July

Has it really been that long since I've updated?  Oh boy.  We had a very busy rest of the summer with gardening.  Now that the garden is finished and cleaned up for the year, back to updates of our lives.

One Sunday in July we took Daddy to the Children's Museum to check it out.

Evelyn spent most of her time with Daddy while I followed Amelia around.

 One of her favorite things to do there is to pretend to be a cashier.

I think it's because she gets to handle the money.  She is kind of obsessed with money.  She's gone from hating her mean piggy bank because he would steal her money to loving to put money in it and shake it to hear "lots and lots of MONEY!"

Then we pretended to serve Daddy a pizza, complete with taking his order.  Evelyn thought that was fun and wanted to get in on the action.

 Then Amelia switched to doctor mode and listened to Daddy's heart.  This is another thing that she has switched her thinking on.  Whenever my midwife would visit she would be so sad and scared of the stethoscope and blood pressure cuff.  Now she thinks they are lots of fun.  Such a reminder of her growing up.

Evelyn began sitting up by herself.

She also got her first tastes of solid foods.  She got to suck on watermelon which she loved!  I couldn't have watermelon anywhere near her without her begging for a taste.  

Oh boy does Evelyn have Lucas' appetite!  Three months later she frequently will eat more at each meal than Amelia.  And just like Daddy you would never know that she eats that much, she's still my petite sweetie.

She also started getting really chatty.   

We had a pool party with Amelia's friends which Amelia thought was awesome!  She was so excited to splash and play in the water and didn't want to come out when she was obviously freezing.

The babies weren't impressed with the water but content to hang out on a towel.

We went to Songs on the Lawn again this year.  Amelia calls it Songs on the Lawnmower.  She loved to dance with her friends and liked doing the craft activities put on by the YMCA.

Another favorite was getting the "chicken hat" from the BW3's chicken.  She would wear the hat for days afterwards.

And being the good sister, she didn't mind sharing with Evelyn.

We tried to go to a Barnes and Noble storytime but since there wasn't anyone else there it was canceled that day.  Amelia decided to make good use of the stage by finding a book that played music and dancing around.

We participated in the library summer reading program.  Our prize for completing half of the items was star sunglasses.  Both girls thought these were lots of fun.

We went with Sissy, Kallie, and Kirsten to have a picnic lunch for Blues on Belgrade, which is a blues concert that takes place just a few blocks away from our house.  Amelia was so excited to bring everyone to a "songs on the lawnmower."

Before I knew it she had kicked off her flipflops and was dancing in the street.  That became a habit in the summer to take off her shoes to run around.  She has actually gotten very good at putting them back on too.

The Children's Museum was there with some activities as well, so of course we had to check those out.

Evelyn got to try more and more new foods with bananas becoming a clear favorite.  Sine she is so small she got to sit in the Bumbo for mealtimes, which she thought was great to be at the center of the table.

Cinemark movie theater does older kids movies for $1 during the summer.  When I saw they were playing Winnie the Pooh, one of Amelia's favorites, I knew we had to try it out.  She wasn't so sure about it and kept asking if we could be done, but she stuck it out until the end.  It was definitely too loud for Evelyn.  All she wanted to do was nurse and sleep but couldn't because of the loudness.  When we went to Clifford a couple of weeks later, Evelyn stayed home with Sissy and Amelia had a lot more fun.  

Amelia also decided that if she gets to help mommy in the kitchen there must be something she could do at Sissy's house.  She now loves to wash the dishes for Sissy.