They are having a perfect summer day today. The older two were riding bikes. Laura loves to ride her bike, but she much prefers at this age to ride on the street. It makes me a nervous wreck. I know at her age, I was riding the neighborhood. In fact, I was sneaking out early in the morning before my parents were awake on weekends to ride my bike around the neighborhood. We lived in a small village of about 200 people at the time, which I suppose made it a bit safer. Either way, I only let her ride on the street during non-busy times and when I'm watching. Call me helicopter, but I've watched too many episodes of Criminal Minds....and the daily news. I digress. Hannah is still riding with training wheels, trying to gain confidence and get the ever-elusive balance. She'll get it soon and then be able to ride with the big kids, which are Laura and the neighbor girl, Aidan. They are so cute. The three of them like to ride to the end of the street, which dead ends into the Metro Park. They hang out along the fence and chat and talk about whatever eight and six year olds talk about these days. My girls are growing up too fast!!!
We also hunted frogs and cicada shells. We were much more successful finding cicada shells. Emma found one little frog. She let it swim in her pool before turning it loose. And we found a bird nest in our apple tree, and the mama bird was sitting on it. The kids are hoping to be able to see baby birds at some point. We shall see. Hopefully the cats don't get them! We have some pretty avid hunters in the neighborhood. The baby bunnies earlier in the summer didn't stand a chance.
Hannah and Emma played in the pool this afternoon. It was fun watching them play "lifeguard." Hannah had the whistle and would blow it when it was time for break or when Emma was misbehaving, which was like every other second. Hannah even pretended to rescue Emma a few times. They also were pretending some imaginary thing with their mermaids. They were so cute!
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| Emma's cleaning the pool first |
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| The lifeguard is scolding a "bad" swimmer |
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| The lifeguard is watching a swimmer who is getting ready to run and jump in the pool. |
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| Lunchtime is ferocious! |
Last night we got icecream, and Emma has finally graduated from banilla (vanilla). She now likes strawberry too!
Hannah wants a loom set, like Laura and Aidan. We went to three stores yesterday looking for the rainbow loom. We found others but didn't find that one. I thought she should have the same one as Laura and Aidan so that they could teach her more easily. So of course Amazon came through, and it will be delivered tomorrow! She had to pay for part of it herself. In the meantime, Hannah has been making bracelets with her fingers. Matt and I are being inundated with rubber band jewelry. I currently have two bracelets, earrings, and a key chain charm - all in one day!
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| Laura showing off her earrings |
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