We've had a string of fairly empty weeks, which is nice. Bob has had some late nights though, so that makes for long days for me...
These two are just drawn to water. Empty bucket? Lets fill it! And pick flowers to put in it!
Cecily finally caught a butterfly (that "played" with them for a few hours and then went back into the wild). She was super excited. Also note the weedy garden, pumpkin vine that's taking over everything and the jungle that is the fence.
Seriously, I think they've spent more time swimming in their clothes in this pool than in their swimsuits.
Little Emmy reallllly wanted to make salsa. I don't think she will eat any of it, but she had to help. We made a very small batch from a mix we bought at the grocery store.
Cadence entertains herself fairly well.
Attempt number two at getting two year pictures went a little bit better. We went prepared with her favorite song, "Tractor, Tractor," smarties, videos of Gideon, and Grandma. Still, she didn't really cooperate until she found the little bathtub with fake bubbles for baby pictures. Then we finally got some good shots of her throwing the 'balls' at the photographer. *sigh*
This is just a silly age...
We made no plans Labor day weekend- other than to spend some time at the farm with Jake and Rachel. It was a pretty nice quiet relaxing weekend. Bob even got to test out his latest board game that Lena suggested with his favorite game testers.
The little girls and I spent a morning and part of the afternoon helping Shelly with her baby quilt. She likes triangles and patterns that make my head hurt... or at least require a lot of thought to get lined up correctly.
Since the girls have been so into butterflies lately, we ordered some caterpillars and got to watch them make cocoons. When they emerged it happened so fast that we missed it. But it's still cool to see them drying their wings.
We let them go by the flowers after a couple of days.
Bi-eeeee buh-fly!
Otherwise it's been pretty quiet around here, other than the fighting... and "Tractor, Tractor" on repeat... and Cecily practicing her new piano songs... so not really quiet. Uneventful. Which we love.
Blessings.
