Girls of summer

We have had a great summer!

The girls love to be outside and love playing in water, so we spend as much time as we can hanging out on our deck and in the yard.

We have still not gotten the maximum use out of our pool because it is too hard for either of us to take both girls swimming by ourselves, and it seems like we always have so much going on.

But Emily definitely loves the pool and I am sure Charlie will too when she gets bigger, so we are very excited for summers to come!

They both love to splash around in the water table.

On one of our Kentucky trips, Emily had a blast swimming with the big girls.

She was holding hands and jumping off the sides with them over and over again.

And Charlie discovered the joy of cheetos!

One day Emily insisted on wearing this hat to daycare.

One of her teachers took her outside for an impromptu photo shoot.

Her legs look so long!

This is my favorite shirt so I had to get some pics of my other little model.

She was skeptical at first....

Emily tried to recapture her youth in the bouncy seat.

Charlie made sure that the living room never got too clean or organized.

Thanks baby girl!

And, after watching Emily fall in love with other kids' tricycles everywhere we went, we got her one of her very own.

She was So excited, clapping her hands as Mikey put it together and saying "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!".

And then she sat on it, and couldn't reach the pedals.

Oops.

Luckily we found a smaller one for her to ride until she grows into this one.