July Randomness....

Time just seems to be flying by and we are so sad that summer is more than half over....here are a few random pics from July!

just a typical weekend, lounging around the house in a diaper, with her purse and love....

a lazy Saturday morning and a rare moment where they are both sitting still at the same time....

we been spending a lot of time at the pool this summer....they love it!!

dress up like a cow for free Chik-fil-a….the kids thought it was hilarious!

Brooklyn's birthday party….old friends re-unite.  Owen, Emmie, and Brooklyn went to daycare together from 3 months old to 4 years old, but are all now at different schools.  It was fun for them to see each other again.

a playdate with Emmie….

Little Miss thinks she can do everything big brother does….

watching daddy shoot off a few fireworks….

trying out their new chairs daddy built….

Our little artist....

I have tired to persuade Owen to like art FOREVER, but he has never been interested until now!  I would always get out a ton of coloring books, crayons, markers, paint, scissors, etc and he would act excited but his excitement and attention would fade about 5 minutes later. Ha!  

So just when I had given up on our "fun" art projects, he decided that he might actually like coloring, painting, cutting, etc!

 He use to come home from school with a blank sheet of paper with one crayon mark, but now he'll color the whole page and put his own creative twist on it!

Owen's version of Earth....

two crab....

 Jellyfish....

 Owen has also really been in to building towers.  His favorite thing to do is build a zoo and then put all the animals in their appropriate places.  Our living room floor has been a "zoo" quite a bit lately and Ava Kate has been the tornado!  

Owen was really into the Olympics and loved watching most everything, but swimming and gymnastics were probably his favorite.  The OT's at my work had printed a coloring sheet of the Olympic rings so I brought one home for Owen.  We pulled a picture up on our phone for him to see the "real" Olympic rings and he colored his to match.  I complemented him on his artwork and he told me "I did it for Emmie"! Ha!

A few more art projects from school....

Sibling love...

God has blessed us with two sweet and loving kids who absolutely adore each other!  

This video is from the week Owen and Ava Kate were home sick with RSV.  They were feeling much better at this point, but still not ready for daycare.  Watch the whole video...the end is the best part!

Just to clarify, Ava Kate is not sitting up by herself...Josh is holding her up, but you can't really see it in the video.