Life is good: Lately

We haven't been doing anything super special lately just been hanging out and enjoying summer. I think a lot of my posts are going to be these mix of random happenings because I am not doing a great job of blogging on a regular basis right now. I find that in the evening after the kids get to bed I am so exhausted and all I want to do is sit and watch TV! Staying home with a 3 and 1 year old is hard work, they never stop moving!!

I can't even tell you how many tantrums this kid has per day. I don't remember Q having tantrums like him. He just drops to the ground and screams whenever he doesn't get his way.

Leo loves fruit especially blueberries. I went into the kitchen and found him lifting up the blueberries and going in face first. He also has his blanket with him. Every morning I get him out of his crib he grabs his blanket too.

We love to go to the local children's museum and have gone several times the last few weeks thanks to a membership we got for Christmas. The kids both love it but I am exhausted after a few hours there and chasing both kids around! Leo loves the train tables and the music room. Quinn loves the kitchen area, blocks and babies.

Quinn can now spell her name and is getting really good at writing it.

I think Santa is going to have to bring some of these fun magnetic blocks, they both love them! She is really good at building things and always has been. Maybe we have a future architect on our hands?

We are spending a lot of evenings outside and enjoying summer. After dinner, if we don't eat outside, we head out back for a little fun with the hose and of course popsicles. I love the evening weather and watching the kids run and laugh. Leo loves playing with the hose and Quinn's new game is running to touch the back fence after you tell her, "ready, set, GO."

Being home with these two is so much fun. They love eating at the little table together and always crack up throughout lunch. They are usually really good about sharing their food and giving each other bites. I love watching them build a sibling bond.

I think her current favorite dinner is tacos. She loves them and we love our new taco plates Aunt Juju got for us.

Here is Dave's Father's day gift. I love it. It holds beer caps from the different states. I think he has a lot of beer drinking to start doing! We spent Father's day in Denver and had a cookout with Dave's family. It was a great day and we are glad we got to see everybody.

We are just trucking along with this pregnancy. I can't believe how fast it is going! I haven't really done anything to get ready for this little girl but we already have everything we need (except diapers) so I think when it gets closer I will just need to pull everything out of the basement and organize. Since we will be moving a little after she is born we are not going to do a nursery (at least not at the beginning) so that makes it a little easier too. I am feeling her move all the time and feeling really great (except being exhausted!). Quinn has started kissing my belly and I love it. I can't wait to see how great of a big sister she is to this little one. She already is a great sister to Leo but she is really excited about a baby in the house.

My little picture helper!

We have a garden and it is super fun. We have tomatoes, sugar snap peas, peppers, kale, carrots, cilantro, squash and strawberries. Quinn said today after we came inside that her favorite part of the day was watering the garden. She loves to go pick peas out and eat them on the patio. I love that she is eating vegetables and enjoying her summer. Leo will eat them but he mostly likes to throw them, maybe he thinks they are a ball?