August came and went too! We had been home just over a week from our California adventure when volleyball season started. Since we were all just hanging around the house, we decided to jump in the car (Makenna, Kellan, and me) and drive to Phoenix. We visited with Aunt Leslie and swam and swam and swam. My friend Barb also happened to be in town on a work trip (with NOT a lot of work to do) and got to hang at the pool with us a few times. Makenna made huge improvements in her swimming. This summer, she got brave enough to use a blow up floatie with her life jacket. She did the same the first day or two in Phoenix, then moved to life jacket plus styrofoam noodle, then just let go one day! After that her confidence grew every day - she just toodled around the pool in her life jacket. Here are some videos.
Our days consisted of eating, cooking, a few errands, watching Olympics, swimming, and napping. Since Ken was gone early to late, it was a nice change of pace for us, and I know it is one of Makenna's favorite places.....she STILL talks about "Aunt Es-ee's sweem poow"!
August was hot hot hot! (In fact, just got our electric bill - OUCH!) We cooled off in the sprinklers.
Spaghetti night!
Look what we found! This little guy was just crossing the street at the end of our block on a walk one night. I thought he must be someone's pet - a TURTLE in El Paso?!?! So we put him in the wagon and brought him home, but Ken said he was probably just a desert tortoise. He was pretty cute (uh, minus the devil-ish RED eyes). Makenna was soooo sad when we let him go behind our house. He was about the size of a baseball cap, just a little bigger.
Cute palm tree fountain toy!
(That never quite stood up straight.)
Full sweats in AUGUST? I've been choosing my battles on the fashion front lately....As long as she has clothes on I'm usually happy.
Dressing up to run errands. Dress from the summer wedding + new tennis shoes for school.
First day of school for BOTH kids! Makenna goes to school 5 days a week, and Kellan goes 3 days a week. Makenna has loved school since last year, so there was no hesitation to go, and no first day tears. In fact - Ken dropped her off and she ran in and started playing. However, she threw an absolute TANTRUM when I picked her up - she wanted to stay at school!! She is loving her teachers already this year, they are so great with these kiddos. Kellan still isn't sure, there are usually tears when I drop him off, but his teacher said it only lasts a few minutes and then he jumps into playing. It gets better each time, and he is already a good napper at school.
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