Monday Moments #31 ~ Streetcar Days

This weekend we went to Streetcar Days in Red Cloud. I love these small town celebrations! They aren't too crazy busy and there is lots to do. Best of all, most of it is free!

Camryn loved this piglet, here it was trying to eat her boot

then it snuggled up and fell asleep!

the liked the bunnies too

but I think the pony was the obvious favorite

Elody was in love, until the pony wanted a little snack and she fell off!(unfortunately we didn't get a picture of that)

she got right back on and had a good laugh about it!

They also had multiple inflatables that the girls enjoyed for a short time. It was too hot to play on them too much. Again, we somehow didn't get any pictures of that.

Monday moments #30

Another busy week without much to say. Last week the girls had Backyard Bible Club (VBS in the park) every afternoon. Of course after great temperatures the week before we ended up with 90-100 degree weather for Bible Club.

Tuesday and Thursday Brian had softball games. His team is currently winning their way back up the losers bracket. Throw in a couple other obligations/meetings and we ended up with another week without many blog-worthy moments.

Saturday we finally had a laid back day without anything to do so the girls decided to stay cool in the water. Brian decided to take advantage of the situation and put them to work...

Monday Moments #29

It's Monday again and I don't have much to write about. The girls were in Orchard from Thursday to Sunday which means I really didn't have a ton of time with them in the last week.

 Before heading to Grandma and Grandpa's last week Brian took the girls to the kiddy pool at the park. They are almost getting too big for it but they love that they can take lots of pool toys there and I love that it's free.

doesn't get much better than that! :) 

Note to self: we definitely need to do something this week that is worth blogging about!!

Monday Moments #28~ More random summer fun!

It was another busy summer week without too many pictures. Here are a few quick snapshots. 

Elody being goofy at the store, seriously she is way too cute!

The girls went to VBS at the Berean church this week. Elody is close to the front on the left, Camryn is toward the back almost center (right behind the kid with his hand in the air)

Friday evening we went to see the play "Cinderella's Glass Slipper." During intermission the girls went outside to warm up and of course take goofy pictures with Stella.

Camryn got this horse for her birthday, this week we FINALLY finished Snowflake's stable. Now Elody just needs to save up enough money to get a horse for the other stall. 

Monday Moments #27~ Water fight!!

Lesson learned... next year I will not post on Mondays! I don't know what my deal is with Mondays but I apparently have a very hard time remembering to post. Anyway, after some exceptionally good weather this summer we finally have had a few hot days. The girls wanted to play in the sprinkler a few days ago which somehow turned into them having a water fight with the hoses. Camryn of course "won" the fight and Elody spent most of the time turning and running away from Camryn.

They started by playing nice and both had their hoses set to "mist." 

it didn't take long for Camryn to overtake Elody

Elody thought she would take advantage and spray Camryn while Camryn changed the setting on her sprayer,

then Camryn came back with something a bit more powerful!

The most shocking part was that they both got soaked and nobody ended up mad!

Monday Moments #26~ one more reason to move to the country...

There are many reasons I would love to live in the country, not too far away from civilization but far enough away that I wouldn't hear my neighbors. The girls have a much shorter list that until now mainly consisted of the fact they want horses. Their list grew this weekend when they got to shoot guns!

Seriously, how cute are they?! And they were good. They were shooting at pop cans and they were hitting more often than not!

Monday Moments #25~Zoo!

One of the things I always wanted to do when the girls were little was to take them to the zoo. I believe Camryn was just 1 when we took her for the first time. In my mind I was sure she would LOVE seeing all of the animals. I thought it would be the greatest day of her life and she wouldn't want to leave. Wow was I wrong, she liked the first few animals and then got overwhelmed and tired and was ready to leave. Even after the failed attempt at enjoying the zoo 6 years ago we have tried to go back almost every year. Each year Camryn and Elody would enjoy parts of the zoo but usually lost interest faster than we expected. I think last year was the only year in the last 6 years that we didn't go which means Elody hadn't been since she was 3. Elody definitely doesn't have the memory Camryn has so when we went to the zoo last week it was like she was going for the first time. This year for the first time both of the girls had a great time at the zoo. They didn't seem to mind the fact that it was 96° and they also didn't mind that we had to rush through most of the zoo since we got there much later than expected. We spent more time in some areas than others (depending on the girls' interest) but we saw almost everything in the 4 hours we were there. I think next summer we will try to go in the morning like we have done before so the temperatures are more tolerable.

the lion shared my feelings on the heat

While Elody did enjoy the zoo, she still had the same feelings as always when it comes to me taking her picture!

unless it's her idea, then she likes to pose

Camryn on the other hand wants her picture taken constantly

Elody had to see if she was as tall as the Orangutan too

The girls got to be up close to quite a few animals

seriously this child insists on having her picture taken every chance she gets!