FALL!

Because I love the season....

here's our little fall mantel with a little Hollis eyeball. Pumpkin muffins are next.

Bb is for Butterfly

We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar this week for Bb week and did this little sock puppet retelling. Here is a video of Marin telling the story (out of order and missing one day thanks to Hollis). My favorite is at the very end when she says "more" and I ask if she wants to do it again...her response..."uh. no." Cracks me up every single time.


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More stuff will be posted on the little learning blog....

More Beach

And here are more beach pictures. Did I mention we had such a great time? 

These legos were a last minute thought. Threw them in the bag just in case it rainded every day like the weather man predicted. It didn't. But the legos were a huge hit and perfect for rest times. Carson was so much fun to watch play. I loved the voices and the actions that went along with his lego "story". Great kid, that Carsie. 

Dancing Kate!
She had been twirling around in circles in this picture and I just happened to snap  just at the right moment!
Look at those beautiful eyes!

Our little bag lady. (And shoe and phone lady....she is a true girl!)
But she had to carry the bags every walk to the pool. 

We had a great pool. A HUGE pool. So fun. A spot for all ages!

These two playing on the steps!

We found a big duck in Seaside. 

A little bouncy fun. 

Christmas card?
Mom, she was just tired. Seriously, Marin is like her momma. When she is tired, the whole world becomes a bit fuzzy.
She needed a nap. 

Sweet Carsie!

First: You wind up Dancing Man. 

Second: You let him start dancing. 

Third: You join in on the dance. :o)
 Love this girl.

Marin found Kate's Kindergarten book and had a nice little reading time. 

Hollis was so excited about Kate's old pink boots.
Did I mention she loves shoes?

Trying to get a picture with my big girl. 

Not sure what Hollis is looking at but look at Marin and Kate. Sweet smiles!

And...a cousin picture?!?!?

The best we could do....

Beach Days

So here is the first installment of our beach vacation pictures. My computer is acting a bit wonky so we will see when I can get the rest of them up. We had a great time playing in the water, building sand castles, riding bikes, and eating lots of ice cream. :o) Perfect vacation. And it made it even better to share the time with Betsy and Kate and Carson aka Dancing Kate and Carsie! In fact, that seems to be the only part that Marin remembers. :o) We saw our neighbor friends and they were asking her about the ocean and sand castles and swimming. Her only response was "my Kate and Carsie".  Our kids LOVE their cousins in big ways. Makes me happy. 

August

So, there are a lot of pictures in this post. It covers most of our August though. We are so enjoying being in Texas. It has been a fun summer playing with new friends, swimming, and getting all settled in our home. Looking forward to fall and all the fun seasonal things to come!

I found this wooden blocks at a yard sale for basically nothing. Still a favorite toy in our house.
We build castles all the time. Here's her tallest one yet. (The flash on the camera was too bright apparently.)

And knocking it down!

Another old yard sale find that keeps on kicking...our old Little People bus.
They can fight over this one. But Marin was asleep and Hollis got it all to herself!

Some play-do and toothpick fun. 

Marin made some shapes with toothpicks. 

Burke surprised me BIG TIME by flying my sister in for my birthday. Shocked.
We had the BEST time laughing and lounging.
This was the only picture I got of her visit?!?!? But it says a lot. Marin with her feet all propped up on Aunt Cissy reading her book. The girls had just has much fun if not more with Cissy! She could definitely become a favorite toy around here. 

I found a little play house for the girls and I am so excited about it. Cooler days are coming and we can spend some fun playing time outside!

It has a mail slot and a working door bell. We have fun. 

Hollis LOVES baby dolls! She usually is toting one around everywhere she goes. 

It has become our early morning routine to play in the "outside house".  It's actually feels pretty great in the mornings.
So we drink our coffee while the girls play. 

Marin circled the Aa in the picture. 

Graham and Baby Taylor came over to play. We love Graham and Taylor. 

Marin loves using the magnifying glass to find the shapes in the "safari".

Then we had a play date with MaKenna. Texas is friendly! We could have lots of play dates. The girls are loving it!

Giving hugs good bye!

A little popcorn and show time!

Our sweet Graham!

Another play date. They all play SO VERY GOOD together!
It is really fun to watch! 

And....we just got back from the beach with my sister-in-law and her kiddos. We had a blast and have about a zillion pictures to come from that trip. :o)