Spring and summer fun

We have such great neighbors, many of which are stay-at-home mom's as well with kids my kids ages. We have really been enjoying the end of spring and beginning of summer!  Here's Lucy feeling pretty cool driving Mason around in his jeep.

 I love the sky in the background.  Such a beautiful day!  Again, playing in the sprinkler with neighbors.

 Claire always falls asleep after drinking a bottle before nap time.  I could sit and stare at her for a long time just sleeping in my lap while I study all her cute features and try and keep it all in my memory.

 Our friends, the Madsen's, had extra guest passes for COSI, so we joined them one day.  Lucy had a lot of fun with Mya and Ty.

Lots of little things

Fun, relaxing family night at the pool.  The heater was broken for a few weeks when it opened and Lucy was the only one brave enough to get in, but Claire enjoyed her time snuggling with dad.

 Literally EVERY time we go to Wal-Mart, Lucy notices this little m&m guy and laughs at it.  One day she was having a total meltdown that nothing could fix... that is until she saw this guy.  I finally made her get out and take a picture with him.  It's only appropriate that her dad works for that company, too.

 I let her watch Curious George one morning while I was making her breakfast and she begged to sit in the high chair and have it pulled to the edge of the kitchen.  I gave in that morning and she was so engrossed in the show after she ate that she didn't even notice me standing in front of her taking this picture.

Lucy cracks me up.  She often comes to me and says "mom! take picture!" and then runs right over to the stairs and lays down on them like this.  No clue where she got that from, but it's funny.

 This girlie holds her own bottle but does it with her fists closed and uses her wrists.  Silly girl!

 She is ALL over the place- one day she even crawled across the couch, over the pillow and onto the table.  She then fell in between the couch and table and that's when I stepped in and rescued her.

Claire loves to suck on shoes (yuck!) and so Lucy kept grabbing them away from Claire and finally resorted to moving them on the stair where she couldn't reach them.  

 She tried so hard to reach the shoes.  Her cute little feet go straight out to the sides when she pulls herself up. Doesn't seem too comfortable!

 This is my view almost every morning after breakfast and getting ready.  We love our morning rides around the block.

 Cute, loving sisters (most of the time).

Super Lucy

We went to a cute little play cafe called the Firefly Cafe with some neighbors one day and it was totally up Lucy's ally.  It had all sorts of slides, bikes, toys, a little bounce house, a reading and play corner, and a bunch of other stuff too.  She loved the capes they had there and ran around like crazy the whole time wearing one.  It makes me so happy seeing her so happy doing things!

Zoo

We decided to get a zoo pass this year and I am SO glad we did.  The Columbus zoo is awesome and I go ALL the time with the girls.  Even though it is about a half hour away, we often go when it opens in the morning, spend an hour or two there and then go home by the time the crowds and heat come.  This one particular day, the animals were all very active and the crowds were slim to none.  Perfect.

Pretty sure this bear pacing back and forth following Lucy wanted to eat her for breakfast.

 Every time we go to the zoo now, Lucy insists on getting her picture taken with the gorilla.  She runs over, sits on his hand and says "mom! picture!"

 This monkey guy loved Lucy and sat and played with her through the window for a long time.  Lucy loved it.  He would be sitting down and then just jump up and hit the glass and Lucy would crack up!

 She even tried to kiss him through the glass (yuck).

Dad's socks are way better

I love these pictures because they totally reflect Lucy's crazy and super goofy personality.  She sometimes loves to "help" me fold the laundry, but this is usually what ends up happening.

Baba addiction

Lucy is addicted to her "baba" a.k.a. her pacifier.  We have tried EVERYTHING to get rid of it... cutting it (in these pictures), replacing it with other things, plenty of awesome bribes, quitting cold turkey (she screamed bloody murder for who knows how long and then hyperventilated for like the next hour after I finally gave it back to her).  She only has it in her crib when its time to go to sleep, but still.  I hope she doesn't still have it when she goes off to college, but at this rate I wouldn't be surprised.

Don't let the smiles in these pictures fool you.  It didn't last past one minute in bed without it!

Another lazy Sunday afternoon