Mooooore Splashy Fun with Friends???

...and then this happened. Oh.soooo.tired on the way home. We had a whole conversation about her napping once we got home. She never once opened her eyes. "No nap. Not nap." Sweet baby girl....

SprayPark Fun.

Oh that little tutu swimsuit. My mommy heart wishes it would just fit forever.

We have a little girl...

She was so teeny tiny when she got here, and got smaller still. Then she grew...and grew. Now, as I type this, the picture above is about 6 months old, and all I hear these days are "she's gotten so tall." She's growing so fast. She's this perfect mess of crazy curls, dimple knuckles, sweet kisses, sweeter voice still, confidence, sass and giggle-y giggles. She's so much more than we could have dreamed of for our family, and we are just all in love.

We have a little girl.

Pre-school Prep.

Big girls go to school.
Big girls can open their lunch containers.

...but my little baby is just barely two, and this mama worries about her not being able to open her lunch containers!

Okay, seriously....I really did worry about this, and I wanted it to be easy on her teachers... So, we started in June working on lunch containers for the end of August/September start to Mother's Day Out.
Worry wart? Maybe.
I prefer to think of it as---pre-school prep. ....and I'm pretty sure that the pre-school teachers would thank me for it.

We got these Sistema lunch boxes. The colored sides snap up to open, and down into place to lock the little boxes. Eliette can work them so they are PERFECT for toddlers. 

They are pthalate and BPA free, so that's good, right???

Front Yard Fun...

Oh, the Summer months brought outdoor sunshiney fun.

Why so few pics of Gage? Several reasons... he's getting older and more independent. He's able to branch out and get farther away from home and the lens of Mommy's camera. He's getting older and doesn't want his every detail of life shared with the world. This mama respects that. The day to day living of life and using this blog to keep up with friends and family---and because they ask me to keep posting and keeping a history of our little life...well, that is what keeps me coming back here to record the memories and share the memories and experiences. So...yeah. Here they are. If you notice less pics with him in them---just know that it's not because I love him less.
:p

Itty Bitty Piggies

Cutest itty-bitty-pigtails I ever did see....

(May 2015)

Oh, I just love them.

Brother, wiping her hands and leading her into church...

Love, love, love!

Best Sonic Ever.

There's this amazing Sonic by my mom's house. I've affectionately dubbed it the BEST SONIC EVER.

Girls' Day!

Way back when (May 2015)....we met up with Rikki for lunch. Hot Mess Eliette was, as I remember, good as long as she could be. She didn't want to actually sit still at a table for a whoooole meal. Eh---such is the life of a toddler. We made it through, but it wasn't long after we got into the car that she was OUT.

Once at home and once she got the nap out of her system, it was quite the play day for Little Miss.

She loves her wagon so much.

:)

Then some friends came out to play too...

Fun with friends, wagon rides, mowing sidewalks....life was good.

We are so lucky.

We are so lucky that our kids get along most of the time... Gage likes to put Eliette in his t-shirts and she loves it too.

These pics are from some random evening with a random toss game we taped out in the hallway. Boredom busters, yo.

 ...then of course there was the pretend campout....

 ...and the chillin' on the couch...

We are so lucky that they get along {mostly} and have each other. I hope it always stays like this.