Thursday, August 31, 2017

Augusting it Up (Part 1)

Wow, the month of August we seemed to pack really full (hence the breakdown into a couple of blogs so not to be to overwhelming).  I felt like June was busy with our Cali trip, and July I helped my parents a lot with packing their house and settling back into ours.  When August rolled around I realized, ugggg, that means school will be starting back soon!!!  So we enjoyed out last days of summer together with baseball games, trips downtown, the solar eclipse, eating in the dark, processing hatred in our country and emotionally preparing for the start of school, before the big day arrived.   
So these were the in-betweens that I don't want to forget! The love of reading has run strong this summer.
Zoe is devouring chapter books now, about one a day!
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So that means many trips to the library.  We enjoy their summer programs, like this amazing one put on through Edventure regarding the weather.
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One night I happened to see a friend post about Kids Night Out at Irmo park.
I'm so not spontaneous, but something got into me and I scrapped dinner and we headed out.  The kids really didn't think I was serious at first but they enjoyed the time when we got there!
Large armadillos to hug...
along with slides....
and firetrucks brought many smiles!
We do love our community!
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 Ezra is very much into climbing these days.  Zoe enjoyed showing him the ropes of flipping off the couch...
which he ate up until I put a stop to things (and took some pictures)!
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Ezra is still beyond in love with his Koalie bear....each night he has me sing and pray through it to him (and he still nurses him on occasion).
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Saturdays have been full trying to get our basement/garage more presentable.  This time I allowed the girls to help me paint and they LOVED it....it was fun having them join in this activity!
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The girls are old enough to bathe/shower themselves, which is wonderful by the way.  Shiloh loves being able to clean her hair in the bath.
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"Take a picture of me mommy!"
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The date night with daddy....this time Shiloh was up!
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We managed to fit in another cooking lesson, this time focusing on knife and cutting skills!
That was not quite fun enough....so we added in some baking muffins, too!
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End of the year reading wrap up party with Cocky!  Always a treat!
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Zoe was beyond excited when we were able to actually have a play date with her amazing school friend, who she had missed all summer!
The attempt at a crazy face!
We love finding and hiding rocks from Irmo Rocks....such a fun idea!
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Somebody lost another tooth!  That one in the middle that had been hanging on for months (followed by its twin the next day)!  Zoe was beyond thrilled!
So much fun and more to come in the next blog...
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