Another one bites the dust

Fever day # 1

Nap = Energy

We have pretty much given up on nap time in our house.  Whenever they nap, even for 20 minutes, they are up until at least 10:30 or 11.  So I generally do whatever I can to keep them awake (like playing I spy in the car so that they can't fall asleep while I am driving!).  However, yesterday, Leah needed a nap because of The Sick that she has, so Bella stayed down with me to hang out.  I was sitting on the couch reading and looked over to where she was coloring and she was out cold.  I figured she must need the nap if she fell asleep during Mommy time, so I let her sleep.  The videos below are the result.  This was between 10 and 10:30pm last night.  She was so happy though that I had to let her just stay up and keep dancing :)

 

Dinner on the deck :)

🎵At the car wash

Ear infection + 72 hour fever =misery :(

This was dinner time...she said she was too tired to sit at the table to eat with Bella and I. Got some meds today, so hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!! I think Bella may be hoping for one more sick day because as her poor sister has been trying to sleep away the virus that has been attacking her, Bella and I have spent hours together just the two of us. She is in heaven while poor Leah has been miserable!

Fever day 3

Love this girl!

Swimming

Don't know if you will be able to see this, but the girls are completely swimming on their own and there new favorite thing is to swim around the lazy river at the pool.  The lap before this, Isabella swam almost the entire thing all by herself. She of course decided to cling to mama the second Cesar picked up the camera...she is so funny!  It is a lot of fun playing with them now that they are more self-sufficient!!!

Fever Day 2

Girl's first Camp

On Sunday, we went to FaithPoint church where the girls had their VBS so that they could participate in the service.  The church meets at the Middle School in Urbana and there were tons of kids there during VBS week, so I assumed it would be a pretty large service.  However, it was very small, but we had a great time.  The whole service was dedicated to VBS and the kids had a great time.  You would think based on these pictures that Bella had the best time, but she only lasted in the front for the first 15 minutes and then came back and only wanted to sit with Mama.  Leah lasted the entire service in the front, even without her sister up there!  It was a good time :)

 

Thunderstorms

Isabella is TERRIFIED of thunderstorms all the sudden! She will not leave the house if she sees even one dark cloud in the sky or if anyone even mentions the word rain. Tonight a thunderstorm came through right at bedtime and she was hysterical...so, these became the sleeping arrangements! I was in the middle until she fell asleep. Ugh! Things you say you will never do when you become a parent...I'm right there!!

VBS

Got some videos and pics to come, but wanted to note that the girls had their first week of vacation bible school this week! It was their first camp and they did great! I didn't get any pics because Sabrina took them every morning, but they really had fun! On Thursday apparently they won a dance contest and each got a necklace because of it! I think that was the highlight of their week :) they go to one at their preschool in two weeks so hopefully I'll get some pictures of that!!

4th of July

What a SUPER fun 4th of July!!  Probably the best one I've had since I was a little kid!  We started off the morning with manicures (i.e. I painted their nails)!  They were so excited for their new nail polish!!  Then we went to six flags, came home and everyone napped, then we went and had a picnic and watched fireworks!  Overall a perfect family day.  AWESOME :)

 

Leah's manicure

Ready for an adventure

When we first got tot he park!  The kids part of the park was pretty empty!!

First stop:  helicopters

Me & My Leah Grace

Daddy and Bella on the train



A little nervous on the hot air balloon Ferris wheel...well, at least I was nervous so that is what I am going to say she was feeling!!

They got to dance up on the stage during the show

Tweety and the host took the girls over to the limbo line :)

Didn't quite get the point of Limbo

This is how Cesar rides the merry-go-round.  Hmmmm???

Of course we stopped for popcorn

Leah stole my phone and started taking silly pics

This teeny tiny frog ate lunch with us.

More silly faces waiting for the train

I gave in and let them play a game...we won a $6 pair of ugly yellow sunglasses...but it was worth the smiles on their faces!

We parked at Costco to see the fireworks.  It was a VERY beautiful night and a super fun picnic!!  The anticipation that the girls had for the fireworks was awesome. 

First ever live views of fireworks

This was after midnight!  We went out to ice cream after the fireworks and by the time we got home and got them into bed it was 11:45!!