Beach fun

We got to spend half a day at the beach and the kids and Ben had a blast. I got to sit out and enjoy the sun. We got to see a bunch of dolphins swimming in front of us for almost an hour. Lexie wanted to swim out to them.

Vacation

We went to the aquarium in Virginia Beach. Lexie wants to be a marine biologist when she grows up so she loved seeing all of the sea animals.

Vacation

We spent the weekend in Virginia with my best friend Robin and her husband and 6 month old cutie Reece. He is the sweetest baby and is so good. We had such a great time. The kids start school in one week and this was a perfect way to end the summer.

What a day

Today was such a long day. It was sooooo hot outside so that meant that we were inside all day. All four dogs were in the house all day because it was too hot for them to be outside. Normally they stay outside a good part of the day so they can run around and play. Then when it gets to be afternoon they come in and lay around until bedtime. Well today they were wrestling and running around the house. Bella my great dane weighs 120lbs and has a tail like a weapon. She just turned one so she's still a puppy and she had lots of energy today. She and Salsa the chihuahua just love each other and chased each other around the house in circles over and over again. Sophie was so fussy today and after dinner she got flushed and I checked and she's running a 102 temp. She just finished antibiotics for a sinus infection on Fri. so I guess we'll be heading to the dr.s tomorrow. We're going to Chesapeake Fri to go see my best friend Robin and her family so Sophie has to get better in a hurry!!!
I think that I can officially say that Sophie is potty trained. Since she is #3 I really wasn't in a rush to train her. But preschool starts next month and she has to be trained by then. It's been pretty easy and today she took her first nap in big girl panties. Now she's only wearing a pull up at night. SHe's getting so big so fast. Thank heavens for the Backyardigans. She was so excited to wear her Uniquia panties that she fights me when it's time to take them off for the day. It's nice to think that I'm all done with diapers, but at the same time it makes me sad to be all done with having little ones.

What a nice day

We had such a nice family day today. Ben and I took the older kids uniform shopping in Charlotte this morning. The new school that they are going to requires that everything be bought from the one uniform store. Since it was tax free weekend we decided that today was a good day to go. Sophie was so excited to go and play with Jack and her Aunt Kimie and Uncle Brad. She loves to go over to Kimie's house and it was such a big help. It's hard to clothes shop with a busy 2 year old needing attention! After we finished shopping we went to Lexie's favorite restaurant, Olive Garden. After we ate all of the breadsticks we could we went and picked up Sophie. We are dog sitting for a friend across the street while they are out of town. She's a wonderful friend who pet sits for us when we leave town and with our crew that is saying a lot! They have a pool in their backyard and told us to use it while they were gone. So, needless to say we have really enjoyed it. We all spent a few hours swimming and the kids got to show off and splash around. Lexie has been asking to go see Hairspray, so Ben took her on a "date" tonight just the two of them to see it. I remember being little and doing special things with my dad and it makes me smile to see my little girl with her daddy. I know one day far too soon she'll think she's too grown up to spend time with us.

Sleepover update

The boys did really well. It was a very late night. They slept on the pull out bed in the living room so they could watch Firehouse Dog till they fell asleep. Ben and I finally crashed around 12 and at 4 John William came upstairs and asked if he could sleep in his bed. But the upside was that everyone slept in till around 9. Lexie would sleep all day if I let her. Here's Lexie enjoying the couch bed before I cleaned up.

First sleepover

John-William has his very best friend Matthew over to spend the night tonight. He has been so excited all week counting down the days. He's never had a friend spend the night before. Lexie was planning on staying at her Aunt Kimie's house but after a few hours decided that she missed her daddy and wanted to come home and see him. We met Kimie for an exciting dinner at McDonalds (the boys choice) and now the house is booming with little boy noise. Sophie decided that she didn't want to nap today so she's headed for bed in a few minutes. Hopefully she'll sleep thru all the noise. She's been getting over a cold so we've been staying close to home this week and she's catching up on her missed sleep.