At the Pool...

Saturday, we went to the pool for the afternoon and since it was going to be one of the last times we are able to go, I decided to bring the camera.  As you will see, the girls favorite thing about the pool all of the sudden is the outdoor showers.  They would much prefer to be there than anywhere else.  We also got them arm floaties so that they could be more independent in the big pool since they LOVE to dive under the water and it was hard to keep track of them and keep them safe.  The girls are going to be so sad when the pool closes next weekend.  They ask to go to the pool at least 20 times a day and every time we drive in the general direction of the pool they scream pool over and over.  Hopefully we can get them into some swim classes in the indoor pool soon!!

They were using the rope to jump up and down in the pool!

Isabella desperately wanting to get to the big pool

Oh, the beloved showers!

Hanging with Daddy!




 

Love Bella's face in this one!

I love this picture!!  We have it blown up on our home computer and it looks so cool when it is big!

Not sure what the wall did to make her scream at it like that!

Playing in the splash park

They LOVE the big-kid slide!! 

Wish this picture was a video because it was HILARIOUS!  Bella couldn't get the fish to her mouth over the swimmy, but she tried over and over and over again!!

Popcorn snack when we got home from the pool!

Organization!

One of my many tasks this summer was to try to organize my house.  I had many things I wanted to do, and only got through some, but I did get the three big things done...organize the babys' closet (well...still working on that but it will be done tomorrow), organize the toy area on the main floor, and organize the kitchen.  That last one has been such a HUGE blessing!  I took EVERYTHING out of EVERY cabinet in the kitchen and put it all back in new places where it would be more efficient.  When we moved in, I had no idea where things should go and a lot of stuff just got shoved in random places.  Then the babies came and I definitly didn't have the brain power to think about where everything should go.  However, this summer, I decided I was going to tackle the job...and it is awesome!  4 trash bags later, we have a very organized kitchen and I am a happy woman!  I found some pretty random things as I was cleaning...a few things that must have moved here with us as they expired BEFORE we moved in!  Whoops.  Anyway, I was also able to get rid of the bottle dryer...which has driven me crazy since we first got it during those first few weeks of the girls being home.  We went through probably 30-40 bottles a day between pumping and feeding the girls in the beginning, so we did a lot of washing and the drying rack was great.  BUT...it took up SO much room on my counters and was such an eye sore.  SO..I am very excited to see that go.  Some of the other stuff made me a little sad thinking about how much my girlies have grown up and so fast!!  Here are some pics that defined our lives just 20 short months ago and now they are just part of the garbage out on our deck!  Crazy :)

Medicine for the acid reflux and gas.  They took the ranitidine from 2 weeks-6 months!

Desperate times called for desperate actions...not sure any of this crap worked...but we tried it all!

Oh, the pumping supplies. 
The hospital taught us to warm the bottles in that plastic measuring thing, and we did for 11 months!

This is what the kitchen looked like as I was organizing!  Fun times!

Bounce U & Cars

Here are some pics from Bounce U!  Yesterday, Heidi went with us and we had a blast! 

Sliding with Heidi!

WHEEEEEEE!!

A little blury, but a lot of fun! 

Here we go....

Heidi and Leah heading up the slide

Bella climbing up the slide by herself!  Crazy :)

Don't know how this will come out on the blog..here they are actually bouncing...Bella's in pink and Leah in purple..it's pretty hard to see, but they were having so much fun!!

As I have said before, the girls are OBSESSED with stearing wheels!!  SO..I FINALLY was able to get them two little cars to play with and they could not be more happy (although I am goign to have to get a third because they fight over the traditional one).  Here are some pictures of their first rides in the cars.  I loved how excited they were when they walked in to the family room and saw them...it makes me very excited for Christmas and for their first trip to Disney :)