Goodbye, Summer. We'll Miss You!

What an awesome summer we've had! We went on an amazing, life-changing adventure to China, added a precious little angel to our family, watched in awe of Evan's acceptance and love for her new little sister, and spent quality time together as a family. As the weather begins to get cooler - well, in the mornings, at least - we look forward to a great Fall!

Poolside

We spent most of the afternoon in the pool. Evan got Mike involved in a water gun fight with some 'older' boys. I was impressed with the way she aggressively fought them. In the end, I became Mike's navigator while trying to protect Sydney from the spray. (Mike and Sydney were on the float while I pushed him closer to where the boys were.)

Labor Day at the Club

We spent the last day of summer as we know it at the club. They had a water slide this year that the girls enjoyed. Sydney went down twice, but we couldn't coax her to go down again. Evan just loved that she got to take Sydney down.

More Fun

Sydney spent most of her time in the fountains. Evan found some friends from school and played tag, so she was pretty hard to catch for pictures.

Brownies Park

Evan absolutely loves Brownlee Park (AKA Brownies Park). You can get everything there - sand, playground equipment, and water! I can't believe that this was the first time we'd taken Sydney to a park! So many people were there, so it took Sydney a while to get comfortable. She was not too sure about the sandbox or big rock. BUT, she loved the water and playground equipment. I took tons of shots of her in the water thinking I wasn't getting anything good, but now it turns out that I'm, having a hard time picking my favorite.

Watch your Mouth

Before we had Evan, many of you may remember that Mike's language was definitely not child-friendly. He cleaned it up tremendously after at the age of 2 she repeated something she never should have heard. Well, the other night the girls were taking a bath when Sydney accidentally hit Evan with something. Evan looks at Sydney and says "What the hell was that for?" After laughing quite hard for a few minutes, I explained to her that she shouldn't ever repeat this. It was so very funny!