Week two of our summer fun kicked off on the day we got back from Hilton Head (May 25th). That next day Kye started his football camp for the week so it was a busy time for us going back and forth to drop him off and pick him up. He LOVED it and I’m so glad we invested the time and money for it!
One of the days driving home I about FREAKED OUT when I saw this yellow bug parked in a parking lot. Like I didn’t even hesitate. I immediately turned around to pull into the parking lot to look at the car. It was one of those moments where I was just flooded with memories and was so excited. Call me lame, I’ll take it 🙂 I haven’t seen that car since college and I was over the moon about being reconnected with something that was so special to me! The fact that it was the same year and color and had the same rims was like destiny 😉 You can see my beloved bug here!
When I was pregnant last summer with Tess I was a little nervous how this summer would go. Doing the math I knew she’d still be taking two naps a day and I worried about still having fun with the big kids! I’m SO thankful we have a pool as it provides an easy was to have fun! Heck, I don’t even have to clean my house and company can come over!
I’ve been getting to know a new friend, Rachel, better and she lives in our neighborhood (yay! I’m up from like 1 neighborhood friend haha) so she brought her crew over to play one afternoon! Our baby girls are only 10 days apart!
I am not what I’d consider a “good cook.” I cook a lot and I cook a variety of recipes, but I don’t have that natural talent, or love, for cooking. I do enjoy finding new recipes though, especially when they are ones my whole family enjoy! I wanted to find some new easy things to throw together when I’m in a rush and we LOVED these chicken pot pie muffins!
Kye having golf camp was a good opportunity for Britt and I to spend quality time together. I have found it difficult to find bonding things for us to do together? I know once she’s older we’ll enjoy shopping and getting our nails done and such but right now it’s just trickier? I feel like it’s easier for Zach and Kye to have “guy time” with sports! Anyone else feel that way? What do you do with your daughters? I thought it’d be fun to paint our nails and Britt LOVED it. She got to pick out her colors and she sat SO STILL for the whole thing, even while they dried!
Like a kid in a candy shop, right?
Now that Britt no longer sucks her fingers we can paint her finger nails too!
My big girl!
Last year we had passes to Wild Adventures (and I was INSANE and went while 39 weeks pregnant hahaha) but didn’t buy any this year. I knew with Tess’s schedule that we wouldn’t get enough use to justify the cost. I also knew that 3 kids solo would be near impossible at the water park! I do plan to buy them again this fall though when they are cheaper as I think we’ll enjoy them more next summer when Tess only naps once a day and will be flexible enough to be late/miss nap on occasion as well.
Since we don’t have passes I kept a look out for other fun things we could do this summer. Casey and Jordan are members at the YMCA and they have a great outdoor pool and splash play area. It was pretty expensive to go as guests but I figured it still was much, much cheaper than Wild Adventures passes!
The kids really had a BLAST and it wasn’t too crowded or anything. I felt like it was much more manageable with three than W.A would be as well!
Friday was Kye’s last day of football camp. Britt REALLY wanted to do a camp this summer as well. I checked into available camps and not many were offered for her age (3). I think she’d really like gymnastics but the camp they did offer for her age was from 2-4 for a week. 1) it’d be hard to get her there when that’s smack dab in the middle of nap time and 2) she’d be a HOT MESS if she missed nap for a solid week!
I do think it’s something we’ll look more seriously into next summer, Kye was 4 when he first did golf camp so I don’t feel bad having her wait a year. I heard about Friday Frolic that is offered at our local YMCA. It’s basically free play with the gymnastics equipment. It cost $8 for Britt since we aren’t members but I told her it was “gymnastics camp” and she was THRILLED. Like beyond excited! It was from 10:30-noon so it worked out where I just put Tess down early for nap and took her bottle there and woke her early to get there in time. Luckily Mrs. Charlotte went to watch Kye at football camp so she kept him until we got there after!
I was not surprised at all that Britt instantly loved all the activities. She was so precious! What did surprise me though was Tess! Child was adorable. I guess I just think of her as “the baby” and don’t consider her personality or personal preferences much yet? It shocked me to see her so excited and so happy about it all! She loved it so much that I’m hoping to make it work to take her back on her actual birthday 🙂
We ended up having several friends that were there too that day so it was a bonus combo of fun and friends!
Nope, she did not end up jumping. Which who am I kidding…there is NO WAY I would jump either!
Little gymnast!
We didn’t have any big plans for the weekend (one of only two weekends the entire summer without plans! Whew!) and Zach and I both felt like it would be a good time to do some dates with the kids. Kye and I had a date night Friday and Zach and Britt had one Saturday. Kye and I hit up our favorite combo: Zaxby’s and The Mix! I love spending that quality time with him and know that with big kid school coming this fall that those nights just the two of us will be more and more important!
We also had a big “first” for the week! We’ve been parents for over 6 years now and it was the first time something of ours got broken. Kye was in the bathroom trying to do his thing and Britt kept pestering him. He was stuck on the toilet and was annoyed that he couldn’t have the privacy he wanted (Zach and I were in the kitchen cleaning up dinner) so he shoved her. Not saying he should have shoved her…but I mean c’mon poop time is one time you really do deserve to be alone! Anyway so he pushed her and she fell back into the wall of the bathroom. Her hitting the wall caused our fish to fall. It fell on top of Britt’s head then hit the floor where it broke into a few pieces. No one was hurt, well other than the fish, and we didn’t get mad at them or punish them or anything, other than explaining to Britt to let people poop in peace and to Kye that pushing is never okay. Thankfully we bought it in St Augustine and had plans to return later in the summer so we just left the spot blank until we could get a replacement!
Kye had such a fun time at football camp that this became a regular site. You have to squint to see it but he is using our upstairs hallway as a path to run and “practice football.” He set up Bruce (his football dummy) and would run routes and tackle him 🙂 I know it’s a sight Daddy enjoyed seeing!
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