June Jumble

Our summer is flying by and somehow we are already through the month of June.  During the month we bounced between the pools, the beaches, the splash pads, friends' houses and just hanging at home.  Here are a few randoms of our summer so far:

When we are at home, the most likely place to find the kids is playing diggers in the rock box,

cooling off in the pool, 

or inside playing dress up or building with magnatiles or legos.  

Ethan's favorite is to be a fireman, so much that he has started to want to wear his fire gear everywhere we go...just in case there is a fire while we are at Costco...

Luckily the emergencies can wait until after he wakes up.

Besides the pool, splash pads are the kids favorite activity these days.

We love the splash pad at the zoo the best, because after splashing around we can go check out the animals.

And even get some close encounters.  

We have started going back to the Children's Museum, where the kids pretend

  

and learn

and play.

Big news for the month was that Kelsey's hair grew long enough to put in her first little piggy tails

we turned her carseat around, which she loved,

and Ethan fell in love with binoculars.  

During the month we breakfasted on the porch,

picnicked in the park

and snacked everywhere.   

We ran our first Fuhr family race

after cheering Daddy on during the big race

and celebrated together afterwards.  

We made several trips to the beach

where Ethan furthered his obsession with digging

and did some serious work.

Kels practiced her floating 

and began developing her own fashion style.


June was a good month!

Summertime!

There is something about summer that makes the days feel more fun and carefree.  

Our family is not apart of the school calendar yet, so summer shouldn't feel any different then spring or fall.  And with the oppressive heat of the season, all we should want to do is stay inside in the AC.  

But there is something about summer that makes us love being out playing in the sun!

From playing in the sand and the water at the beach,

to the pools,

to all the splash pads around town,

and just backyard fun,

we are having a blast in the summer heat.

Most days the kids just wake up,  put on their suits and we head out to find water.

The kids play hard,

snack hard,

laugh hard,

and nap hard.

And when they wake up, we do it all again.

Ethan does nothing but run and jump off things

and Kels is doing her best to keep up.

I love how comfortable both kids are in the water.  

Ethan can jump in and get back to the wall on his own without help, which means he is convinced he can do anything in the water.

Kels sees her brother being so independent, which means she is convinced she can do anything in the water as well.

In the ocean, Ethan loves 'attacking' the waves and is fearless as they crash over him.  

Kelsey loves to sprawl out like a whale and let the surf roll over her.  

I wish I had pictures of how much fun these two have in the big pools together.  Kels will just float under water with her eyes open, smiling and looking up at you while E is swimming around everywhere. 

Kels' adventurous spirit in the water is both fun to see and a little scary.  I wish she could swim as well as she thinks she can!

Until they are both off swimming on their own, I am loving spending every minute of the summer with them!