Sophia's First Cookie

Sophia tried her first arrowroot cookie earlier this week. She loved it! She made a huge mess, but I expected that.

Jenny and Aiden were a little jealous that she was getting cookies and they weren't, so I broke one in half for them to try. They both said they were pretty good. They have also both tasted her rice cereal and oatmeal before and promptly spit it out. I think they expected the cookies to taste bad too, but they were surprised that they weren't that bad. Haha!

If only Sophia had a few more teeth, then she could have tried Oreos instead!

Just kidding!!

Food+Family+Fireworks= A Good 4th of July!

This year for the Fourth of July we decided not to go to the firework shows that are put on by the city, but instead we chose to spend the evening at home as a family. After Jaime came home from work, he and I cooked steaks and italian sausage on the grill with baked potatoes, corn on the cob, baked beans, and a spinach salad. It was excellent, if I do say so myself. =)

While we cooked Aiden and Jenny played in the inflateable pool in our backyard. They splashed more water out of the pool than I've ever seen before, especially Jenny! She was trying so hard to swim and show us what she had learned at swimming lessons, that she splashed a lot of water out of the pool. Eventually I had to bring out some plastic cups of different sizes and a few strainers for them to play with so they would stop splashing so much. They had a great time, and didn't even want to get out to eat.

Jenny's swimming!

After we finished eating, we headed over to my cousin Vickie's house to swim in their inground pool and to watch them shoot off fireworks. It was a lot of fun, and I'm so glad we were able to at least see a few fireworks on Independence Day.

After we came home from their house, we put Aiden to bed (he was SUPER crabby) and Jenny, Jaime, and I made ice cream sundaes. They turned out really well, but Jenny needs more practice. She was a little slow with putting on the toppings so the ice cream was pretty melty by the time we ate them. They still tasted great though!

We had a great 4th of July, and we hope that you did too! We are really trying to enjoy our summer, especially with Jenny being in school now. Once school starts back, our time with her will be more limited, and we want to make sure we are soaking up every minute of time with her and Aiden. My babies are growing up faster than I can think, and we want to make sure we're taking advantage of every minute. Years from now there will be a Fourth of July where they want to go to their friends houses or to their boyfriend/girlfriend's houses. So for now, we are going to have plenty of fun with them while they still think we are "cool" enough to be around! Ha!

Pickles, Pickles, Pickles

A few days ago at lunch time Aiden had some oven roasted turkey breast, a piece of american cheese, a fairly big handful of blueberries, and a pickle. In case you didn't already know, Aiden loves pickles (he gets that from his Mama)! He ate most of his other food and just kept putting the pickle in his mouth but not actually eating it. A few minutes later I looked over, and this is what I saw.....

HAHAHAHA!!! So cute!

Guess What!!

Can you guess what Aiden learned to do???

Yep, that's right...he's feeding himself with a fork! Yay, Aiden!! Plus, this makes my job a whole lot easier. Now while he's eating, I can eat with less interruption. It's also great when I have something else to do, like loading the dishwasher. =)

And look...

He's not even making a mess! Although, sometimes I'm not so lucky. =)

Pirates Cove Mini Golf

Back in April Jaime and I took the kids to play miniature golf. We took them to a place called Pirates Cove, which is about 20 minutes from here. I can remember going to play putt-putt there as a kid! It's set up like a pirate's ship, and even has little streams, ponds, and waterfalls.

We all had a lot of fun! They even gave us a small golf club for Aiden to 'play' with. He didn't use it for hitting the ball though, he had more fun hitting everything else! Ha! Aiden mostly just ran around, and tried to play in the water. I knew Jenny was going to like it, but I didn't know she would LOVE it! She did pretty good, she probably even played better than I did. Ha! We didn't take score though, we were too busy trying to take pictures and chase Aiden around!

Afterwards, we went and ate at Panda Express. I always love eating there. There food is pretty good, and it's always very clean inside.

Here are some pictures from our night....