Recap of Summer, 2010

In July, we took a super fun and relaxing vacation

in Myrtle Beach.  Luke spent much of it underwater,

while Lydia spent her time FLOATING about

and digging in the sand.

Luke and I went parasailing.

We BOTH loved it!  He takes after me,

with his thrill-seeking personality.

This summer, we made many, many trips

to Kings Island.  Luke's grown tall enough

to enjoy some more daring slides.

Lydia also experienced some

new and exciting water slides.

Lydia turned three this month.

It's truly hard to believe the time has passed

so quickly.  The day of her party had her

filled with excitement.  We even set up

her dollies to join in the festivities.

We found her PARTY DRESS in the

"play clothes" aisle at Target.  It caught her eye

and we KNEW we just HAD to have it!

It's fun and happy and girly.  It completely represents

my little sweet-pie!  I had a cool idea of

making her cake to match her dress too.

I'm happy with how perfectly it turned out!

During a horrific windstorm, our front

porch pole was ripped off of our house.

Even worse- our neighbor's trampoline

was lifted UP into the air, yet set nicely into

a DIFFERENT neighbor's yard!  No joke...

this trampoline should be on

the OTHER side of the fence you see.

Luke started kindergarten last week.

He had NO problem or hesitation stepping

up onto the bus.  It was a strange

and bittersweet moment for me.  I'm sure

going to miss my little man around the house!

Lydia started gymnastics this month

at our favorite place EVER... The Little Gym!

She LOVES her sparkly new leotard!

A funny story...

We recently had our dear (3 year old) friend, Lily, for a

sleepover.  I allowed all three kids to get out sleeping bags

and sprawl out on Lydia's bedroom floor together.

There was certainly more giggling and playing around

than I'd prefer.  At one point Luke tattled on the girls,

because they were taking turns saying,

"pee-pee" and "poopie".  WOW  They were really being

daring and sneaky with their dirty words, weren't they?!!?!

So innocent and SO FUNNY!

Lastly, I saw the largest praying mantis I've

ever seen in my entire life on a bush in our

front flower bed.  It measured nearly 5 inches long

and was CREEPY!!!! (this is actually a photo I took of it)