! The afternoon heat brings out the wild in both of them!

Play area, carousel, and lunch in the food court with friends this week. Mall playdate fun!

  Ella and Taylor (who is going to be a big sister VERY soon!)

  Lots of coloring and painting going on this week.

 And practicing handwriting. Trying to do a little refresher before kindergarten starts!

 We puppy-sat for friends who went to the beach this past week. Tater and Stormie could be siblings!

 The kids loved taking the dogs on walks in the evenings.

 I got a stroller frame for the carseat this week from my sweet friend Emily, and the kids enjoyed playing family with it while it was set up.

 Silly faces at the pool.

 Eric took Ella to the park one evening this week while I took Carter to a fun dinner playdate with his preschool friends.

 

  So pretty!

 

 Carter with friends at Mason's house, listening to a story.

Heather was sweet enough to fix dinner for the kids (and Mama's too!), and it was a fun evening for all of us!!

 35 weeks. So ready for this baby to come!! 

We've got Carter in soccer for the fall, and he's very excited to get started! We took the kids to the park Saturday morning for some practice. Ella found a little ball to bring for herself. They are both such naturals. Ella just might want to play sometime soon, too!

 

In action :)

And the kids went to the aquarium in Grapevine on Saturday night with Nana, Grandad and Andrew while Eric and I enjoyed a date night. Had to laugh when we got these pics. :)

We've started our final week of summer, and I'm not quite sure how I feel about that. On the one hand, I'm so done with summertime (I'm sure it has NOTHING to do with being huge and pregnant and running out of ways to entertain these kids, ha!!), but then on the other hand, I feel sad for the lazy days to be over, and my big boy off to school forever! Anyway, we'll enjoy our final week with more activities and play dates, and look forward to meet the teacher this week, and getting ready for the school year, too!

Summertime, Week 10

 Here are some pictures of our first week of August! Keeping busy, as usual!

 Love indoor playtime on hot summer days!

 Jump Zone is a new favorite!

 Lounging and snuggles never get old!

 Just a few days shy of 34 weeks! Not much longer before we meet this little baby!

 Ella wearing heels and reading a novel. So sophisticated.

 Swimming and lunch with Lucy!

......and the boys.

 We got home from swimming and Ella had to feed her baby!

 This girl and her style cracks me up!

 Yep, rocking your baby to sleep can make you drowsy!

 These always make me laugh!

 The kids went to Ava's Frozen themed birthday party, and Queen Elsa was there!

 She got a heart painted on her face.

 

  And went to princess charm school....

  She learned to curtsy....

 

 

 We took the kids to the circus for the first time. They were excited to go and enjoyed it! 

 Ella was a little distracted by an acrobat that was about 30 feet directly above her.

 Fascinated by the elephants.

 She painted a masterpiece!

 Horses!

 and tigers! Ella said her favorite part was the elephants, and Carter liked the tigers the best.

 Ella and her babies.

 Took the kids to the park early this morning..... they had fun as usual!

 

 Ella pushed her babydoll stroller all over the place!

 Found a baby acorn.

Hmmmmm. This perfectly captures so many moments between the two of them. She is focused and minding her own business, and he is sneaking in and pestering her somehow. :/ In case you can't see, he's tickling her hair with a long piece of grass.

 The life of a 5 year old

 Love these pictures of them playing in the tunnel!

 Walking home, hot and tired by 9am!