The End of July

Here is a small glimpse of our end of July flurry before Ryan went back to work. 

 

The kids still fit double in the back of our bike trailer.  Layla got her face painted at a neighbor's party.  It was another neighbor that did the face painting!

 

Layla trying to pick up her little brother :)

 

Dentist- round 2.  The first time did not go so well (We have had a few successful trips prior to this one.) but she rocked the second appointment.  We are finally finished with all of her kindergarten appointments!

Our laundry room/mud room.  It was our first complete gut of a room.  We are finishing up the final chunks of the room this weekend.

 

 

 There have been lots and lots of performances and train play around here!

The zoo!

 

 

My friend Stephanie took this picture.  I love it!  Grady "saw" the zoo for the first time last week.  He understood all of the animals were real and he was so excited to see his books come alive.  It was very fun to watch.

Harvesting from our garden!

Soccer.  The last night was parents vs. kids.  Layla was so excited for this night.

 

Grady looks innocent here but he spent most of his time trying to play with the big kids.  He would go grab a ball and dribble through the pack.  He is a very talented soccer dribbler for a two year old but I was afraid he was going to get hurt running through the crowd constantly.  Our lesson from the evening: Grady wants to play sports.

Trophy!  It was a successful soccer season!

Preschool buddies

Baking cookies. 

 

 

And rain or shine, Grady loves his new (to him) rain boots.