The End of Summer Vacation

It may be the end of summer vacation, and I may be back to work now, but we can still look back at our fun filled summer and feel like we are reliving it all over again. 

We tried to finish up our last goals on our summer list. I think we did everything but two things. Here's some pictures of the fun things we did: 

We got a library card and checked out some books. The kids had fun looking at all the books and we really had to narrow down the list of the ones we were going to take home. 

Caden's facial expression here sums up exactly how he was feeling that day. He was so ornery that we ended up leaving early. 

A few times this month we went to 7-11 for Slurpees then we headed to the park. 

We spent a day at Wheeler Farm and got to feed the ducks. 

We also saw a lot of other animals like the sheep and pigs. 

And the cows

This is Caden's impression of a cow. He puts his head as far back as he can and goes, "Ooooohhh"

We also tried to fit in one more day at the splash pad. Makayla was much braver this time than all the rest of the times we have been and got right in the water. She kept running over to me and telling me, "I'm all wet, Mommy!"

Caden was not into the splash pad this time and opted to stay in the stroller and eat this entire thing of munchies. 

We've also been on a lot of stroller rides around the block. 

We may have worn Caden out with all our fun adventures this summer. 

We've had a lot of corn from Grandpa Bob's garden this summer, but a lot of them have little "caterpillars" in them. Tyler decided to make it the kids' pets. We found a jar and put  lots of things the kids thought the caterpillars would like, like flowers, dirt, grass, and sticks. 

We had a green one and a brown one that lived in our kitchen for a few days. Every morning Makayla would go check on them and tell us that they were "eating the corn". After a few days Makayla noticed they were really tired, so they just slept for a few days before Mommy put them back in the dirt. :)

We went shopping at Macey's one day and they were having some games for the kids. Each kid had to find a number around the store and then stand on it. They called Caden's name and he won this huge donut! (I may have had the entire thing myself)

 These two are so cute and like to play together... most of the time. Just sitting in the warming oven enjoying a bowl of animal crackers... that's a normal place to eat, right?

 The kids love to make us "lunch". They bring us out food all the time and are so good to remember utensils and drinks. Looks like Kayla made us a donut and Caden made us a chip.

Both kids LOVE bath time. If we even mention the word, they both run in and try to jump in... sometimes fully clothed. 

  To get ready to go back to daycare, we went shopping and found Makayla a little backpack. She also found a cute necklace and bracelet while we were there. Kay-bugs was so proud of all her new stuff and was so excited to give us a little fashion show.

 And seriously, how cute is this little guy? He seriously is a major hunk!

 Caden loves books. In fact one of his favorite things is to read books at night. He gets a whole pile of books and then climbs in our lap. I think Tyler and I both love story time with our little guy!

 The other thing Caden loves is the swing. He can spend hours in this thing. When he wants more pushes, he just grunts at us until we give him more. 

 

Caden is starting to talk. Some of his new words this month are: "go", "no", "thanks", "please" "cracker", and "pushes".

It is hard to believe that our summer is over already. We had so much fun, and can't wait for our next flip-flop summer. To end this post, here's some cute pictures of the kids on their first day back at Brooke's daycare.

We have the cutest kids ever... just sayin'!