SuMmEr FuN!!

Monster hunting

Ellie's hair is finally long enough for pig tails!!

Painting with chocolate pudding, fun AND yummy!

Fun at the park

Gavin and Ellie LOVE playing in the sand, Mommy cringes...messy to clean up

Gavin felt sick one day and fell asleep on the floor, poor kid.  He felt tons better the next day but I had to document the one time he wasn't bouncing off the walls!  Too bad it means he feels sick!

Mommy and her cute little Ellie with CUTE PIG TAILS!!

Summer isn't complete without LOTS....

AND LOTS.....

of POPSICLE S

Gavin started preschool August 13th and loves it for the most part (except the times he goes to time-out for misbehaving).  He still has problems hitting and sharing but is doing much better than last year.  We are working with a child psychologist to help with his behavior and have noticed improvement.  We are improving our bond with him and Gavin is learning to be a good first time listener.  We have also started working on accepting "no" well, instead of throwing GIGANTIC fits.  It's going pretty good.

Ellie is getting so big.  It seems like the moment she turned 18 months her personality really started to shine through.  She is still super happy and loves to smile and laugh.  She is also a little dramatic though, which we expected with her being a girl.  I love her facial expressions which are always big and super cute!  She is really persistent, the girl knows what she wants!  She is a lot more cautious than Gavin and doesn't wander off too far outside the house and usually wants to hold on to Mommy's finger to try anything new.  She isn't a mellow kid per say, but compared to Gavin when he was 18 months she is pretty tame and manageable.  She is DEFINITELY a momma's girl and loves for Mommy to hold her and just be with her.  She loves to sit on my lap and look at books, especially Mickey Mouse books.  In August, she fell in love with Mickey and Minnie and is OBSESSED!!!  For two solid weeks ALL she wanted to do was look at the Mickey books and watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, no joke!!!  She is a fast learner and picks up on things Gavin does more quickly than I would like, since it seems she imitates all the bad behavior.

 Mommy had a rough time in August and September with the heat.  We couldn't go outside and play so the kids (and subsequently Mommy) went a little stir crazy!!!  I was sick of swimming and kind of fell into a rut of activities to do with the kids.  I'll have to plan a little better for next year!  Thank goodness it started cooling off in October!