July 29 Good times with KT

Thursday:  Kaity and I got invited over to Brenda's to swim in her refreshing pool at the condo complex where she lives. We swam from 3:30 until 6:00! Yay! We practically had the entire pool to ourselves and the water was SO WARM and wonderful. I failed to take any pictures there, but that's because I've been trying to live more in the moment instead of always being distracted with my camera and recording "memories". Emma has been talking to me about this!

We drove to my house with Kaity telling me how hungry she was during the drive. We ate our usual hotdogs, chips, jello and other goodies and then I showed Kaity some of the books I checked from the library this week. I was so glad to be able to pick up a few more books by Mo Willems. He is one of Kaity's absolute favorite authors.

Kaity decided it would be a very good thing to read all FOUR of the books to her baby doll, Angel--as well as her stuffed cat ... Roxie. 

Yes -- I know these books are UNDER Kaity's age group for reading comprehension and ability, etc. But Kaity really doesn't usually get very excited about books in general, and reading has been challenging for her. I think she does very well, though! She reads with a lot of expression. These books cracked her up--me too!

I love to read--have ALWAYS LOVED to read! It always warms my heart up to see Kaity ENJOY reading, even if the books are "beneath" her grade level--who cares?

I love you, Kaity-Girl. Good job reading tonight. It sure was a wonderful time with you!
 

July 27 Aidan and Erin

Tuesday:  Another Tuesday without Brendan! This week, he is enjoying a nature camp with one of his very best of friends. We missed you today, Brendan. 

Here is what these little stinkers did throughout the day:

We have multiple "meal" times ... snacks here and there ... and now and then they actually eat something one might call a "meal"-- but this is mostly Erin. Aidan only eats Gold Fish and chips, along with Chocolate Milk several different times during our time together. Today, I did offer them Apple Juice because Aidan specifically asked me to get some for him--and they both chose Apple Juice OVER Chocolate Milk! Yay!

Matey kept a very close watch over all of the food. He LOVES human food--mac 'n cheese, cucumbers, watermelon, bananas, lettuce, etc. We finally had to shut him in my room so that we could snack in peace.

We read quite a few stories today and did a lot of building with magnet tiles.

Aidan gets a real bang out of my stuffed hamster, Herbie, who repeats after what is said to him.

It's hilarious to watch Aidan's reaction to his voice being repeated--it just cracks him up so much.

Erin kept busy all day. She loves transforming the alphabet into robots, and she plays for a very long time with my magnet toys. 

I love this picture of you, Aidan (below)!

Erin requested that I get out my water toys, so that's what we did for almost an hour and a half in the afternoon. This was a relief because it was pretty hot inside. 

At one point, the kiddos decided to use the pool as their kitchen and announced that they were cookin me dinner.

Erin was mixing up a "puhpul [purple] unicorn cake for her buhfday [birthday]" but she was also making TEA just for me.

Aidan said he was mixing up some "bwoccowi" and kept pouring coffee into Erin's little cup. They went at this for almost 30 minutes and were super pleased.

Look at Erin's darling little face ...

I snapped a couple of pictures of them horsing around on the porch ...

This one is super cute of them ...

Before we knew it, my car had been washed, scrubbed, and it was time to go back inside and get dry and have a snack. They really loved the ice-cream filled popsicles! Yes! It was a GOOD day!

July 26 Beautiful blossoms

Monday:  I took a few photos this morning of the pretty blossoms--some are in my own yard, but others are in nearby neighbors' yards ... I LOVE FLOWERS.