The Scientist

Kade is obsessed with anything science and math related. He is constantly asking us questions and unfortunately for him I do not have much science related knowledge to share with him. Thank goodness for Bryan! 

His biggest obsession is with outer space. It is all so fascinating to him and I love it. He asks hard questions! He sits and watches these really boring (that's just my opinion :)) science shows with Bryan and he just eats it up. 

As we were walking in to VBS the other day he said "mom did you know that the two atoms that make up water are hydrogen and oxygen?" 

The other night he was telling a ghost story and it went a little like this: " There was a talking planet and one day he are up all the other planets, stars, and nebulas." I had to pause there and ask what a nebula was... He let me know it was an exploded star, duh.. 

On the 4th of July we were at some friends house and the kids were blowing bubbles, Kade pointed to one and shouted "Look Daddy! That one looks just like a molecule!" 

He told me the other day he wants to be an astronaut for Halloween. He also asked that when he is just a little bit older if we can take a family vacation to Jupiter and maybe Pluto of we have time. 

I love it. I love every thing about that science loving kid. 

And one story about Ella. She just wants to like anything that Kade does so she has picked up a few things here and there. My absolute favorite is when she get really excited, points to the sky and yells "There it is!! I see it!! There is the Milky Way!!!" 

Ella's Tea Party

Whoa!!! The whole month of June has come and gone. I am so far behind!! I have three weeks of family visits, trips, the 4th of July, and lots of adventures to post about. I figured I would start with these pictures I took of Ella last month. I have been planning on doing a tea party photo shoot with her for a long time, and one random Sunday I decided to set it up on a whim. The weather was perfect and Ella was in a great mood so I grabbed a few things from around the house and set up her own backyard tea party.

I am in LOVE with the pictures.

 

This picture kills me. I know we are biased but we can not stop staring at it. She is just so beautiful!

 

Good until the very last drop. :)

Lazy days of summer

We have had so much fun these first few weeks of summer. Staying up late, a week with cousins, aquarium visits, spending our days in the back yard, popsicles by the pool, and afternoon naps... It's shaping up to be a fantastic summer.

We went strawberry picking a week or so ago.

Painting with water on the driveway is always a hit.

EC was terrified in the car wash :)

My grocery shopping buddy

Kade has his end of year tball party! 

I think I've mentioned it before but Ella loves to "hide" under blankets on the floor. I'm fairly certain she thinks we really don't have a clue where she is. I walked in my room the other day to see this. I sent this picture to Bryan asking if he knew where she was. :)

Ella had her end of year show off at ballet. I have many more pictures to put up.

Group hug on the last day!

We baked a tie dye cake.

I bought some sparklers and pop it's. The sparklers scared Ella but both kids love the pop it's! We got into a boys vs girls war with them on the driveway.

First few days of summer

I have really been looking forward to this week. We have been on the go so much lately that I was really ready for a slow week with nothing to do. I had to tell myself to stay home, let the kids just play, and relax a little. As wonderful as all that sounds, it is sometimes really hard for me to do. After several days of being "bored" I feel so much better! This week is just what we needed! 

Sweet summer girl :)

Homemade slip and slide

This has been our week. Slip and slides and playing in their little pool. Perfection! 

She was busy making me "coffee." 

This was at ballet. The second half of her class is spent in the gym and I realized I've never taken any pictures. And I'm not going to lie, the past several weeks have been rough at ballet. Ella has had some pretty crazy moments and we are hanging on until our last class next week. :)

Last night as they were getting in bed I decided to surprise them by letting them stay up late to watch a movie. And they got cookies and milk. Kade told me it was the best night ever. 

So here we are, it's 7am and my kids are still asleep. Considering they haven't slept past 7 in who knows how long I consider this a summer miracle! Today our plans are the same as the rest of the week! I will continue to clean out some closets and the most of the day will  be spent around here. Then tomorrow we have a lot to do to get ready for our guests coming on Saturday! My kids are bedside themselves, they are so excited for Braxton and Briley to get here!!!!!!!

The beach

On Sunday we went to a nearby beach. It was actually on the bay but it had sand and saltwater so we will call it a beach! It was perfect!!! It was so easy! The water was shallow enough everywhere that it was perfect for little ones. The kids played their little hearts, by the time we left they were worn out! It was only 45 minutes away and an easy enough place for me to take the kids alone so we are planning several more visits this summer!! 

Kade made a friend the moment we got there and he was a giant blur the entire time. From the pirate ship, to the water, to building sand castles. He never stopped! 

This picture makes me laugh out loud. She hides like this under blankets at the house and we have to "find" her. But here she wanted to hide from the sun so she grabbed her towel and went and say like this all by herself. I wonder what other people on the beach were thinking. Haha!