A little bit of this, a little bit of that...

Last Friday Stella had a class field trip to 4th of July beach. The weather was perfect, the tide was out, and they had yummy snacks. It was a fun day. Here she is with her "best friend" Rachel.



Did I mention we have the greatest neighbors? Well we do. My dad spent some more time the other day smoothing things out. If I had a penny for every rock that is on our property, I'd be the richest girl in the world. I told Sean we need to get a machine that picks up rocks and leaves the dirt. He looked at me and said, "then we'd have nothing left." I think he's right.



Ava, watching her Grandpa, brother and sister on the tractor. Don't worry, she didn't feel left out. What you don't see in the picture is the bowl of snacks she has sitting on her lap. She was perfectly content right where she was at.



We got ourselves some future bike riders. They're not there yet, but they are getting close. We've been practicing at Grandma and Grandpa's because they have nice, smooth roads. I'm pretty sure you can imagine what our road is like...it's rough, you're right. Rough and dusty. The kids come in from outside with brown feet and brown faces and no, it's not from the sun.



Jonah dressed himself. These are the shorts of choice. They're size 24 months. I try to tell him they are too small, but he'll have none of that. They're his favorite soccer shorts. I guess he's got a good point, soccer players do wear short shorts.







Ava couldn't ride the bikes, so she ran behind them instead.



She cheered Stella and Jonah on with Grandma too.



Then she talked Grandma in to taking her to the pond to feed the fish.



Then she worked her magic and got Grandpa to let her drive the tractor.



Monday night we had a night out on the town as a family. Sean, being the greatest Sunday school teacher that he is, earned a gift card to a local restaurant for all his hard work. We had a yummy dinner at Downriggers and then walked down the street to get some ice cream. The flavors chosen included, bubble gum, birthday cake and my personal favorite, mint chip.



Stella had bubble gum. She was saving each piece on her napkin to chew after she was done with her cone. Unfortunately the gum fell off the napkin before she had the chance to enjoy it. She didn't care, she still had one piece left in the cone.





Ava likes ice cream. She shared with all of us.







Some tourist was nice enough to take our picture. It was a fun evening.



I gave my baby a bath in the sink the other night. I took all of her clothes off while I was getting the sink ready. Then I saw her splashing around in some "water" that was on the floor. I quickly figured out it wasn't water, it was pee. Before I could stop her, she was doing a little splash-splash on the floor and then a little rub-rub all over her face. And here I thought she needed a bath because of her brown feet. Babies, if only they knew that splashing in pee and toilets isn't a good thing.



I was taking these pictures in manual mode. I'm a wanna-be photographer. These black and whites have a lot of noise (as I have learned to call it). I could blame it on the lighting and the fact that I was staying away from using a flash...but I'll be honest, it's my fault, I have no idea what I'm doing. Don't worry friends, I'll be keeping my day job.