Summer Time... finally!!!

For the first time in two summers I am not pregnant or with newborn! Reason to celebrate! We are getting out and getting wet, having picnics, going to the park, and by the end of the day the kids (and parents) are completely exhausted! Love it!

K and Q got their first push pops and had so much fun pushing up and eating the never ending treat! At first I was holding Quinn’s for him, but he quickly snatched it from me and dove into it all by himself!

Daddy got busy clearing a space to build the new play set. While he was digging out the tree, a nest of baby birds fell onto the ground. We carefully scooped them up and put them back into the pile of branches from the tree- trying to reconstruct the tree the best we could. Then we watched as the mommy bird, with a mouth full of worms, finally found her babies again and fed them. We’re hoping they will make it! It reminded me so much of being a mommy (especially of a newborn) – the mommy bird spent the entire day finding worms and feeding her little babies.

Keira drove her car several times through the sprinkler Coup Wash and then used her ShamWOW to dry and buff every inch of her car. This girl loves to clean things! Her brother, on the other hand, loves to push her buttons and destroy things!

Quinn had so much fun playing in the water yesterday- the pool, the sprinkler, squirt bottles, the water table- he loved every second! He is busy and fearless! He also climbed the stairs (with us spotting) yesterday, climbed up the slide all by himself, and climbed up and jumped on our mini trampoline. BUSY! He is great at climbing UP, but hasn’t perfected the graceful dismount yet! It’s more like dismount onto face and scream to get off or down! Nothing phases the little man, however, and he will climb right back up and go again!

We enjoyed a beautiful, kid-free hiatus to Seattle! Don't we look so relaxed??