Summer Is Here!

Summer has finally arrived and is in full swing at our house! We are enjoying many a summer activity and are looking forward to many more fun filled weeks ahead of us!

What's summer without weekly BBQs?! Lola tried her first corn-on-the-cob the other day. And very much enjoyed it!

After that she ate (devoured) her first s'more! S'mores always make me think of the classic summer movie The Sandlot :)

Playing at the park

Being outdoors everyday means a few extra owies are sure to happen... Lola likes to be extra prepared and have band-aids already on (therefore protecting) all the places where she normally gets her owies. Knees... Check. Toes... Check :)

Sporting her super-stylish pink shades. I love her new smile she does for the camera. If you know Lola then you know that she has never been one to smile on demand. Ive spent the last year and half pleading with her to smile with her teethies and looking the fool trying to 'show' her how. And even though the really great smiles are still few in between, I'm more than thrilled that she'll even sometimes do it for me and will happily take what I can get!

There's been a few times during these last few weeks where Ive gone to see what Lola was up to and found her happily reading books to herself. She's quite the adorable little reader when she's sitting there relaxed with a pillow (or on the potty) and jabbering away to herself :)

Yesterday was hot so we turned on the sprinklers. I thought for sure Lola wouldn't be much interested in them but to my surprise, she loved them and ran through them for a good 30 minutes with the other kids!

Lola watching Brooklyn fill up her water gun. I love the hands on the knees. Too cute!

More swinging. This girl LOVES swings. Its the first thing she asks to do when she wakes up and every other minute in between (when she's not on one :)

"Look Momma! No hands!"

Hope you're all having terrific summers so far! More summer posts (than you probably care to view) to come!