Summer Days

Nate had a little canker on the corner of his lips. He got salt on it and it really hurt. So Ash devised this little contraption to help an ice pad (ice bean bag that actually has rice instead of beans) stay on.

We had a fun morning riding bikes and then came in the back for lots of swinging. They were so cute sitting on the bench together eating their snack. Nate and Lizzy are good buddies.

Our own bike parade.

First off...love Nate's diaper wedgie. Those things (diapers) just can't be that comfortable. Sadie noticed her new tooth coming in before the old tooth was out. It wasn't coming in the right place so Dave gave Sadie the weekend to get the tooth out on her own before he would bring his "tools" home and get it out. Well, she tried for a while but then decided she'd rather her dad pull it out. It wasn't quite ready to be snapped out so he got her numb. Not her most favorite thing. Good news: She doesn't ever want to get numb again. Dave told her it's easy...just brush and floss really well. She's convinced!

One Saturday afternoon, we loaded everyone up in their swimsuits, sunscreen, goggles, towels, THE WORKS. We walked across the street to the pool. We jumped in...and within 5 minutes a huge storm came FAST. A chair even blew into the pool...it was that windy. Right as we made it to the garage, it started pouring rain so hard. We couldn't do all that work for 5 minutes of swimming. So we went swimming in our our swimming pool...the bathtub. They wanted us to join them, so we did. It was pretty packed in there, but we had fun.

Ash and Sadie are having fun playing dress-up with Lizzie.

Fly swatters are gross. But I guess not to a frog. This is Nate's best friend. Good thing frogs are plentiful in our yard so Dave can usually find one for Nate, and then they let it go at night. This particular "fruvin" (all frogs are named Fruvin, did you know?) was riding on an airplane and heading to Grandpa and Grandma's house to eat M&Ms with Grandpa.

Hurray for our fixed camera!

Ashlyn is posing her shorts she sewed. She cut off some jeans and added some jelly bean material for a trim. I think they turned out super cute! She sewed a matching bag out of the jelly bean material and loves to coordinate when she's wearing her shorts!

It's hard to get a picture with everyone happy or looking at the camera!

The girls love being little mommies to Alex and Lizzy. They are such a great help!

We snapped a few quick pictures before church. It looks like Lizzy's hair bow is floating. That's probably because she loves to pull all of her hair stuff out...and this one is half-way out.

Ash makes dinner once a week and Sadie makes lunch once a week. This was their idea to help out around the house. I love it! Today they wanted to make a picnic lunch. They made bean/cheese quesadillas, strawberries and applesauce. I can't remember where I was, but I came in the kitchen to this scene. They put Alex in the bumbo, and were cutting and cooking away! I just realized where I probably was. I was probably changing Nate's diaper, and he escaped to the kitchen...hence Nate without a diaper on.

Little House on the Praire night! Thank you to my parents-in-law who bought me the first two series of my favorite show in the world. We love watching these on Friday nights! Popcorn and Christmas m&ms from the freezer (gotta love m&m sales from the freezer)!

Next time all 5 are sitting on the couch, I will take the picture! I realize that Dave is always the one taking the picture.

A few things I love here. I love the planter boxes Dave made me. I love the bird house I got for Mother's Day. I love the birds that come for snacks. I love my garden growing! I love thinking about the chocolate zucchini cake (Jamie, I use that recipe often...thank you!) I will make from all of the zucchini growing!

Ash, Sadie and Nate dissecting a wet, about-to-explode diaper. What else would you do in the summer time? Sadie and Nate were playing with the hose. Nate ended up in a diaper. Then they discovered that the diaper GROWS when it fills with water. So they grew his diaper as much as they could. Then they took it off and began the dissection. I remember dissecting a dead fish when we were younger..but never a diaper. Don't worry, it was a fresh and clean diaper.