Summer Update

Well, I'm back! I know it's been almost 3 months since I last wrote a blogpost. The only excuse that I can give is that I've been busy. I feel like we've been going, going, going all summer long & now the summer is GONE! The kids have started school & I'm hoping that things will finally settle down a little bit which means hopefully I can find time to blog more often!

Anyway... 

The kids & I made a summer fun list just like we did last year. 

We had 35 things on our list & we able to do all but 5. Not bad! 

Here are some of the things that we did...

We went to the splash park.

We went on a scavenger hunt.

The kids participated in the library's summer reading program & both earned trophies by reading (or being read to) 20 books.

We went to Chuck E Cheese

and to Mr. Gatti's.

 (And I won the Flaming Finger again. That's right, I'm pretty awesome at that game, lol!)

We feed the ducks.

We washed my car.

(And Alex washed his car too!)

We went to the playground.

We planted a small vegetable garden.

We played dress up.

We participated in a sticker club.

We flew kites.

We played doctor.

We went to the Rainforest Cafe.

We feed farm animals.

We got hair cuts.

We went to Build A Bear.

We went to Lone Star Bounce.

We had a spa day at home.

(Addy painted her nails all by herself.)

We went swimming & Alex jumped off the high dive!

We went to the Sugar Land branch of the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

We went to Sonic A LOT so Addy could get her favorites, french fries & ice cream.

 The kids both had their yearly check ups.

We had a water balloon fight in the backyard.

We celebrated my PaPa's 85th birthday

and Boone & Charlie's 2nd & 3rd birthdays.

Not only have I been busy doing things with the kids, but I personally have had a busy summer too...

I went to crossfit almost every day

(& sometimes the kids wanted to work out with me)

I bought a used breakfast table & chairs & stripped & restained it.

I volunteered to be one of the co chairs for the store at Addy's school & this summer I gave it a complete makeover.

Nick & I went to a Texans preseason game

The Texans lost to the Saints but it was still a good game!

I attended bookclub at my mom's house

and I went to my wonderful friend Kelli's baby shower (she's expecting twins any day now!!!)

which I made the centerpieces for.

We also celebrated Addy's birthday & the 4th of July & went on vacation to Georgia. I hope to have those posts written very very soon!

Insta-Friday

 This week we had a mini vacation in Beaumont before our real vacation to Florida next week. We did lots of fun stuff & I have lots of pictures from my phone to show you on this Insta-Friday!

Saturday -Addy making Bailey, aka Bawee, aka Gilbert pose for a picture. She held his head to look at the camera & said "Ok Gilbert, say cheese!" That poor cat!

Addy likes to play in her room because she can shut the door & trap Bailey inside play with Bailey. And Alex likes to play in Addy's room, well, because Addy likes to play in her room. I went to go check on the kids & found this.... A sweet little boy sitting in Addy's bed reading a book to Diego, Pablo & Uniqua.

On Sunday we went swimming. Addy was a scary monster... Booga Booga Boo!

 

We stayed for a couple of hours, but she didn't want to leave :(

Neither did he!!!

Nick had to be in training for work Monday thu Friday so I packed up the kids & we went to Beaumont for the week. This time we brought Bailey with us.

On Tuesday, CiCi & I brought Addy, Alex, Hannah & Peyton to the Piccadilly Circus at the Beaumont Civic Center. They were excited to go & raced to the entrance.

There were some loud booms & bangs during the circus & they scared Alex. He crawled up in Hannah's lap for a little bit, and then in mine, & then in CiCi's.

The circus was OK, not great, but not horrible either. Some of the acts were the motorcycle cage riders, a couple clown acts, a cute little horsey act & a girl in a cage that turned into a white tiger! Still not sure how they did that!

Wednesday we met Brooke, Boone, Charlie & Hannah at Chuck E Cheese.

When we cashed in the tickets, all Alex wanted was 3 boxes of pink Nerds. He started eating them one at a time, but Hannah showed him the way cool people eat Nerds!

I took the kids & Hannah to Rogers Park for a little while. It was really hot so we didn't stay that long.

Wednesday night, I met Kelli, one of my BFFs, at Pei Wei for dinner. It was so great to see her, I don't think we've gotten together in about 6 months which is WAY TOO LONG!

Then we went over to Winestyles & had a glass of a yummy moscato wine.

On Thursday, we met Brooke & her kiddos & Hannah again at the Beaumont Library for storytime. Alex sat by Hannah & listened to the stories & sang along.

Addy, she was not as interested in storytime. But she did enjoy making the monkey craft.

After storytime, I took the kids to Toys R Us to look at presents for Addy's birthday. We weren't even there for a whole minute before Alex was loaded down with toys that he wanted... A hula hoop, a pool noodle & a Madagascar 3 stuffed zebra.

Friday, June 15th was Addy's 6th birthday! I had to go back home to meet up with Nick & get everything packed up for Florida. So I left the kids with MawMaw & Granddaddy for the night. Addy got to have one of her presents (she'll open the rest when we get back from Florida), a Caillou doll. Sadly, Caillou bumped his knees & Addy had to make sure he was ok.

Alex also got a toy for Addy's birthday, a Chuggington train set.

We're leaving for Florida on Sunday so stay tuned for some great photos next week!!!