Outdoors

Well it's still hot, but my kids were tired of being cooped up all summer. I think a typical conversation went something like this: (kids) "Mom can we go outside?" (me) "No I'm sorry it waaayy to hot to be outside." (kids) "PPPPPLLLLEEEEAAAASSSSEEE!"
(me) "(Sigh) I'm sorry but no." (kids pouting as they slump off).
So at the first break in the heat, out we went. The mornings are not terribly bad now, so we took full advantage this week, and spent one day at the park and one at the zoo. The zoo was especially nice because when it did warm up the kids were ready to get wet. LOL Tim cracks me up. He found these pictures carved in the rocks, and told me he wanted to read me the story on the rock. So then we got to discussing hieroglyphics and all that. Hey we are homeschooling after all. :)

I actually will admit to forgetting to take Erika's 10 month picture with the bear. This one was taken a day late. This was another time when she pretty much refused to straighten out... LOL It's cute anyway. We have entered a new phase with Erika... she is now cruising around the furniture. It won't be long now I don't think for her to start walking. I am ambivalent, as I want her to grow up... but some days I really miss her being a baby. She is also starting to get her own mind about things... food she does not like ends up on the floor, toys she does not like are tossed aside, and when she is excited about something you know it. She still only has the two teeth, but the top ones are poking through a little, so she has been a little grumpy this past week.

Oh and speaking of teeth. Tim's two bottom teeth are loose. He is excited about getting a visit from the tooth fairy. I am sure it will be pretty funny if he looses both of them about the same time. I will post pics once they come out.

Well, in other news things are progressing nicely on our big news... we are hoping to have something to post in the near future (wink).

So for now, I leave you all with a nice picture of Tim and Lex and we hope you enjoyed the update. Thanks for stopping by.

Random stuff

Well we ended the month of July with a trip the Children's museum. The theme was monsters... as you can see the kids had a blast.
They got to dress up, create monsters and even make a movie. The black lite room was very cool too. The kids had lots of fun coloring and just being "monsters" in general. The last one of Tim I asked him to pose nicely for me so we could get a a good picture to send to granny... this is what I got. LOL!! Silly child! Even Erika had fun in the baby section of the museum.

Unfortunately for us a few days later Erika got sick... then Alexa got it... then I got it... then Tim... and finally Mike... Although by the time it got to Mike it was a pretty mild case of whatever the rest of us had. Ugh, we were out of commission for over a week and Lysol was my best friend.

Well, once we were feeling better things got back to normal... Erika is now my little fashionista... LOL. Love the Mohawk look. She is also standing now on everything... this was the first time I caught her standing in her crib. I love the two teeth. She is just so cute!

All of my kids are cute (not that I am biased or anything) Here is a good one of all three.

Ok and last we have proof that it does rain in the desert. The kids had a blast puddle jumping and getting wet. The cooler temps are kinda nice too.

Anyway, so that has been the last two weeks. Hope you are all well. Take care and thanks for stopping by.