Life is Busy

 Josh kept asking what is this about the hat

 show me the money

 this is how she eats ~& she'll do that when I change her

 Addie loved this old school typewriter.

She made several friends who delivered the mail to her, & she'd do her thing with the mail on the typewriter. Then the other kids would pick it up. She was totally in the zone, and it seemed she had her worker bees lined up.

 This excavator was heavy, & that made it hard for this 2 yr old (who is always mistaken for being older) I think it's because he talks really well. He knows lots of words, & his speech is very clear. Even though it was heavy he was determined to do it.

She is just always happy doing whatever

She is loving to pull herself up & stand.

From the moment we walked into busy kids- Josh had his eye set on this mower.

It kind of made me laugh because we have one at home. This place was hopping...it actually took the kids 10 or 15 minutes to warm up because it was sooo jammed packed. It wasn't until the second hour we were there that he spotted the mower unattended, and when he did he was happy happy happy. After he got home he was still talking about some girl who took the mower away. When I asked how he got it back, & what happened he said, "I got it back."

Nanny's 79th birthday at Farrell's Ice Cream

 Josh looked so cute walking in with great grandpa

The whole clan that night 

Nora was well fed & taken care of by these ladies

She was a chocolaty sticky mess at the end of it all

Nanny: they said she was such a sweet lady it was giving them a toothache

& sand do wa diddy diddy dum diddy dee

A good day ends with a story! 

Both kids were a bit of a hot mess. Addie did not want her photo taken. She looked so cute she had grabbed a huge pillow to prop her legs up & a blanket. Josh wanted to get in on it too. They were all hopped up tickling each other. Addie kept trying to take Josh's ball away. He said, "I'll throw it at your face." He's a real sweetheart usually, and then you get a duzy out of him. 

This only show a portion of our day. But literally the days are packed full of fun and frustration! Usually the day starts at 6 or shortly after because the summer sun rises then, & that's when Josh likes to get up no matter what time he's put to bed. Nora sleeps later than Josh & Addie half of the time. If Addie has the chance she seems to like to sleep in too. So, the day starts early: breakfast, get everyone dressed, basketball, books, puzzles, bike rides this all can and does happen before 9 am. Nora naps around 9. I get everything cleaned up. Do some laundry. Get some school work done...try to play some more games. By 11:00 run errands, go swimming, to the park or on a field trip. 1:00 naps-2:30 or 3. Try to make dinner. snuggle those babies after naps always one of my favorite parts of the day. Dance a little do a science project, watch one more show. Play in the back yard hitting some baseballs, shoot some soccer goals. Try to make sure Nora doesn't eat too many rocks. She loves to sneak into the dirt. Then happy hour when dad gets home around 6:30 or 7. Another day in paradise.