I won't start where we left off, I'll start with the most important, which is Maggie's 2nd birthday! I kept it as small as possible. Pizza, cake and ice cream, presents. No invitations, No organized entertainment (only the bajillion toys we have littering the house), no unifying theme (unless you count "birthday"). Maybe I dropped the ball, or maybe I'm rebelling against the new idea that you must do all of those things in spectacular fashion in order to give your child fabulous memories of how cool you were. It's probably the former.
We also totally smashed the cake. I thoughtlessly placed the cake directly below some precariously arranged pumpkins and Jonny thoughtlessly walked through the dining room creating just enough vibration to send a pumpkin tumbling into the cake. Whoops! I made the kids eats that part.
The Macs and the Morrises
Maggie wearing her uniform: a romper. I can't keep this kid in clothes. Even rompers can be discarded, but they at least slow the process a bit. I wouldn't care except the whole potty issue.
Trying out her new stuff.
Don't touch! You'll ruin it!
Can't cram it in her mouth fast enough. It was pretty yummy. I love Goldsboro's
Can't believe it's already been 2 years! I can't believe it's ONLY been 2 years! Ha!
So that was last week, but of course there was also the whole month of July and the beginning of August that I missed. I'll hit the highlights.
We were lucky in that we were able to get away some this summer. Jonny had to work in Ca. so we stayed on Ventura beach and hung out there a few days.
I had no intention of letting them get into the water this time, and so I didn't bother with bathing suits. Of course by the time we left, Molly was completely soaked. Thankfully a better, more prepared mother, let us borrow a towel (and some Cheetos). Molly was grateful for both.
Playing at the park on the beach.
On the way home we hit up Sea World, which was fun as always.
Checking out the belugas.
Then the next weekend, we went camping near Payson with the Morrises. The weather was great and the kids had lots of fun.
Our tent! It kept the water out. Thankfully the Morrises shared their trailer with us. We even got to take showers!
The last day. Looking a little disheveled.
Smiling through the mosquitoes.
I somehow I didn't manage to get the log into the picture. It didn't look safe to me, but she survived.
Glad to be going home and getting ice cream.
It was pretty fun. My hope is that my memory of the rough parts will be diminished enough that I'll want to head back out next year.
Now, on to the random. Maggie is kind of a pain in the butt. Like most little ones, she's really good at making messes. The flour isn't on a low shelf in the fridge anymore.
She enjoys painting
We've had a few firsts. Molly is now a Lutheran...or at least a student at Yuma Lutheran School. We were pleased that a child of ours didn't burst into flames when walking into a church. So far she really likes it. Her class is really small, which is awesome.
Maggie had her first dance class.
I sent Molly in with her and that seemed to work out well. hopefully next week she'll stay in there by herself.
We have had a pretty mild summer this year. We've also had some pretty decent rainstorms which is always fun for desert folk.
We're hopefully going to get even more this week. It's awesome to see temperatures lower than 100 in August.
