Summers End...

Labor day weekend was spent enjoying the last bit of summer. It has been a summer of lots of fun and many adventures and some stepping stones for our family.

We spent a lot of time as a family since Jim is now off every Saturday. It was fun to get into the habit of going to the farmer's market every Saturday morning for fresh veggies and fruit and tasty sticky buns!

Em mastered her potty training this summer - we had it down to just nap and night time pull ups, but in July decided enough and went for the full thing. She did great - we had a few weeks of middle of the night peeps, but once she realized that EVERYBODY gets up in the middle of the night to peeps and poops, she was good to go! She reminds me of this almost every time that I catch her in the bathroom doing her business - still makes me smile! We are really proud of her for being a BIG girl and tell her that every day!

Allie decided she was ready to FINALLY start walking! She was taking steps here and there, but the first day back to daycare after the two week vacation, she was walking full time! We are excited about it because it's a whole new chapter in our book!

Here is Allie walking around with her purse.

We got down to the beach this past weekend and dragged Gammie along, since Dadda was at work. She all dug in the sand and had a nice time, until we had too much of the sand flies and decided to grab sandwiches from a local bakery and have a picnic on the lawn! Both girls really had a nice time and I tried to remember why we don't do it more!

Gammie and Em

Gammie and Allie

This summer we had a lot of barbecues and swimming in the backyard with the blow up pool! Both girls can finally enjoy almost all the activities we have set up for them in the backyard. Allie already thinks she is a big kid so she really does try to keep up - and then we hear the cries ... Sorry honey, are still a little too small for that. Next year...

Em enjoying the last barbecue of summer (even though we barbecue all year!)