Man oh man....August was super busy, sleep was super rare and the ol' blog was once again neglected! I have so many posts/stories/pictures I want to share to capture all these moments and memories, I just hope that during these rare uninterrupted moments I have to type that I can remember them all ;-)
First, I need to explain the 1st picture. Aubrey is holding up an "old school" spell checker. She found it in the Scrabble box and wanted to play with it. The batteries are dead so we couldn't see the reason she was so interested in it....until we turned around to see this. "Look, I'm using my 'eye-pad'!" Oh my poor children!! Their parents are so behind the times that to them a dead-spell checker is the closest thing they get to an iPad =) The funniest part is that she holds it up over her eye when she uses it!
Creative. That feels like too basic of a word to describe Ella these days. With her fervent reading and constant observation of the world around her, I never know what to find her doing. One morning her and Aubrey decided to go mountain climbing. No detail was overlooked, right down to the safety harnesses which also double as jump ropes ;-)
Ainsley. She has had quite the month of tummy troubles (more on that in her 4 month post). But fortunately, she still managed to fill the moments between crying in pain with these heart-melting smiles.
Is there anything sweeter than a sleeping baby??!
Mommy and Ainsley. This picture doesn't do justice to the tired/redness that filled her eyes so many days this month.
Neal's company had a family fun night down at Bullwinkles Family Fun center this month. Unfortunately for the girls, most of the attractions weren't age appropriate for them. But the most important part was that they has fun doing the few things they could ;-)
Ella conquered her fears and did the high ropes course all by herself!! She was confident doing the rope ladder on the first leg, but once it got to the tight rope section she took a little reassurance. In the end she finished strong and never even slipped off =)
The fun center was PACKED with people! Neal and Aubrey went to go ride the bumper boats and the line was so long that Ella was able to join up with them after her ropes course. The girls had lots of fun, Daddy got super wet and Ainsley hung out with me while we watched the fun.
The frog hopper was a definite hit with the girls =)
As part of the summer reading program, the girls got a discounted ride bracelet for Oaks Park. Allie and I decided to take all the kids for a fun end-of-summer day....unfortunately for us, we headed out on the last 2 for 1 Tuesday and ever other person in Portland had the same idea as us! So these 4 excited faces had to wait until Thursday to actually get to ride the rides. Then I forgot the camera on the day we went back.... its always something ;-)
Aubrey is Miss Personality these days! We never know what we are going hear come out of her mouth. She loves her role as big sister. One day I had forgotten to buckle Ainsley into her bouncy chair and Aubrey wanted to help out, but Ainsley didn't get the memo. I hear Aubrey telling Ainsley, "Ainsley, hold still. I'm trying to be the best big sister I can be!"
Our sweet sweet beautiful girls! Its so hard to believe that on Friday Ella heads off for her 1st day of Kindergarten.
I still have camping, a trip to Riddle and our visit with Uncle Jason and Auntie Sarah to catch up on......stay tuned!!
