Some Summer Fun

We have had a fun summer together.  Here are some of the things we've been doing!

Jenna has enjoyed helping Daddy wash the cars in the driveway.

Playing in the soap!

My sister Eliza had her final ballet show with the
company she's danced for for the past 6 years.

Jenna and I went on a date to the show.

All dolled up and ready to head to the show!

My 20 week belly.

Mama and Jenna

We spent some time at Grandma and Papa's house digging up the rocks in their garden.

Claire and Jenna helping with the digging.

Best friends and cousins!

Jenna is now in a BIG GIRL BED!

We took off the front of her crib and turned it into a toddler bed.

The transition has been awesome.
I was worried about her being up and down
all the time in the night, but she stays in bed until morning.

She loves the freedom of getting up on her own.

Showing off her bed!

Such a big girl!

Playing with Play-Doh has been one of Jenna's favorite summertime activities.

The teacher in me loves how this is helping her fine motor skills!

Rolling a snake.

Using a cookie cutter to make a cat.

POTTY TRAINED!!

This summer we tackled the task of potty training.  

It has been frustrating because Jenna is the one who totally calls the shots.

However, she's done really well.  We've been lucky to have very few accidents.

She asked to have a magazine to look at while she went.

She is so a "monkey see, monkey do" girl!

Having some fun at Pottery Barn!

We spent an afternoon with Grandma Summerhays,
aunts, uncles and cousins at the Living Planet Aquarium.

It was a lot of fun!

The highlights were the otters (we saw one eat a fish right in front of us),
the penguins, and the sting rays.

Jenna kept going over to the sting rays to watch them.
She thought it was neat to be able to be so close to them.

Measuring up to an Emperor Penguin.

(She's taking a picture of me with her fingers. Little goof!)

Front Yard Fun

Once August came my time and desire to blog left. Preparing for school to start took any extra time I seemed to have. It is still busy and I feel like I'm constantly trying to catch up. It has definitely been an adjustment moving into a new school and getting used to the changes. Please bear with me as I try to do some catch up here as well!

Jenna had a fun time with her cousins this summer. When we did find a time to get together the kids spent some time outside swimming and playing. I'm hopeful that next summer we can get a fun small pool like this one to have in our newly remodeled backyard! I'm really looking forward to having a nice, functional backyard for Jenna to play in.

Jenna, Mallory, and Will

Getting back in the pool.
The three little kiddos would get in, get out, run around, then get back in.
The water was too cold to sit in for long periods of time.
Lisa ended up heating water on her stove to warm it up a bit.

A fun game of ring-around-the rosies!

Will's turn to get out!

Jenna
She sat just long enough for me to take this picture.
She had such a fun time!

Eating lunch on the kitchen floor.
Thanks guys for having us over!