These last few weeks we have been enjoying summer as much as possible. Now that the girls are toddlers, and not babies, we are enjoying doing things as a family. Its hard to explain what that really means, but like now we are going swimming and all enjoying it, and going to the park and having fun. Rather than, say, carting a baby along to things and hoping the baby doesn't have a melt down. The girls are a lot more flexible, too. They don't need to eat at the exact same time every day. They don't need to go to bed at the exact same time every night. Needless to say, I find myself really looking forward to spending the weekend together as a family.
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| Photo Credit - Kenchy |
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| Photo Credit - Kenchy |
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| Photo Credit - Kenchy |
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| Photo Credit - Kenchy |
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Photo Credit - Kenchy
Cupcake Aftermath |
Saturday we went to a birthday party in the morning, and afternoon naps went longer than usual. So after dinner, since it was such a nice day, we went for a long walk to the "big park" and played for a while. Enjoying the nice evening, we walked and ran some errands, and the girls ended up going to bed later than usual.
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Modeling her new swimsuit
Somehow she has the Milan catwalk attitude down! |
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| Getting dirty in pretty dresses |
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| Swinging at the park! |
Sunday we skipped afternoon naps entirely. The girls were having way too much fun playing at our friends' pool, so we just stayed. They slept a bit in the car on the way home, but we just made sure to keep our evening very relaxed and they went to bed early.
Its nice to keep things flexible and know that it isn't affecting their night time sleep at all. They are both sleeping through the night like champions.
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| New swimsuit, guy, and favorite fingers |
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| Lounging with some pita bread |
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| Playing dress up! |
This Saturday is our last swim class. Those three months of classes sure went by quickly! The girls have improved so much over the course of the class. The first day, they were unhappy, shivering, crying and barely tolerating the 30 minutes in the water (which was a surprise to me since last year they were doing so well). This past weekend, they were both laughing, enjoying every moment, blowing bubbles in the water, kicking their legs and moving their arms, and even letting us float them on their backs a little. Hopefully by next summer they will be ready for the actual swim lessons!
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| Pretty dresses. She smelled the flowers when I put this dress on her! |
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| Red popsicle = zombie baby |
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| At the park! |
They are both talking up a storm. The latest trend is to point at ***everything*** and say what it is in the form of a question so you have to say "yes, that is a ___." We were watching Curious George and Alex pointed and said "Moose" and sure enough there was a moose in the show. Hot damn Alex, that is some awesome vocabulary. Josie is still going for 3 point words, like Strawberry, Watermelon, Helicopter, etc. She doesn't speak as often as Alex but when she does she is spot on. My favorite of hers though is "Mingos!!!!" which is when we put anything with flamingos on her. <3 a="" nbsp="" p="" such="" sweetie="">
James and I are in a nice rhythm - it has been a couple of relaxed weeks and I am working out more and taking time on weekends to go for hikes. James is enjoying doing some of his hobbies more, too. And, thanks to Netflix, we are also spending Friday nights catching up on some of the movies that came out in 2014. And one night, we even went out to see a movie together. This was the first time we had gone to see a movie together, on a date, just the two of us, since before the girls arrived. It was so nice.
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| Yogurt by the pool! |
