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Jump4Fun

Tonight we went to Jump4Fun. We really enjoy doing this together as a family. I have taken the girls a couple of times before by myself, but we really like when Daddy gets to come with us. Kathryn used to be very afraid of the Batman slide that they have. I kind of don't blame her because the guy is probably 15' tall and you have to climb through his legs to get into the slide. In the beginning, she wouldn't hardly even look at him, but I think tonight she finally got over her fear. She went through the whole thing, by herself! Yay, Kathryn! And since she wasn't scared, Sydney wasn't scared of him any more either! It's really tiring climbing up, over and through, so by the time we leave, we're all whipped. We all shared an ice cream on the way home and had a snack of jelly toast when we got home.

 

 

 

 

(Notice the giant hole in Kathryn's sock! Classy!)

Daily Grind

Well, I know I haven't posted in a few days, but it seems as though nothing blog worthy has happened. But I know for some of you, it's the daily stuff that you like. So, here is some of the stuff we've been up to. Sadly, these are the only pictures I've taken in the past week or so. The girls are writing in a birthday card for our friend Ella. We went to her birthday party last Thursday. It was supposed to be a swimming party (which the girls were very excited about), but it ended up being rainy and 68 degrees! Crazy, I know!

 

 

Thursday morning I spread bug killer in the yard. Oh! Exciting, I know. Then on Thursday night I went to Marshalls and looked for a new bathing suit (no luck) and then I took the girls to the mall to play on the little playground. We shared a pretzel from Auntie Anne's (I had a free coupon) and I bought 2 pairs of shorts from New York & Company.

On Friday Mike and I went to a going away dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings and then we hung out with our friends, the Mears.

On Saturday we slept in a little and we all snuggled in bed for awhile. Then Mike went for a run and I took the girls to a Kids Block Party event in St. Charles. They had booths set up with different things for the kids to do like popsicle (obstacle) courses, jumpy houses, etc. That evening, we all went to Lake St. Louis to try and set a Guiness World Record! Sounds exciting, huh? It was actually pretty fun. The record was for the most people floating on floats and holding hands, or something like that. The record is 863, and we didn't quite make it, but it was fun and it raised money for our friends' non-profit, Unlimited Play. The girls did really well considering we had to float in a line holding on to each other for 45 minutes. Sydney had a little panic attack when she felt the sand in her toes, but she got over it quicky and then enjoyed picking up handfuls of sand and throwing it.

On Sunday I made bread from scratch. A friend of mine from church gave me the recipe and it is so wonderful! The recipe is large and makes 6 loaves (and I'm not talented/patient enough to figure out how to reduce it), so we shared with our friends. It was fun to deliver warm loaves of delicious bread. Kathryn even mentioned to me today that she had fun taking bread to our friends.

I got a fun book from the library the other day called hello, cupcake!. It has really fun cupcake ideas and I'm looking forward to trying some of the cupcake recipes. In the back it has a couple of variations using a box cake mix.

I almost have all the songs memorized from Kathryn's favorite DVDs, Hi-5. Both of the girls like them and I love to watch them dance to it.

I am trying to work on increasing our food storage. I bought a lot of food over the past two weeks and am now working on storing water. I've chosen to use milk/water jugs since it's what I have available. I found a couple of people on Freecycle who are going to save them for me.

I've been working out at Gold's Gym and preparing for my triathlon in Wood River, IL, on August 9th.

So, that's what we've been up to. Sorry there aren't more pictures. I'll try to be better about it.

Sunday Green Law?

The girls and I all matched for church today. It wasn't really planned, but when I realized it, I thought we looked pretty cute. I got my hair cut last Saturday, and you can kind of see it in the pictures. (It's stacked in the back, that's the part you can't see.) Ideally, we would have taken these pictures before church when we were fresh and crisp, but 1) Mike had to be at meetings at 7:15 (so he couldn't take them) and 2) I never have a second to spare before church.

 

 

 

 

Peaceful Valley Lake

On Saturday we went out to Peaceful Valley Lake near Owensville with the Andersons. The girls had a lot of fun playing with their grandaughter, Maura. Kathryn and Sydney were very afraid of the 6 dogs that were there. Sydney was constantly saying, "Puppy coming!" Kathryn was pretty jumpy about them too.

 

 

 

It's no surprise why the girls are scared of me when I make this face! Kathryn wanted to take pictures of me, so she would tell me which face to make and then she would take my picture.

 

Sydney's Birthday Cake

We had a few friends over tonight to celebrate Sydney's birthday. I made a yellow cake with vanilla pudding filling and chocolate frosting. It was delish! She's folding her arms in the first pic, because Kathryn told her to. I guess K thought we were going to pray first. (We didn't, oops.)

 

I love her face on this one. She's trying to blow out the candles. She tried 4 or 5 times, then Daddy helped her.

 

She thought it was yummy! You can't tell it by looking at her though. I think she must have thought that I was going to take it from her or fuss at her for being so messy! (I did neither.)

 

Kathryn's 'tards of many colors

Kathryn has just started a new dance class and I wanted to share with you how cute she looks in her 'tards. Most are from our friends and I got the teal one from the resale shop.

 

 

 

 

Look at those eyes!

Here is a pic that Mike 'engineered' in Picasa. Cool, huh? Enlarge it to see more detail.

 

Papa Harry & Corrie visit!

Papa Harry & Corrie came and visited up on their way home from Wisconsin. We went to the Museum of Transportation & had lunch at Chick-Fil-A on Friday. The girls had a lot of fun playing with Papa Harry and Corrie. They read books, played babies, did puzzles, played babies, played with shapes, and played babies. (Can you tell that the girls love to play babies?)

 

Sydney got a big pink ball, a new baby doll (with accessories), and bubbles!

 

 

 

Dora Girls

Both of our girls love Dora! They got these cute outfits from Grandpa & Grandma Daly.

 

 

Birthday Photo Shoot

Here are some pictures of our new 2 year old, Sydney! Mike is always telling me that instead of taking the girls to have their pictures taken, that we should just take them at home. So, today, he set up a photo shoot for Sydney.

We couldn't leave Kathryn out.

Slip-N-Slide Fun

It was a hot evening, so I set up the slip-n-slide for the girls. They aren't heavy enough to slide on it when it's on the ground, so I decided to try something different. They loved it, although it requires a technique so you don't hurt your back when you fly off the end of the slide. Kathryn mastered the technique quickly (basically, just sitting up straight) but Sydney hit her back one too many times and decided she was through with it. Click on the first two to see them larger and see the look on Kathryn's face.

 

 

 

Sydney enjoying her chocolate ice cream for dessert. They both ate like champs tonight (broccoli and stroganoff) so they got dessert.