Slacking on the Job

I have been so terrible about blogging lately.  Sorry to put everything out there all at once, but I had to take advantage of my little bit of down time.  Here's what has been happening the last few weeks.

Sisters

Usually when Lacey sits with Heidi, she pretty much starts to cry immediately.  Here are a few of the more successful shots of the girls together.

Spray Park

I figured we needed to take advantage of the bit of nice weather we had last week, so we went to the spray park with our friends Sarah and Aaden.  Last year Lacey wouldn't touch the water, but this year she was totally into it.  Her and Benjamin enjoyed the smaller fountains the best.  Aaden played in the water a little bit, but mostly hung out in the shade with Heidi.  I can't say that Heidi had much fun.  I tried at one point to put her foot in the water and she just screamed.  Maybe next year.

Princess or Tom Boy?

Last week, while Benjamin was at Auntie Becki's, I took the girls for a walk. Lacey looked like a little princess with her hair all done up and accessorized with sunglasses and bracelets.

Later I did some gardening in the backyard. Lacey hung out with me back there and managed to go from diva to dirt ball in a short time. She pulled out a big chunk of her pony tail and covered herself with dirt head to toe, complete with moss hanging off her diaper.

4th of July

We had a low key celebration at home. We played outside despite the cruddy weather, had a yummy BBQ with banana boats for dessert (bananas with chocolate and marshmallow warmed on the grill), and attempted to do some simple fireworks. The kids enjoyed the day until we got to the fireworks. Much to our dismay, both kids hate all forms of fireworks including sparklers and pop-its. We did manage to get Lacey to throw a few pop-its, but Benjamin wanted nothing to do with them.

Dressed in festive colors

Hiding behind the screen door

This was as involved as we could get him

Heidi was the only one who didn't mind the fireworks

Reluctantly 'playing' with sparklers (not sure what happened to the rest of her clothes)

Carbon Copy

I was looking through old pictures and I came across pictures of Benjamin as a baby. I couldn't help but notice just how similar he and Heidi look as infants. Sure there are some differences, but overall they really look alike. I don't know what happened with Lacey, she doesn't look anything like the other two.

I thought it fitting that Benjamin is in the picture with her...maybe a little glimpse of what she might look like in the future :)

Big Boy Bike

We haven't been all that great about teaching Benjamin how to ride bikes. We got him a tricycle for his 3rd birthday and I think up until last month he had only ridden it once or twice. A few weeks ago we got Benjamin his first big boy bike (with training wheels). We thought it would take a lot of coaching, but he actually jumped right on and pedaled by himself with hardly any help from Brian. With a little more practice I think he'll be ready for bike rides with Daddy.