Random Summer Events

Summer went by quick this year. Since I have a hard time updating my blog here are a few pictures taken at the end of summer. All year we had been meaning to get the kids a swimming pool but we didn't want a blow up one since our backyard is still all dirt and rocks, but a big plastic one was hard to find. After I saw the girls swimming in this plastic bin I thought that maybe a blow up one would have to do. The bad thing is now that it is at the end of summer we can't find any type of swimming pool.At least my girls never complained. They had fun anyway. This next pic is of Brynlie almost drowning the cat in the faucet. I guess she thought that the cat would enjoy getting wet too. It is a good thing this cat is so mellow and just lets Brynlie do whatever she wants to it.

This is Brynlie's crazed look she gets when she is after a cat. I told her that cats don't like water but that didn't seem to stop her. Easton fell asleep like this one afternoon. I put him down for naps awake and sometimes he plays for a while in his crib before he falls asleep. This time he must have been too tired to even lay down.

This was our last time up to Willow Flats campground. Porter's mom and dad and his brother and kids were up there camping and we went up one night to visit and have dinner. The kids had fun playing in the river and eventually it became a almost nude fishing trip. Porter got a great shot of Parker's naked behind but I can't post it. The kids had a lot of fun playing, hunting for bb's, following red ants, and making their own mini campsites.
The last time we were up to Willow flats was in June and Easton wasn't crawling yet. This time it was a little more difficult to bring him. He was constantly trying to eat dirt and rocks. He got pretty cranky because I wasn't letting him go where he wanted to go.

And finally here is Rylie's first day of school picture. Well, actually this wasn't on the first day, it was on the third day of school and after she got home. I haven't been doing to well with the picture taking and kept forgetting to get the one picture every mom should get of their child on the first day of school. Now that school starts earlier this year than last year, I'm having a hard time getting a routine down. Rylie has been very good at getting up in the morning and I am so glad that they make the kids eat breakfast at school because she refuses to eat as soon as she gets up. Most days in kindergarten and first grade she went to school without anything to eat because she would not eat. She has also been doing good with the longer school days too. They give them an afternoon snack so she is not starving when she gets home and it makes the longer days go by easier. I do love having her only go 4 days a week and I think it is easier on her too because she knows she has a long weekend to play.