Fun Friday

We had a fun day yesterday.  Anthony & I started the fun by rafting down Turkey Creek with some friends.  I am happy to say I did not need my alligator killing knife or a t-shirt (I was told the way to catch an alligator is to sneak up behind it, use the t-shirt to cover its eyes, if you live through that, then use the t-shirt to tie the gators mouth shut after he shuts it) because I had no gator encounters.

We then headed to a carnival.  It had everything the kids loved bounce house, fishing for treats, dunk tank, face painting, followed with fireworks.

This morning I walked upstairs to find Parker had made himself an honorary face painter.  I couldn't tell if he painted tribal war paint or a serious case of the chicken pox on these girls faces, but whatever it was they sure had fun.

Mason 7 Months

Mason had his 6 month appt 1 month late so he has 7 month stats:

Weight: 17 lbs 10 oz

Height:  26.6 inches
Head Circumference: 17.3 Inches

Mason is a drooling machine, he can't even keep his shirt drool free for a 15 minute photo shoot.  He has mastered sitting with no assistance.  He has taught himself how to change from sitting to laying on his belly, and can even push himself up to a sitting position when he wants.

He prefers to spend his leisure time on the floor so he can crawl around and explore.

Has the most adorable melt my heart smile.

Has one tiny little tooth poking up.

He tires of these monthly photo shoots I make him do.

He sleeps 12 hours a night with 2-3 naps a day.

Is so laid back easy going I almost feel guilty talking to other moms with kids his age because he is so easy.

He grabs at everything and puts anything he can touch in his mouth (ie my chin, nose and all the tiny bits of garbabe on the floor).

Although it broke my heart a little to stop breastfeeding, the milk he now drinks is 100% formula.

His favorite foods are carrots, oatmeal and rice cereal.

He is getting good at feeding himself finger foods.

Teacher Parker

 Parker taught his best friend how to ride a bike. Now if I can just get him to teach Kenzie. 

Parasailing

I talked Anthony into going Parasailing last weekend.  I loved it, and he loves that is the only reason he went.

Before we took off Anthony said in the calmest voice I have ever heard "I have never been so terrified in my life."  Then off we flew.  What a good man for going just for me.

The view of the boat.

Last day of School

Parker had a great year in Kindergarten.  He has grown so much this past year in height, and intelligence.  He grew out of 2 pant sizes and went from barely reading, to reading at a 1st grade level.  He doesn't look much different then he did the first day of Kindergarten but has changed a lot.  He is not as shy as he used to be, and his speech has improved much over the year.  I am lucky to have such a cute kid.

Parker's 1st day of Kindergarten

Austin lives 1 house away from us and has been a great friend.  Parker & Austin car pooled to and from school every day and became best friends.  Austin moved to Georgia on Sunday we miss him already.

He is Mobile

Today while I was cooking in the kitchen I looked down to see this adorable little face peaking out from around the cupboards.  Looks like it is time to start child proofing.

Baby Shower

My friend Vanessa and I threw our friend Whitney a baby shower the other night.

Nia & Vanessa made the cutest most delicious dessert.

Whitney's favorite food is pasta, so I arranged a fun pasta bar for dinner.  It turned out delicious.

It was a fun night.

The food was good, but the company was even better.

I have made the most amazing friends her in Florida.

My Little Fashionista

Every morning when I go into Mason's room to get him dressed there is a selection of clothes hanging on his crib that Kenzie has set out for him to wear.  I think it is funny how much she loves clothes.

To celebrate the first day of summer vacation Parker went to a water park with his best friend Austin.  Kaitlynn celebrated summer vacation by waking up at 6:00 a.m.  I have 2 months to teach these kids the art of sleeping in.  Wish me luck.

Soccer

Both Parker & Kenzie started the soccer season not even knowing how to play.  By the end of the season they both got real good.  Parker got most improved player.  I overheard Parker telling his friend how he learned to play "I used to not know how to play soccer then I just started doing what Evan does I ran real fast and kicked goals it is super easy."

Kenzie's goal was to touch the ball a couple times a game.  She did great.

Parker became real aggressive and dominated the field.

A little too aggressive some times he even pushed aside his own team mates to get to the ball.

At the end of the game all the parents formed a tunnel with our arms and the kids got to run through.  That was one of the kids favorite parts of the game.

Kenzie may not have dominated the field but she sure was cute to watch.