4th of July

 We started off our morning going to our Ward's "Yankee Doodle Breakfast". It was supposed to start at 6:30, and i don't think we were too far behind schedule, that's a first! we were all tired, but glad we went. Connor and i walked around in the grass a bit while he drove his favorite Lightning McQueen car, but then ants started biting us!!! i carried him back to his Daddy and said it was time to switch kids.  They went to go play while we waited for the breakfast to start and i think they had fun. Connor even was given a flag to hold! He carried it around very proudly. 

I demanded we take a quick family picture as soon as we got home, and luckily for me, they all agreed to it. it took a few tries, but i'm just glad to have atleast one that turned out ok! 

After pictures i decided it was nap time. I had accidently given Evelynn the wrong type of bottle at the breakfast so she refused to take it, so she had to eat first of course. But after she had a full tummy, she was out like a rock! Then Connor fell asleep rather early for his nap. i had had a horrible headache, so i went and took a two hour nap too! 

After naps we all had lunch. Then i snatched a couple more pictures of my cuties! you can see who was enthusiastic about it and who wasn't, rather easily, haha! 

 You may be wondering what is all over Connor's shirt in that previous picture. it's brown sugar. my mischievous two year old got into the brown sugar and made a huge mess! i had to clean it up of course while i made dinner, and he demanded his clothes had to come off. the crazy kid! 

 i made a yummy dinner for us (definitely not a BBQ, it was WAY too hot and humid!!!!) and then we planned to do some sparklers after it got dark. unfortunately, we never got to do that though. i somehow lost  them so we didn't get to complete our night with kid friendly "fireworks" like we had planned. oh well. we had a pretty good day and were glad to have Caleb home with us the entire day this year! we missed our loved ones quite a bit, but sent them pictures to feel better about it. We hope everyone had a great 4th like we did! how lucky we are to live in this great country!

July Fun

 We started off July with a play date at the zoo! we went in the morning but it was still over 100* outside and the zoo was quite empty. i don't really blame people for not being as crazy as us and wanting to stay inside in air conditioning!!! We still had fun though. We got to ride the train and at least sit in the shade and not walk in the sun! Then we went to the water areas to let the kids play. Everyone looked hot and grouchy, but the water seemed to reinvigorate them, especially Connor! he didn't want to leave! Evelyn was so well behaved on her first zoo trip, even though it was so hot. i gave her a cool bottle and she guzzled it down while Connor was in the water, so it must have helped cool her off! 

He did NOT want pictures taken, so i decided to just make do with a video instead! 

Later that afternoon we had Evelynn's two month doctor's appointment! i wasn't excited about all the shots i knew she was going to get, but i was looking forward to finding out how much she has grown! she is now 11 lbs, 11 ozs, which is the 60th percentile for weight, and 23 1/2 inches, which is the 75th percentile for height!  her head circumference was 38 centimeters, which is in the 50th percentile. She got 5 immunizations, 1 by mouth, the other 4 shots. she did so well, and Caleb said she didn't cry until the 2nd poke, and quit crying soon after he picked her up. she is such a little sweetheart! 

On the 3rd Caleb got to get off work a couple hours early, so we went to the pool when he got home! i didn't take any pictures while we were there, but Evelynn got to "swim" with us for a little while, and Connor had a blast in the water! When we got home everyone got baths. Daddy gave Evelynn a bath all by himself for the very first time! 

 Connor got his bath while Evelynn was getting hers, and i took a shower as soon as he was all clean. As i got out of the shower i took one look at Connor and flipped out! he had made a huge mess all over the bathroom with my makeup, as well as tried to put it all over himself! it looked like a black eye at first glance and i was pretty concerned. what a mischief maker! 

 This morning we had two lovely messes after Daddy went to work! i found Connor getting into the peanut butter and as i told him "noooooo!!!" he put it in his hair. i took a quick picture and then bathed him. then i put the peanut butter up high in the pantry so he wouldn't do a repeat of this mess.

 BUT........

let's just say, that didn't work out so well. 

A little later i decided to sit down and kill two birds with one stone, and feed Evelynn while planning my upcoming lesson, when i suddenly started smelling peanut butter. i turned around to see Connor COVERED in it!!!! i was shocked, and so ticked off! when i told him to go get in the tub while i took away the peanut butter container, he proceeded to smear it down the hallway, all over the bathroom, and all over the tub. i was furious at that point, because i had done all my cleaning for the day after cleaning up the previous peanut butter mess,  so i would be able to focus on other things today and not have as big of a mess! what a disaster. i had a weird foreboding feeling when i woke up this morning that it would be one of those days, and i sure was right. 

I have now spent the majority of my day cleaning up messes. i DID manage to get my lesson planned, and i'm getting blogging done so i suppose i should accept that as an accomplishment, but i really think i need a timeout when Daddy gets home!!! it's a good thing it's the weekend!

Ending June

 As June came to a close we had some things going on that are worth sharing! First, Evelynn wore a cute little outfit that was mine as a baby!  Doesn't she look adorable?

As usual, Connor got into some mischief! he got into the butt paste diaper rash ointment while i was feeding his sister, and put it in his hair!!!! it was hilarious when i first saw it so i made sure to get pictures, but the process of getting it out was a PAIN! i tried four times to get it out with shampoo but it didn't work. i ended up asking around on facebook and doing some research of how to get it out. Dawn dish soap didn't work at first, i tried twice, so i resorted to peanut butter, which worked pretty well. i had to use it twice, then used dish soap on it again, then finally shampooed it. after all that, it finally washed out! Connor didn't appreciate my efforts and i'm sure he wouldn't have minded if i just left it. i considered just cutting his hair off (he needs a haircut soon anyways), but i didn't want to get any of it in my clippers! Connor seemed to want to show his sister what he did and kept climbing around her yelling "Eva, Eva, Eva!!!"

Evelynn is so big that she doesn't need the newborn sling in her bathtub anymore! she seemed to enjoy kicking her feet around in the water! 

Here are my cuties taking naps: 

 On Sunday the 30th Evelynn rolled over for the first time! She was on her tummy and rolled to the right, all the way to her back! Good job Evelynn! Connor had run helping his sister with her tummy time. 

Here is a video of how well she is doing holding her head up!

And here is a little video of our silly Munchkin!