Sweet summertime...

 This summer seemed to fly by for us.  We were either in T or C at our river house, or doing something outdoors here in Albuquerque.  It was SUPER hot, but we made the most of it!  I was going to sign Vivian up for a dance class and swim lessons, but sadly never got around to that.  Next summer when she is done with school we will definately be doing more things like that.  She is really coming out of her shell this year so i'm feel more confident about getting her into more group activities like that.  It was a real treat to have the kids all for myself and we were able to do what we wanted without the schedule of activities for one more year!  It will be hectic soon enough ;-)  Here's a recap of some of the fun things we did this summer.

Landen is such a polar opposite of Vivian!  At this age for Vivian, there was NO WAY she would even get close to the water spraying out of the fountain! She always sat on the side and watched the other kids. But he was all about the water and got right in there to play!!  This water fountain  is near our house in a shopping plaza called "Uptown" I love coming to this area because it's all open to walk around, they have yummy restaurants, it's close to a Trader Joe's, and of course the water fountain!  Most the stores are too rich for my blood, but a girl can dream right? ;-) 

He's getting wetter and wetter by the minute!!

As you can see Vivian does not have a drop on water on her ;-)  But I was super proud of her on this trip because she at least walked through the fountains...but she went when the water was NOT shooting up.  It became a game for her to make it before the water got her wet ;-)

She took a little time out to twirl :-)

This is the new addition to our family of animals!!  Her very own pet rabbit named Daffodil.  She is really a sweetheart!!  We made a deal with Vivian to get this rabbit, and it was to quit sucking her thumb for a whole month.  We told her if she can do that, then she can get a bunny...and guess what!!!  We are so proud of her, and she doesn't suck it anymore.

They also play so well together, and they always have lots of fun playing outside when we go to T or C.  They decided to have a "picnic" under the carport with some yummy fruit snacks.  Vivian spread out a blanket so her and Landen could sit down.  Of course wolf had to have some fruit snacks too!!

This was a MAJOR accomplishment for Vivian this summer.  She wanted so badly to climb to the top of the "spider web" but she was too afraid.  Well...she finally built up the courage and she DID it!!  I was so proud of her :-)

My kiddies :-)  They are truly best buds.  I just love this picture and had to share

I also wanted to let everyone know that I opened an account on Shutterfly so I share easier with you all when i take LOTS of pictures.  If your interested in following my page, just let me know on here and I'll add your email address to my list.  It's lot of fun to do!!  and I love sharing with you all.  I really want to try to blog more, there's so much the kids do each day that make me laugh!!