Water, Water, Water

The kids got to have some summer fun in the water last weekend. We went to Crown Center on Saturday. They had a puppet show inside that Maia and Chase loved to watch. Then, we went out to the fountains. They really weren't too sure of them at first, the water sprayed about 20 feet into the air (a little too high for the little ones.) Maia met a friend there and finally got brave enough to run through. Chase stuck to the little fountains. Sunday, we went to Tiffany Springs water park and had a blast. Maia showed off her new swimming skills she's been learning all summer in her lessons. Chase really surprised us, as well as many other moms, and went down all the little kid water slides. He had a look of terror going down the slide, but when we picked him up, he would sign and say "more"! Mom and Dad also took turns sliding down the big slides (getting ready to go to White Water during our vacation next month!)

Maia and Chase love their water slide in the back yard.Story time with Dad before bedThis is the reason 3 year olds should not dress themselves. Maia came out of her room today wearing this gorgeous outfit. Socks on her hands, tights over her skirt with a glove on her left foot covered by a ballet slipper, a cute tank top, and a headband to top it all off. A bit rediculous, but I was secretly proud that she actually was able to put it all on by herself!

Summer Fun

Happy 4th of July!

We went to see the Kearney fireworks display this year. It was very impressive...the kids loved it, especially Chase! There were so many people there that it took us an hour to get out of our parking spot, and another hour to get out of the parking lot. The kids were so good, though. Thank God for DVD players and fruit snacks! We also celebrated the 4th at the Norgrens. Chase wasn't too sure of those fireworks., he never left my lap. The other kids had a blast, especially Bella!

Happy Birthday Bart!

We celebrated Bart's birthday last night, and Maia told us it was "such a fun party!" Maia's self portrait in the bathtub...our future artist! The big change in our house is that Chase has been in a "big boy bed" for the last month. He's actually been doin REALLY well. However over the last couple weeks whenever we check on him before we go to bed, we've been finding Chase sleeping in random places all over his room...silly boy. A few times, we've had to push him out of the way with the door when he falls asleep just behind it.