Our summer is coming (too quickly) to a close. I was looking through our pictures from this summer this morning, and I realized we had a great two months!
It was mostly laid-back, relaxing, and calm. There were a few interesting events along the way, though.
Here's our summer recap:
Emma vs. Potty Training
I *stupidly* tried to potty train Emma this summer. She turned 2 in May, and she communicates really well for her age. I bought into the mindset that because other people were potty training their 2 year olds, I should be potty training MINE. Except mine isn't ready. I did this with Lexi, too - started way too early and had to come back again (and again) before her little body was ready to be diaper-less. You'd think lesson learned, right? Nope.
So we spent two weeks tied to the toilet. Emma would go on the potty sometimes, in her pullup sometimes, in her panties sometimes, and I spent ALL my time Clorox wiping and saying "Do you want to go potty?"
After all this, we switched back to diapers until Emma's body is ready. The only thing she learned is that she thinks being naked is the best. Behold the gallery of Emma's refusal to wear clothes:
JUNE:
We spent most of June outside - the weather was great this year!
Can't forget about Lexi's Dance recital:
And our 6 year anniversary trip to Washington D.C.:
JULY:
We spent the 4th of July weekend in Columbus with Grandma and Grandpa:
I forgot the camera (*shameful*) and the only photo I got was this one. Thank goodness Emma and her cousin, Ethan, are so adorable in this picture!
On the way home from our K-State day trip, Lexi created an alter-ego: Ruboness (pronunciation: ruh-BO-ness). I laughed until I cried, when she was acting silly and making up these crazy stories about Ruboness, who is sassy and tough and not afraid of anything. She's giving you some Ruboness sass in this picture:
One weekend in July, cousins Chloe and Trey came down to stay (and play . . . I love rhymes). My girls are pretty obsessed with these two cuties!
The last week of July, Paul had another week long business trip. The girls and I survived by playing a lot of dress up:
And stalking the Royal Baby:
Emma can now recognize pictures of William and Kate and she always yells "ROYAL BABY!"
And both got a turn to sleep in the Big Bed with Momma:
she's an early riser.
She stayed up until 10:00 this night because of the Royal baby coverage (and a thunderstorm).
Sick-O:
All three of our dependents took a turn being sick. Lexi started it on a Tuesday. She told me her skin hurt and when I checked on her I found this:
unusual because this child hates napping.
She had a fever, so I gave her tylenol and within 20 minutes she started throwing up.
She was down for another day, but recovered by Thursday morning.
In the early hours of the same Thursday morning, Roxy started throwing up. This happens occasionally - she's kind of a dumpster diving dog and has been known in the past to eat napkins, used tissues, baby wipes, and crayons. When she kept throwing up (and being sick in other smelly disgusting ways) I decided to take her into the vet on Friday. Luckily, they diagnosed her with an intestinal infection from her garbage bin eating habits and couple (expensive!) medications later - she's fine.
Roxy was relegated to this towel while she was sick. Emma took her blankie over and curled up beside Roxy. Sweet. Risky, but sweet.
Emma's turn: Emma just had a slight fever for a couple days. She never threw up, but she was really cranky.
Only wanted to be held for all hours of the day or this happened.
The only other acceptable alternative was to watch the CUPS video - over and over and over. But now I can sing the song and I know how to do the cup rhythm. I'm not like other moms - I'm a cool mom!
I gave Emma a (bad - really bad) haircut:
And In Conclusion:
Now that I go back to work in a few days, I can look back and say it was a great summer. We laughed, we cried, we went to the ER, trees fell on our house, and we had a really amazing relaxing time. But we also accomplished goals.
At the beginning of summer, Lexi made these goals for herself in her Kindergarten readiness workbook:
She took swimming lessons, but can't swim yet (because she doesn't like getting her hair wet . . . no idea where she got that from . . . ). But she did make a fairy house. It will get it's own post later. And she learned to tie her shoes - so proud of her!
Emma quit her pacifier and is consistently sleeping through the night!
We were able to eat out successfully this summer multiple times. We have been avoiding restaurants for 5 years. Asking a toddler to sit still for an hour is a personal form of hell for us. But this summer we turned a corner. We usually had backup in the form of grandparents, but we were all able to eat without crying!
And I am going to keep running. I've logged over 110 miles this summer. Putting it out here makes me accountable. These puddles, however, have made it more of an obstacle course the past few weeks
but I'm going to keep going - I've got more goals to conquer!
This summer also helped me get organized. I attacked almost every closet and storage cabinet in my house. This is an after picture of a bathroom cabinet that previously contained 900 more items than this.
I set up a cleaning schedule, and I stuck to it. I feel ready to head back to work (full time this year) knowing my home life is organized. Will it stay that way? Hopefully. Time will tell.
The past few months have been amazing. I'm sad to see this easy going time end, but excited about our future adventures!
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