I can't believe that it is already the end of July. Summer is flying by way too fast. I am not ready for summer to be over and for Paige to go back to school. I love having both my girls home all day and that we can do whatever we want whenever we want. It has been pretty hot so we have spent a lot of time outside at the lake, inside enjoying the air conditioned house or waiting until evening to enjoy the slightly cooler evenings playing on the grass. I love summer evenings with my little family and just the little moments of drawing with chalk, throwing some sort of ball around, or watching Baylor play in the grass while Paige does gymnastics.
Baylor got to try out the cart seat at the store for the first time and loved it and of course big sister Paige had to be the one to push her. Paige is a big help with Baylor. Paige will watch her so I can take a quick shower. If Baylor is fussing Paige will find her pacifier or even pick her up to soothe her. She loves to pick out her clothes for the day and even gets her dressed on occasion. She will also change her diaper every once in a while. Every mom needs a good helper like Paige!
We have been enjoying lots of berries for the past few months. First it was strawberries so I made lots of jam and I found out that I am allergic to strawberry leaves. Every time I would pick them I would get a rash on my arms and it would be super itchy. The delicious jam and berries were worth it though and the next batch of strawberries should be coming on soon. Then came the raspberries. Every few days I would go pick them and then I have been freezing them. Now is blueberry time. I will probably freeze them but haven't gotten to that point yet. We have been enjoying eating them right now.
My two little cooking helpers. Paige loves to help me cook- pour things in and turn the mixer on and off. I am sure Baylor will want to help more as she gets bigger. Right now she just wants to grab everything in sight!
This past week we went and played in the lake three different days! It was a lot of fun and both girls loves the water. One of those days was with Julia, Wyatt, and Jessie. They came over and picked some blueberries then we went to the lake for lunch and swimming. They had a lot of fun and it was cute to see them interact and I always love to visit with Julia.
Babies in swimsuits is just the cutest thing!
Then Saturday for our weekend adventure we went to Saltwater State Park. We got some fried chicken from Safeway and had some lunch once we got to the park. Then we spent time exploring since it was low tide and then they girls played in the sand for awhile before heading home. It was a hot day but the breeze off the water felt great and I always love going to the Sound.
Notice all the mussels that we walked through.
Seaweed and hermit crabs. Under a few rocks there were hundreds of little hermit crabs that we would pick up by the handful and just watch them on our hands as they came out of their shells.
We even dipped our feet in the water and it felt so good on the hot day!
Baylor loved digging in the sand!
Paige wanted to be a mermaid with a sea shell fin. The sand was pretty dry so this is how far we got but she still liked it.
It was a fun little outing with my fun little family.
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