summer fun

what a transformation 8 weeks can bring to a two year old girl!

she was hesitant at the beginning of the summer to get her face wet

but now she is determined to teach herself to swim!

it helps a lot that her cousins, both madison and eddie, are total fish in the water

when molly sees them swimming underwater and jumping in

she is determined to do what they can do

 i love that!

the best cousin picture we could get

 i couldn't get any of madison and eddie by individually because they were always in the deeper end of the pool

i was scared to take my camera past the stairs!

high five for a job well done!

mama, lovin' the last few days of summer!!

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summer fun

summer fun

summer is in full swing at our house and i'm lovin' every minute of it

but, i can already tell it's going too fast! 

we've had lazy days, fun filled days, water days, and lots and lots of home projects that i've been working on

i'll post pictures soon of everything i've accomplished...just for my memory! 

but i have a lot left to do...

last weekend we went to the "big" pool for the first time

eddie and ambre have a pool in their neighborhood and we enjoyed it last year too

molly has about 6? bathing suits...it's my guilty pleasure

when you wear a 2T i just think it's ok to have that many suits!  right?

but, this is my favorite of the season and i had to spend time poking around on ebay to find her size

it's the gymboree flamingo line and is just so cute!

the coverup is gymboree also, but i found it at a consignment shop just in time for the weekend:)

love it when that happens

the color of the suit, the flamingo, the flower, oh it's just so cute!

she was a bit timid at first

but it didn't take long to be overly excited about the pool

madison has grown so much!

and, check out this little stinker!  read his shirt...it's the truth! ha!!

he looks sweet and innocent, but he can turn on a dime so watch out

all this extra time with my girl this summer has made for a true mommy's girl!

as if she wasn't all ready, but now she's completely rotten!

i hug and kiss on her all the time, i can't get enough of her!

she grown and changed so much!  her hair is growing out, her language skills are incredible, and her reasoning and problem solving skills blow me away sometimes!  

she has the cutest vocabulary and i love to hear her talk.

i love to hear her play when she doesn't think i'm listening to her!  it's a riot!  

actually she sounds just like me...you know how they are a recorder of everything you ever say?

yeah, it's sometimes good and sometimes bad!

these two are a pair!  she loves eddie too, but she really looks up to and mimics madison.

and madison loves having a younger cousin to play with

well, i've got to go make use of naptime...

hope you are enjoying your summer too!

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kindermusik, tornadoes, and acting

on tuesday morning we go to kindermusik class thanks to aunt ambre and uncle eddie who paid for molly's tuition this summer!  (yes, i say thanks to aunt ambre a lot because she is a great aunt and is totally smitten with ms. molly therefore has bought her a lot of stuff since we've been home!!ha!!  i was blessed with very fun and wonderful aunts in my life so i'm SO GLAD we have aunt ambre close by to contribute in the spoiling of loving on my daughter)

back to kindermusik...it is a short interactive music class for children and parents to attend together.  molly and i are in the "sign and sing" class.  she is learning some sign language for certain frequently used words.  i was able to take madison and eddie to kindermusik classes when they were younger and i'm so happy to be taking my own daughter there now.  molly loves going and jumps in with gusto to any activity we are doing!

  see what i mean, that's molly jumping right into the middle of the room as soon as we walked in the door!

this is clean up time...there is a song, and a sign.  we sign and sing this about 37 times within the 45 minute class.  it could get annoying, but look at all the kiddos totally amazed!  the amazing thing is they actually put the toys away without having meltdowns!  molly is a pro at this...cleaning up that is not melting down:)

dancing

making music

always focused on the teacher...she is a good listener!!

i told you...see, she is watching what the teacher is about to do/say next!

she always approaches the teacher...since the first day she makes a point to have one on one attention with her at some point in the class.  i think she might be a brown noser...

showing her 'clean up' skills

so proud!

 watching...

 and imitating

giving the clean up basket to the teacher while everyone else is playing with the toys that go inside...see what i mean...brown. nose!

then she decided to just sit inside the basket

going to the teacher again

and again!  she always goes to her when it's time to dance.  maybe she knows i'm not a good dancer and prefers ms. amy's moves to mine??

after kindermusik we come home for the afternoon.  today molly found all of the construction paper and managed to pull out every single piece and bring into the living room!   her afternoon snack is hanging from her mouth.  she's much too busy to sit and eat.  my house is officially a tornado and it still looks like this!  i'm about to turn the lights out, watch 'the little couple', and go to bed to face it all in the morning! ha!

the guilty one

she LOVES books, especially books about animals

this is her fake whimper...she pulls this move anytime she thinks i'm not paying attention to her.  as you can see i was sitting right in front of her at this moment, but she needed a little extra lovin' i guess!  she puts her finger in the book to get it "stuck" and then whimpers until I help her "remove" it.

then she wants me to kiss it... of course!  

she will do this 'fake/whimper', 'fake/stuck' thing a lot.  i think it is so cute {and a smart way to get attention}.  she has "stuck" her finger in the hinge part of the closet door, cabinet doors, the air vent, grocery carts, etc.   i hope she is careful...i don't want her to really get a finger stuck somewhere...she doesn't have any fingers to spare!!!  she is a real actress though!!

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kindermusik, tornadoes, and acting