July Is Almost Done!

How is it the end of Summer already?

I love the freedom that Summer gives, and the great excuse to stay in PJ's all day or watch Netflix for four straight hours, but I definitely crave structure, and by the time July comes around, my girls do, too. I am ready for school to start, even though I know that no one's actually leaving the house to go to school this year.

Some fun July memories...

Dinner at Taqueria Tsunami

Breakfast at J. Christopher's

I stole the girls' kiddie pool after doing yardwork

Henry posed like Daddy

Henry tackled Bella, and then yelled!

Bella proved that she still rocks the "bed head" game

Evelyn made mud...

Daddy and Henry read a new book

Henry learned the word, "hot", and then walked around the playground and pointed to every hot surface he could find.

Evelyn posed like a pro while jumping off the diving board at Miss Lori's pool

We painted...and Henry ate it all. (Thank God for Crayola and washable paint.)

Steve and I got new glasses

Ashleigh and Ryan came over and brought Molly, Jack, and Teddy to play with our kids. Then "Mrs. Lucas" showed me how to do Bella's hair "fancy".

Courtney, our babysitter, gave the girls horseback riding lessons for their birthdays! My favorite thing about Court is that she makes them help with all of the prep...washing Princeton, grooming him, cleaning out his horseshoes...Bella gets to learn that riding lessons are more than just getting on and riding across a field!

Grooming Princeton...even Henry got in on the action

Carrying Princeton's saddle to the stall

Henry got ready to be Daddy's riding partner on the motorcycle.

We took advantage of warm weather (and total laziness) and gave the girls baths outside. 

P.S. they hated it, and screamed almost the entire time, even though they had JUST been playing in the exact same water.

Our friends, Jess and Jeramie, found this amazing toy motorcycle at Goodwill! It's beautiful and he loves it!

We got the girls new, butterfly bedspreads and each of them got a "throw" pillow to go on top. They've never had official bedspreads, just a sheet and whatever random blanket they chose, but this looks a lot prettier, AND it helps me teach them how to make their beds! (A chore that I've never made them do, but will start with homeschooling.)

Evelyn's throw pillow is a 3-D flower, and Bella got a bear with a floral headband. Each one fits their personalities pretty perfectly. Thanks, Target!

I emptied all of their toys and animals into the hallway and gave their bedroom a very thorough cleaning. Not many toys got thrown away, mostly just cleaned and re-organized. 

Henry fell off of Evelyn's bed and bit his lip. There was so. much. blood. For a cut that was about 1/2 long, blood poured all down his chin and chest, all over his hands, and all over my hands as I picked him up. Luckily, he didn't cry long and the blood dried up pretty quickly.

Bella and Evelyn have a beautiful fascination with nakedness. They like to strip down and run towards us while shaking their little rear ends. 

Daddy had a lot of travel this month, and this last week seemed especially long. This was a rare, quiet moment when I had given all three humans their dinner, and everything was quiet.

Yay! We are officially up to date! I'm sure I missed a lot, and sacrificed some of the "real" for the glossy, Instagram pictures, but at least we got the memories down!