Summer Fun.

What do you do to stay cool in this heat? The girls like Popsicles. Yes, even Lucy does. And Madeline, she wants them for breakfast, lunch, dinner and each snack in between. And of course, there's the mini pool. Now that Lucy is crawling, she very much enjoyed sitting and moving around in the pool. Madeline likes to pretend she's having a shower, and so, we got out the soap and made a real bathtub/shower experience out of it. Come winter, I'll miss these days, so we take advantage as much as we can!

Updates on the girls- Lucy is 10 months now. Crawling. Eating some table food. She had her first grilled cheese with ketchup the other day and seemed to really like it! Her personality is developing more and more- for example, she knows how to let her sister know when she's making her mad! She shreaks. Or screams. She really is a well tempered, easy going, happy baby. Except, at night. She doesn't much care to sleep. A problem we've had since she was born. It's exhausting, but we manage to find our way through the night up and down and up and down. Someday, right? She is a snuggle bug, so at least she's sweet to hold onto.

Madeline is spoiled. She's nurturing, she's happy, she's bossy, she's sweet, she's everything a 2, almost 3, year old should be. She's quite smart, we think. Maybe smarter than us at times. The best thing she says to us, is without prompting her, she will reach for a hug and say, "I love you Mommy (or Daddy)". Melt. Your. Heart.

In the house, we've, rather Lowe's, has been building our lower level man cave/bar/kitchen. Everything a man cave needs will be in this section of the house. It should be completed this week and just in time for all things party coming up later this month! We also leveled our backyard space, ridding ourselves of all weed trees so that soon we can have a backyard for our kids to run around in. For now, it's a mud pit with holes :-( Maybe by fall, maybe not til next spring, whenver..... it will be a lovely space for the kiddies.

Summer is winding down! Enjoy it! And enjoy the recent pics!