Lot of Summertime Fun!

I have not been posting many pictures, as we've been so busy that the last thing on my mind is spending time to do it, but I have been taking lots of photos of what we've been up to:

 Ella on her new bench from Pappy and Baba

with a baby in her belly

 enjoying "Sprinkle Pancakes" for breakfast

 Molly eating oatmeal cereal---

she has just started eating cereal and applesauce and sweet potatoes, slowly

 wants to help direct the spoon to her mouth

 I love this picture because this is a "Rob look"--the raised, tilted eyebrows

 little girl in a big highchair

(and teething on the strap covers)

 pretty girl enjoying another breakfast favorite---chocolate chip waffles!

 contemplating her next meal

 sprinkler fun with church friends

 sprinkler fun!

 the friends in our Faith Sharing group at a cookout at our house

 Ella after making "muddy mud puddles" with the dirt and sprinkler water

Molly's model pose!

Her new thing is trying to push up from a crawling position into a seated position

sleepy girl

playing with the hose after a hot day

more yummy cereal

Ella made wooden dolls from a kit from Paulette and Jerry--

she made one Molly and the other one herself

relaxing in her swing in the morning

sisters sharing a laugh--love this one!

morning hugs for Pinkie

early morning nature exploration

chewing on one of her favorite toys on the activity center--the sunshine

(love those chubby arms!)

doing some serious thinking!

sweet little smirk

Ella enjoying a popsicle and helping to make pesto

pesto making

silly girl enjoying dessert that she made for us--chocolate pudding

showing me her belly "with a baby in it"

Molly cooling off in the pool

sister love

preparing for the splashdown

water entry!

Molly enjoying the splashing Ella was doing!

chewing and chilling

She started out on the blue/black quilt and about a second later was across the room

reeeeallly wants to be able to crawl and is getting so close!

practicing

cutie with her favorite thumb

big sister helping little sister

trying to do it herself

Ella's word tree--

we've been working on some word families and sight words

Ella teaching Molly how to put together the U.S. puzzle she got from Allison and Lou

showing how she looks at the box to see where the pieces fit 

She did it all by herself on the first try!

silly sisters

girlies

slipping away

smiley girl

checking things out

always smiling

(and usually when she is watching Ella)

eating

showing our activity buckets

one of the buckets o' fun!

sidewalk paint

(smelled so delicious because it was made with Kool-Aid!)

ready to paint

sidewalk paint creations

proud

enjoying a popsicle to cool down