Supper Sleepies

Dinner can really wear a girl out!

Golf

We'd been meaning to take the kids miniature golfing for a while but life always is busy. But with the Volleyball season looming, we are on a last minute push for fun family time before life gets crazy. So yesterday we dropped Ady off with Grandma and took Denver and Willa on a mini-golfing adventure. Hysterical. Denver being my stubborn child, did not want to hear how to hold the putter correctly and Willa at one point called the putter a bat. Watching the two of them and their version of golfing, which really ended up to be more like a moving guide for the ball on its' way to the hole, Wayne and I laughed and laughed. They each got at least one hole-in-one. It was very fun. And reminded me that fun times like these should not be postponed or only brought out for vacations.























Some holes were trickier than others and this one seemed to get the better of Willa. This is less than half the pictures I took from this hole.





For anyone keeping count Wayne and I tied. I was fairly proud of my game. I am not a patient person and golf seems to challenge my attention span. I made it solidly through our 18 holes. I didn't win but I didn't lose either. Oh, I think Wayne would like me to point out that he was golfing left-handed.

I have been feeling very unbloggerish lately. Maybe it's the weather. We've had some lovely days. But our summer has been filled with a lot of playing! Playgrounds and walks with Possum at his favorite new place, Ellison Park.
Ady started cereal. Her technique includes shoving her two fingers in her mouth immediately after a spoonful of food is inserted.








AND she is sleeping through the night(woo hoo!). And her latest discovery is her feet.

I would say we are savoring, as much as we can, what will likely be our last baby. And with all our intentional savoring, it still feels like it is flying by.Volleyball starts in less than 2 weeks and I'm excited for it and dreading it all at the same time. I love this sport and I love coaching but it is a crazy commitment when you add 3 small kids to the mix. 'It's only 10 weeks' I tell myself, but it is always longer than that. I'm hoping this year our Varsity has a chance at States, which would be so exciting for the athletes and the coaches. And I am ever optimistic of havng a winning season. I love to win. Unfortunately, since we have such a small school, sometimes I have to give my JV's over to the Varsity before they are really ready or I am really done with them. And so a win can sometimes be elusive. But every year I am hopeful.

Springdale Farm

While on vacation last week, we went to Springdale Farms. This is a local working farm that Denver got to go to for school. It's free and an easy way to spend an afternoon. The highlight was climbing on the hay stacks with the goats. They were surprisingly happy. The goats I mean. Although they did show a lot of interest in the stroller. The girls were happy too. Ady slept through most of it. Which is all for the better since I don't think she would have truly been able to enjoy the goat experience.

Bug Hunt

I love that my very girly girls LOVE bugs. (Except when they are in their bedroom, turns out even bug-lovers don't care for that) Worms and Potato Bugs seem to be the specialty these days and I am expected to provide many dixie cups for their temporary residence on our porch. I love Summer.

Just Call Me Bubbles

Adalyn has reached that point in her babyhood where we need to teach her how to sleep. I remember this stage vaguely with Denver. It was not that fun. With some kids, you have to let them cry it out until they fall asleep. Willa, God bless her, was not that kind of baby and would fall easily to sleep when drowsy. Ady does not seem to be so easy going. So this morning we let her cry till she fell asleep(only 20 minutes). Here's hoping we can get her down so easily tonight. She has been sleeping worse. Wanting only to be snuggled close to me when in sleepyland. This ends up crowding Wayne since the two of us tend to inch slowly over to his side. Surprisingly, this is something he does not enjoy. Hmmm...curious.

Tie Dye Party

Well, for a bit of crazy Summer fun, we hosted a tie dye party for many of the girls' friends. This was a fun mix of friends from school, friends from dancing, friends from church and friends from the neighborhood. In all there were 29 kids(not counting infants) and 10 parents. My house is not big and neither is my yard, not to mention the vast amount of rain we've been getting has produced some very healthy weeds which I have not had time to get to. So it was kind of chaotic, but still fun. I could have timed it better since we are still trying to finish the kitchen and were working like mad to put as much of it back together as we could that morning. But the weather cooperated, and by that I mean it did not rain during the 2 hour event, though you would never know it was July.

Tie dye is fun, plain and simple. Like coloring Easter eggs. Even though you could not possibly eat more than a dozen hard boiled eggs, you always want more to color. Tie dye is the same, once you get going you start looking around for more things to color. One friend took off her socks so she could dye them. Another grown-up friend borrowed a t-shirt so she could dye the one she came in:) The kids all seemed to have a blast and ended the event with a large scale bug hunt. And this is what I LOVE about kids this age, it did not matter that they had never met. By the end, almost everyone was playing together.