catching up...

it's been so busy with the extra curricular activities and life in general. here are some recent highlights to catch up on...

i treated james and jenna to some fun at the beach during jessica's soccer practice. her practices are far away and another mom takes her out there for me, then we come early to watch then pick her up. this is one of the last warm and beautiful days of summer and i wanted to take advantage of it! we had so much fun...

i haven't taken many pregnancy photos so far, so i thought i'd take one of me, 15 weeks along. i was going to crop it, but when i noticed cute jenna smiling in the corner, i thought i'd keep it this way.

with james in joy school, jenna and i have alone time together for the very first time! sure, i sometimes use the time to run errands - but we also do things together like take walks, dance around or build things out of blocks.




i bought washable paints, along with these great little plastic things which can hold six colors. the kids were ecstatic when i told them we'd be painting. i showed them how colors mix together and make new colors and they took turns mixing with their paint brushes. we were painting for a longggg time - it was fun! james was especially proud of his artwork, as he kept holding it up for me to see.

i love when cute stuff happens...which is pretty often around here. when jenna wakes from her naps, she knocks quietly on her door til i come open it. it's so cute to hear her little knock. on this day, as i approached her door, she said, "it's meee!" i opened the door and found her like this:


after that, she was all about the hankerchief! she wanted "a hat" so i put it on her head like this. so cute...i had to take pictures. i'm going to miss that little profile...