Summer is in Fulll Swing!

Summer is here! Yeah! The girls and I are having a lot of fun. This picture is so cute b/c Cameron grabbed Brooke's hand as they watched toons.

This is our summer... hanging out together. We are feeding Brookers. I say WE because Cameron loves to be my helper. She is quite sweet. Brooke started scooching this week. She is also cutting her two bottom teeth. Poor baby. She's got the miserables.

This is the big girl undies! Cameron likes them and is hit or miss on the potty. Peeing is going quite well actually. The other is a disaster. She is sooo freaked out by pooping on the potty that she gets hysterical. I just put diapers on her when she asks. It's no good to have her totally freaked out by it. I am assuming it'll be like the nookie. She desperately needs it until one day she doesn't. So hopefully soooooon she'll work her way out of the diapers.

We found the one hot day this summer and spent it at Nana's and Papa's house swimming. She loves to swim. More like she loves to throw things in the water and sitting in the froggie floaty. We had a fun day at the lake.

This has been a week of firsts. First scooching and first teeth coming in and now first big girl tubby! Cameron loved having Brooke in the tub. She gave her some toys and watched her splash in the tub. That has been our two weeks of summer. Potty training and playing.

Jill

Is that a DEER???

Yes we frickin' hit a deer!!! OMG! It was like - Did that really just happen? It was a medium sized deer and it just ran out in front of us. If it hadn't stopped and just kept running it would have been fine, but of course it stopped to look at us and wham bam it was toast.

Can you see the fur at the top of the window??? Eeew. I was covered in glass shards, but that was about the worst of it. Great Grandma Peg was a trooper and continued to be a great source of support to us and the girls and we waited, and waited to figure out what to do. Not many places open on Memorial Day...

We were saved by Poopa aka the best Father in Law. He rescued us from the tick fest and took us to Eau Claire where we hijacked (and still have) Diann and Tom's car. They were conveniently out of town. We can't thank you enough D and T for the loan. I feel guilty about driving it...someday our car will be fixed. Good old Barron, WI.

The kids had a wonderful Memorial Weekend. We loved having Max and Maddie show up. M&M are moving in June to a bigger and better home in Bloomington.

Brooke had a tough time without the favorite exersaucer. It doesn't travel well. Tim slept with Cam in her "princess" bed courtesy of Grandma. I slept with Brooke. I think Brooke was cold and Cameron was disoriented at night. But it's not like she did have a blast. Everyday she asks to go to the cabin.

Cameron had her first kayak ride.

Dad getting Cam's fishing pole (courtesy of the grandparents) ready.

The kids getting the toys out of the Toy Cooler. Huh? Yeah, we said the same thing... But that's grandma for you...

All in all, it was a great weekend.

Now I get to have one more day with my students and then summer is here! Yeah!!!! As much as I enjoyed this spring with my students I cannot wait for summer. One day to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!