Fun at the splashpad - one of our favorite morning outings!
This was our last week of summer, so sad! :( I have had a great time with the girls this summer. I remember when the summer started I wasn't sure how things would go. Last summer was a little boring at times because we were stuck inside a lot once Kacy was born. The thought of being home with both girls mostly by myself was a little daunting, but it turned out to be a great time! We had a lot of little vacations to break up the time at home, so we barely even had time to get bored. There were a lot of dance parties, park visits, trips to the swimming pool, a few trips to the beach, and some playing at the gym (while I worked out). Adilyn stopped napping, but she still had "rest time" for an hour or two each day. Adilyn did a great job "swimming", which is really just treading water. She loved jumping off the edge of the pool and swimming around in her princess tube. She enjoyed watching Mickey Mouse, Handy Manny, and her new obsession, Carebears. I tried to limit her television to one hour a day, but she could have watched it all day if I let her. We also watched "So You Think You Can Dance" together at nights somtimes. We tried to get outside and walk, ride her bike, or just play a little bit each day. It was pretty hot, so we usually went early or waited until after dinner to go outside. Despite a few days of fighting and hitting here and there, she did pretty good with Kacy through the summer. I think she made me laugh everyday at least a few times. She became very attached to me for a while, which wasn't very good, but I think she is doing a little better now.
Kacy can walk by herself, but she still loves to walk around holding our hands. I think it's her way of getting us to go where she wants us to go. She was pretty grumpy this summer between her ear infections and getting new teeth, but she is still so sweet. She tries to be funny, which is hilarious. Just the other day, she learned to blink her eyes really fast, so now she does it all the time to make Adilyn laugh. She also learned to "kiss", all she does is open her mouth huge and lunges toward us. :) She has slept really well for the summer; she usually takes a 2 hour nap in the early afternoon and another short 1 hour nap later. She got a little pickier about her food, but she is still a pretty good eater. I think she weighs about 21 pounds now, and she is looking more like a "toddler". I am still breastfeeding her, but only two or three times a day. It seemed that she was uninterested in it for awhile, but then I guess she changed her mind and decided that she wasn't done. I am not going to pump at school this year, so I will only feed her in the morning and night until she wants to be done.
It's hard to be a working mom a lot of times, but I think being a teacher is the best job to have! I can't imagine not having my summers with my kids. It's just the perfect amount of time to have fun, go on trips, and be lazy together. It's still going to be hard to start school, but I know in 9 short months....summer fun will begin again! Yay!
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