Shoe Boxes!

We have a mud room right off of our garage and that's where we keep all the girls' shoes. They know to come in from outside and put their shoes in the shoe box. Up until now, we've been using diaper boxes for their shoes and Lucy has been complaining about this lately. She doesn't want to use a "baby" box anymore for her shoes.

 I've looked around for plastic tubs for the shoes, but wasn't able to find any the right size for the shoe box space. I mentioned this to Ross and he said he could make me some, and he did! It didn't take him very long to do, either. They are just the perfect size for the space and for all their shoes and I love them. Thanks, Ross! 

Funny Radar

Here is a picture I took one night while watching the wather. They were showing the radar and it was pasued here for a few moments. I looked at it and all I could see was a bunny rabbit or a chicken. I thought it was so funny and can't look at it now without seeing it!

Matching Shoes!

Molly and I have had matching shoes this summer and I've loved it! I fell in love with these shoes right when I saw them and was very happy that she liked them, too. We were looking around at all the shoes there and I noticed they had some like this in bigger sizes, too. The largest size was an 8 in girls. I tried them on because they looked kind of big and I was surprised that they fit me. They were maybe a little small, but could definitely be worn. I looked at the women's shoes and couldn't find any in my size (9) that looked like Molly's shoes. All of the women's shoes only had two straps going across the top of the foot and not the little strap around the toe. I really liked the ones like Molly's, so decided to try and find them online.

I looked later that night when we got home, but could not find these same shoes online in women's sizes, only girls sizes. I thought about the size 8 shoes so much and went back to try them on again to see what I thought about the fit. I decided they would fit okay and bought them. I am so glad I did! These have been my go-to summer shoe and I have gotten so many compliments on them, too! Probably the best part of these shoes is that I bought them at WALMART and they were only $11.97! I'm so very proud of that! And it's been fun having matching shoes with Molly. :)

Granola Bars

Back at the end of June we went to see Toy Story 4 for a friend's birthday party. I was sitting next to Molly during the movie and about halfway through she looked at me and said "granola bar," and I got one out of my purse and gave it to her to eat. 

This little exchange stuck with me and I took a picture of her eating the granola bar because I love that she just assumed I would have this for her. She trusts me 100% and knows that I will have whatever she needs. I hope she will always look to me for whatever she needs. :)

Workout Buddies And Donuts....Again!

Yesterday was the last day of summer break for Lucy and her last day to go to the gym for quite a while. She started first grade today. Molly starts Pre-K this Thursday. She will go Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and will still go to the gym with my on Monday and Wednesday. For something fun to do on her the last days of break we got donuts after the gym on Monday. We also all dressed in our workout clothes and were workout buddies together. :) I'd remembered that we had done this last year and wanted to do it again this year! I love making memories like this with the girls! 

We love us some donuts!

Workout Buddies, 2018 and 2019

Family Picture

We went to Branson a few weeks ago to spend the day with Ross' parents. His mom took this picture of us and I just love it!

iPad Timer

We have two iPads. One is ours and one we bought for Lucy to use when she was maybe 2. We let both girls play the iPads here and there, and I put time limits on it so they shut down after a certain period of time. I can always tell when their time limit is up because I always hear yelling and complaining about their time being over. 

There are some apps that can still be used after the time limit is up. One of those apps is the clock/timer/stopwatch. I turned this iPad on the other day, the one that Molly uses, and noticed the stopwatch was at 14 days. This made me laugh so much! I'm sure when all of Molly's apps shut down she started finding anything she could open to continue playing on the iPad. I guess she found the stopwatch and forgot to turn it off!

Father/Son Synchronized Swimming

Last week Ross' parents were the week in Branson for vacation. They've done this a few times before and we've gone down to spend the day with them. The girls have enjoyed swimming in the pool at their resort, so were excited to do the same this year. We all had a fun time swimming together, especially Ross and Larry. They decided to show us some of their fancy swimming moves and Wanda was able to catch it on camera for us! You can watch their mad skills here!

Ross warming up.