June Moments

June has been a wonderful month filled with sunshine, end of school fun, and family time. Baylor and McCall are often found outside riding bikes or playing school in the playhouse and Paige is often found checking the UV and reading a book in the backyard. McCall and I have had so many fun outings with Celina and her kids and we are just truly loving the summer weather.

Baylor had her school carnival and as always, she had so much fun. She loved constantly being with a friend and had a blast. McCall and Paige did a few of the things and we all had a fun night together.

We got to celebrate our favorite guy for his birthday! Happy birthday Nate! We are sure blessed to have you in our lives!

He just wanted a hug from all his girls, and you can tell which ones like hugs and which one does not. :)

Paige got a phone! She is super excited about it and loves texting friends! McCall got the cutest sweatshirt from the Outlet and looks way too grown up! And Baylor finally lost a tooth that has been hanging on way longer than it should.

This girl is the cutest! She still falls asleep some afternoons, makes the funniest faces, and loves to be with Mom and Dad.

One fun outing with Celina and her kids was to the splash pad in Auburn. I have never been and McCall had so much fun and it was a perfect way to cool off on this hot day.

Nate does ball field prep on Saturday mornings during baseball season for the City of Covington and one morning I decided to go with him and see what he does. I loved it and I loved how detailed he was and truly just wants to do a really good job for the kids.

Paige got to go paddleboarding with some friends on the lake and loved every moment of it.

And while Paige was out paddleboarding, we took the younger two to the lake to play. Baylor didn't last long but McCall was a little fish.

McCall and I were able to go to Baylor's all school lunch and recess for her field day and we had so much fun and Baylor and her friends loved playing with McCall and were so sweet to her.

Paige graduated from middle school! I can't believe we are going to have a kid in high school! She has grown so much during middle school. She has found amazing friends and has grown in confidence in who she is. We were able to be there for an awards ceremony, and Paige got an award for having a 3.8 grade average or higher during all of middle school. Then they do a walk through, and it was a really cool thing to watch. I was doing good until I saw Paige crying at the end with her friends.

Paige got her braces off!!! Just a little shy of two years and I can't believe how much she has grown in those two years and now she has beautiful straight teeth! 

Our grass finally came in this month, and our front yard looks amazing! (Dialed in according to Nate!)

Juliette and Amy flew out the week that school got out, and we have loved having them around. We didn't do much since there were lots of school things going on and short days, but I loved visiting with Amy in the backyard, and we will have Juliette for 5 weeks! 

The youth had a fun combined activity in our backyard where they tie dyed shirts and did human battleship.

We also had a fire, and this girl was having fun with the coal and dirt from the previous fire we had. Reminded me of someone else....

School ended and summer fun began! Paige had a quick orthodontist appointment and right after we went to Lake Wilderness so Paige and Juliette could paddleboard and we could have some lake fun.

This little girl LOVES the water!

Then she became still and making a funny face and I asked her what she was doing and she said pooping. I immediately had her get out of the water, but I was not fast enough to get a diaper on her and poop was dripping out her swimming suit and down her leg. Good thing I had just put another pack of wipes in my bag and thank goodness we were on the edge of the swimming area mostly in trees so hopefully not too many got to witness the poop disaster. I got her all cleaned up and used buckets of water from the lake to rinse her swimsuit off in the grass. Then she got back in and was a happy camper again!

Baylor loved floating in the water, got brave enough to jump off the dock once all by herself, and then enjoying warming up and soaking up the fun while she waited for everyone else to be done with the water.

McCall also loved the floaty!

It was a fun afternoon!

I got to go to the temple to go through with one of my young women that is going on a mission. It was a very sweet experience, and I even got to do the work for my ninth great-grandmother.

Nate found this idea online with all the instructions and measurements and we have had this scrap wood for quite a while. He worked on it with Baylor one day and now we have the cutest picnic table that is the perfect size for McCall.

We got to celebrate our favorite guy a second time this month for Father's Day!

Paige and Juliette (Pig and Julip) have had the best time and bring the fun and silly side out of each other. There has been lots of crafts, games played, star gazing, and late night conversations. 

Sunday shenanigans for a random Sunday afternoon! The videos are so entertaining!

June was a great month! We spent the last week at girl's camp which was incredible and will be on another blog post. I can't believe we are already halfway through the year.

4 Years Old

McCall is 4 years old!!! I can't believe that my baby is 4! She is a complete joy and everyone's favorite. She is 3 feet 2 inches and 31 pounds and right where she should be growth and health wise. She LOVES Paw Patrol. She is my most social child and loves to play with a friend. She has the best imagination and can play for hours by herself. She loves to draw, cut, and tape. She always makes things for Paige because Paige lets her tape them on her bedroom wall and there is an entire McCall artwork mural at this point. She loves to be outside and play on the playground or be in the water. She is very sweet and is sensitive to others. She makes the best faces and that is when the sass comes out! She loves her daddy the most. She is happy to follow her sisters around and do whatever they are doing. She loves to go over to Nona and Pop's house. She loves to by my helper and side kick. She is my far our most cuddly kid. She is patient and kind and so cute. We love you McCall! Happy Birthday!

Of course, she had to have another Paw Patrol birthday and loved everything about her day. She woke up to the house filled with Paw Patrol decorations and she had a fun, simple birthday party with ice cream sundaes and lots of Paw Patrol inspired presents. We had friends and family over and we enjoyed the evening celebrating our favorite 4 year old in our back yard.

These two sure had fun cutting up the balloons to help clean up in the evening! :)

Happy Birthday sweet girl!

Letters X-Z

 We did it! McCall finished her letter ,themed preschool just in time for school to be out for the summer. She loved preschool and always wanted to do it first thing in the morning. She knows pretty much all of her uppercase letters, can cut and write like a 3 year old pro, and loves to learn. She is a great student!

Monday- Letter X for X-Ray Fish. She first did a counting activity with different numbers on each x-ray fish and we used Q-tips to count how many bones each x-ray fish should have.

Then she created her own x-ray fish.

Tuesday was Letter Y for Yarn. She painted and created a wonderful artwork with pieces of yarn being dragged through paint.

Then she did a yarn weaving activity with a paper plate.

Then Wednesday was the Letter Z for Zucchini. I first cut some slices of half of the zucchini and then let her use a butter knife to cut it up in as many pieces as she wanted.

Then she painted with the zucchini. I forgot to take a picture of the end, but her paper was covered in blue zucchini circles.

Then we made some chocolate zucchini bread.

Now onto summer break!

Letters S-W

Last full week of preschool! McCall has learned and progressed so much over this school year. These preschool lessons for very simple but she has impressed me with her growth. I loved the intentional one on one time with her!

Monday was the letter S for Socks. She did a cute sock craft where she colored and decorated her own socks.

Then we each put some socks on and slid around on our hard floors.

Tuesday was T for Train. She did this fun train craft. She cut out the squares and drew the windows.

Then we did a train counting worksheet.

And last she played with our train Lego set.

Wednesday was U for Utensils. First, I got a bowl of pom poms, and she used a plastic fork, spoon, and knife to try and move the pom poms from one bowl to the other.

Then she painted with the utensils to create a beautiful art piece.

Thursday was V for Violin. She helped cut out some of the pieces and glued it all together.

Then she did a violin color matching worksheet. Then I cut out the violins, and she made a fun card for give to Paige in the evening for her orchestra concert where she got to watch Paige play her violin.

Friday was W for Waterfall. She cut out littles pieces of blue paper for the water to fall down and then used cotton balls for the bottom where it looks white from the water hitting the bottom. For our second activity we just looked at pictures from our spring break where we saw so many waterfalls.