The very talented Addie Peters...

Life is starting to settle down a bit and I will yet again try and blog more about our family life :) Addie is a seriously funny 2 1/2 year old. She makes me smile so much and it is hard to stay upset with her when she is naughty (which is frequently). She likes to sing and will improvise a song about almost any topic you give her. However, like all major stars, she does not enjoy the paparazzi :)

Friday

Note: I apologize in advance to the non-parents reading this for the potty training post. Someday when you have kids you will realize what a major role this plays in a parent's life (In fact, I think I currently spend about 40% of my day on this task alone :)

What kind of mom lets her kids have ice cream at 9:30 in the morning? One who REALLY wants her two year old to put her poop into the potty! Addie pretty much wants to wear undies all the time (like her big sister, of course!) and has a tantrum if she has to wear a diaper, and since she is not potty trained this poses a problem. She has been very interested in going on the potty this past week, so we celebrate big "potty victories" with ice cream... fun for them and for me. I call that a win, win, win situation. :)




(translation: "no more diapers for me")... this song comes from the Potty Power video that I would highly recommend (especially for girls...it has a whole princess on the potty section which I completely credit for helping Greta learn to use the toilet!)

Thursday

Thursday was a picture perfect summer day, so we took advantage and went to the sprinkler park with Zoey & Grady. The kids had a blast!






The girls put on a little dance show for us. I'm not sure the ballet lessons are paying off :)

The music is by the very talented Ross King

Wednesday - Part 2

Wednesday afternoon I got to babysit for the Green family. Annie is 2 years and baby Evelyn is just 2 weeks old. I absolutely could not resist doing a little photo shoot. Here are a few of my newborn favorites...
My all-time favorite... milk-drunk smiles

Big sisters - they're the best (I would know...I have a great one!)


Being wide awake...when you want them to sleep :)

Very sleepy eyes

and some pouty lips

Giving the old "one-eye" to check things out

and... out like a light.

Wednesday - Part 1

Wednesday morning the girls got haircuts...

Tuesday

Early Tuesday morning (2:39 am to be exact) I became an auntie again! Welcome to the family Gabriel William! I swiped this picture from my mom. I haven't gotten to meet him yet, but will be going out to CA this Saturday... can't wait!

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing

Monday

We had a fabulous summer week this past week, so here comes a record number of blog posts...

Monday morning we had a fun playdate with Brynna and Carter (Greta's BFF and Addie's future husband :) It has been H-0-T hot this week, so we spent a little time in the pool.


I had two little helpers for making zucchini muffins...

Greta was in a little ballet class this summer. It was very entertaining to watch every week :)

Addie also likes to sport the tutu when she gets a chance.

We ended the day with the Water Source Heaters softball team. The always-defeated Heaters won their first game of the year against the first place team in the league! (the other team may have been one player short, and there are only 4 teams in the whole league, but it still felt good :)

Mini Photo Shoot

The girls looked so cute when we were at Ellie's horse show, I couldn't resist snapping a few photos :)

Horse Camp

My niece Ellie attended horse camp at Trinity Equestrian Center this week. Yesterday there was an "end of the week show" that the girls and I went to. Greta can't wait to be as big as Ellie so she can go to horse camp too :)

Ellie on her horse Sterling


Greta & Graham

Addie & Ava liked to watch too

4-H Fair

Blueberry Picking

We went to the amazing Blueberry Ridge Orchard this morning. My helpers ate more than they actually picked, but I still managed to bring home 4 pounds worth of big, juicy berries. It's a good thing they don't weigh the kids before & after :)

Kitties

One thing I love about living in the same town I grew up in, is being able to give my kids some of the same experiences and joys that I had as a kid. One of those being new kittens on the farm :) We went to see them for the first time yesterday, and I haven't kept track, but I am sure Greta has asked to go see them at least 50 times since then. Kitties are even more important than horses right now - and that is a very big deal for miss Greta!



looking for the kitties...