Happy Fourth of July! Here we are, smack dab in the middle of summer and haven’t melted yet, even though we’ve been through some really hot days. Johnny has been trying to get the swamp cooler going for the upstairs bedrooms mostly but to no avail. I suppose since we’re already half way there, we’ll just keep truckin’ along without it! We’ve been busy enough that even though it makes it hard for the girls to fall asleep, once they do, they fall hard.
Myla has been busy riding her bike with my dad and swimming as much as she can convince us to. Today, she decorated her bike for the parade before a day at the pool. She also spent a week at a little day camp learning about fairy tale magic. In the mean time, she’s been practicing writing her letters – especially her name, its everywhere! – and her cutting skills. She tells us every night that she wants to do something exciting, although we aren’t sure what she thinks is exciting. I’m pretty safe with guessing concerts in the park, or the pool, but after that I’m stuck. Next week she starts a little dance camp that I hope she will like. She seems to be getting taller too, but when I measured her last night, she came up to the mark made in May. Maybe I’m just going crazy.
Kinsley has been practicing her stair climbing and is very interested in what’s cooking for dinner. She loves to be up and watching us stir or cook, even though it makes us really nervous for her to be up there. We don’t bother much with putting the ottomans in front of the stairs anymore except to slow her down from climbing over them. She also loves to play hide-and-seek with Myla and will bend down to look under tables or couches and will even do a version of counting with her hands over her eyes while she’s walking. She’s a real good eater and has developed a liking for blueberries – something she got from her dad.
Johnny has almost got the sprinkler system in and in a short while, we should have some grass in our dirt backyard. It will be nice as we transition into the late days of summer to be back on the deck while the girls run crazy on the grass. Its fun to see them play and the backyard is slowly transitioning into a good place for it.
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