All the details for these pictures are already in the Chatbooks so I'm not going to include all the details here, but I wanted the pictures in the blog book as well.
Summer is off to a great start and we have been so thankful that the pool and Hawaiian Falls opened up despite COVID-19! We've also loved our home playdates with the Hawkins and Funderburks.
We enjoyed a special treat at Hawaiian Falls...
Hawaiian Falls again, but this time with the Lundeens. Brooke loved having another girl (Harley) to play babies with.
After finding that caterpillar at Katherine Rose Park in May, I had the idea to order a butterfly garden for Brooke's birthday. After ordering it, I found the dollhouse for Brooke, and since I didn't want to completely spoil her, I asked Grandma if she wanted to gift the butterfly garden to Brooke. She did, and Brooke ended up opening it early because I was worried that the caterpillars would form their chrysalids before she saw them as caterpillars. My girl was SO excited about a kit with real live caterpillars in it.
One emerged the morning before we went to the lake house (yay!!), and Ellie Hawkins agreed to babysit the rest until they emerged. While on the trip, Ellie sent pictures and videos of the other 2 beautiful Monarchs and their first flight out of their enclosure.
More Hawaiian Falls time...
Sibling bonding time at the pool...
The kids became really good at wearing masks, and although I didn't take them anywhere for the first two months, we have started venturing out a bit more and I 'm glad they are such good sports about it.
We had to relocate Brooke's bookcase because this was the perfect spot for her new dollhouse, but it didn't look good with the big orange mirror right about the house, so that had to go.
We ended up getting a new yellow flower and yellow swag, and we both loved how it turned out. It seems silly, but I was a little sad about changing up her room because it meant that she was getting older and her needs and interests were changing, but I suppose that's also a good thing :) She's a happy, healthy, thriving little girl.
More pool time, and I have been amazed at how empty it has been this summer! It definitely has worked to our favor, but since we can't invite guests, we either swim with the Hawkins or swim on our own. I am SO grateful that they have each other. This bond has really grown the last few months and I love that they can play together for hours. (I also love that they want to wear their matching swimmies all the time!)
More boating as a family...
One of my fav pictures of all time, but it's a bit deceiving because they were being total stink pots about taking a picture!
Brooke tried wake boarding at Lake Travis, but had a much harder time than Colby. Kevin determined that she might be a little too big for the "kid board", so he told her that she could have his old board. She felt SO special, and told everyone that her Dad gave her his old board.
She talked about it for days and when we went to the lake that next Saturday, Kevin moved the boots to the new board, got the double ropes all ready, and then Brooke changed her mind. I was super irritated and couldn't understand why she would do that after we made the whole outing about her. She claimed that the water was just too cold, and I finally pulled her in the water with me because I knew she just needed to jump in and realize that it wasn't cold.
Well, my plan totally backfired because she was MAD. She was trying to kick at me and was really upset. I thought I could just have fun with her and get her out of her funk, but she swam straight back to the boat and sulked in the front for over an hour. I felt bad about pulling her into the water, but I was just trying to snap her out of her grumpiness and I didn't like that she wasted Kevin's time to switch the boots if she was gonna refuse to even try. So, I let her sulk and miss out on the fun.
After more than an hour, she came to me and apologized for having a bad attitude, but added that she didn't like that I pulled her into the water. I apologized for doing that, but explained how disappointed I was with her attitude and lack of willingness to try new things and appreciate her Daddy's efforts.
We swam as a family for a while, and then she agreed to try to wakeboard. I could tell that she was nervous to get back out there, but Kevin was right by her side the whole time and she was able to stand up on this new board!! I was screaming and cheering pretty loud because I wanted her to know how proud I was. I hope that she'll be brave enough to try new things and give her best effort because she's a very coordinated girl with a lot of potential!
And last, but not least, was the loss of another tooth! That thing had been wiggling for a while, but one afternoon at the pool. it somehow got bumped and was barely hanging on. She was traumatized from the two front top teeth, so she didn't want anyone to pull it out. By the second night, it was bleeding when she brushed her teeth (picture below), but she continued to be super dramatic about it. I finally said, "Okay, lets just go to bed then." I went into Colby's room to lay by him, and about 5 minutes later, she barged into his room saying, "It's gone! My tooth is gone!!" Kevin said she just couldn't stop messing with it, hopped up and turned the light on, then announced to Kevin that he needed to get her tooth out right then!
Now on to July's adventures...
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