Sunshine!

Mallory has been spending lots of time outside playing.  She loves to play on the slide, her swing, ride bikes, blow bubbles, color with sidewalk chalk, go for walks, water the flowers, splash in water…

We got this sand box for Mallory for her birthday present. 

It is suppose to be a toddler bed – but we decided to turn into a sandbox instead.  A neighbor up the road from us stopped us on our walk and told us we needed this toddler bed her daughter was selling.  However, we don’t need another toddler bed.  Then she stopped us again (after her garage sale) because it didn’t sell and she wanted us to look at it.  No pressure, huh?  Well, when I saw it and saw that it was plastic – I thought SAND BOX.  I didn’t want to tell her I wanted to use it as a sand box – thought it might hurt her feelings… but then she said it!  : )  So we left and didn’t say that we would take – well the next day she came to my house to see if I wanted it.  Haha!  This lady really wanted us to have this!!  It wasn’t a garage sale price… but it was worth it, I think.  It looks so cute in our back yard on the only small space of real grass that we have.  : )  Our yard is still dirt from last falls garage project.  We are still waiting for people to come back and finish their jobs and bury cables so that we can plant grass seed.

Wherever we go – Maggie must follow and pant and let her tongue hang out and drip all over the place.  Ick!  I can’t stand panting dogs… but I know they have to because that is how they stay cool. 

Max enjoys being outside too as long as it is not too windy. 

It was getting close to nap time and I was trying to hold Mally off because we were going to leave and I had her come lay down by me and look up at the trees, the sky and the clouds.  Distracting her from melt down city.

I tried to get all three of us, but my arms aren’t long enough. 

Maxwell has already turned into a blanket baby!!  It was hot out this day, yet he needed his blanket to get comfy and fall asleep.  One day I was trying to give him his nuk – he was fussy and restless – he wouldn’t take it.  Then I gave him his blanket and he started searching for his nuk and trying to suck on my hand as I was putting the blanket by him.  He grabbed onto his nuk then after he got his blanket.

Loving the sunshine and summer days here!