Disney Adventure

Last month I took my kids to Disneyland for two days before we had to come back to Georgia for the Summer. Thanks to Ryan's Dad, Skylee already had an annual pass and Parker is still free so I only had to pay for myself to get in :) We tagged along with my Mom, and Jennette's crew for all the fun. Here are some pictures from our day spent at Disneyland:

Jungle Cruise

Pirates of the Caribean

Train ride

Carousel

Cookies :)

Casey Jr. Train

Storybook

Churros :)

Such a fun day! We took a couple days to recover and then spent a day over at California Adventure. I loved being there with my Mom and Jennette (and her kids), and making great memories with my own kids.

My Girl

Monday was a lazy around our house, it was my clean up after Sunday, day. I heard Skylee "playing" upstairs, when she came down she told me she was upstairs making my bed and insisted I come up to see. Sure enough she had, and it was pretty darn good! Then she told me she cleaned her room, and Parker's! She did a really good job on each of those too. I could tell she really wanted/needed some positive affirmation, and she deserved it all. Later that day while I was cleaning up after dinner, I heard huge thuds coming down our wooden stairs. Soon after the sound stopped Skylee showed up in the kitchen doorway where I was in her skirt, somewhat matching shirt and a pair of my heels. She was begging for me to find something that she could do to help. Skylee is usually pretty good about helping to pick up her toys and doing small things, but this day was totally out of the ordinary. I was sweeping and that's where I was going to end for the day. Skylee decided that the floor needed to be mopped and started mopping all by herself. She would crack me up when Parker would be running around the house and if he came by a wet spot, she would warn him and tell him to turn around. She's such a sweet little girl. I'm hoping next time she gets in one of those moods, I can have more that needs to be done :)

Beach Day

Ryan had the day off yesterday so we headed to the beach crossing our fingers that our day wouldn't be ruined by rain/thunderstorms. Our crossed fingers worked, it was a beautiful day in Fernandina Beach! The kids had a great time playing in the sand, finding shells, and jumping waves. It was really hot outside, but the water was perfect temperature for cooling off.

-love that sand on my lens...

Hope you're enjoying your Summer too :)

Singing In The Rain

One thing that I will miss when we move from the South is the rain storms. Almost daily we have great thunderstorms, crazy lightening, rains buckets, and loud rumbling thunder. It's pretty fun. While in CA I found these cute rain boots at Target on clearance for only $3.75 a pair! I knew the kids could get some good use out of them.Usually it's too dangerous to go outside during one of these storms, but today it was just rain. We had a great excuse to use those boots and splash around in the puddles on our little porch here. Skylee has always been my more adventurous one, no fear kind of girl, I knew she would love it. Parker is my more apprehensive one, he's not the kind to just jump into a pool or even go in the water at the splash park, but he warmed up to the idea and ended up having lots of fun. It's the little things in life!

"Parker-man"

My baby is growing up. I really notice it on days he starts talking more like a kid than a toddler. While I'm so proud that he is learning and developing like he should, it makes me sad that my baby isn't really a baby anymore (relatively). Just this week he has started to pronunciate the "r" sound in some words, almost over pronunciates them, which is kinda funny. "CaRs" and "ShoRts" are my personal favorites :) He's also changed from saying things like "whas dat!?" to "Mom, what is dat!?" (of course in his sweet little voice). "I no wanna" to "I don't like it". He has been putting some great sentences together, which still catch me off guard that it's coming from him. I often wonder if I could just stop them from growing, would I ever get sick of them at that age and be ready to let them grow a little more before freezing their age again?! Random thought, I know... I feel so blessed to have such great kids, special little people that bring joy to my life and help me to fulfill my most important purpose in life. Being a mother is such a blessing.