Let Summer Begin!

Today felt like the summer and we all loved it! We got to sleep in a bit and then headed down to Pleasant Grove for our first parade. The girls enjoyed watching the floats and John and I had fun watching their excitement. Eleanor was defiantly a lot more into getting candy this year. She is still pretty timid and won't go near a piece of candy if other kids are around. She also loved all the dance teams, town royalties and the marching bands. She has been wanting to learn about instruments. Her favorite right now are violins, trumpets, tuba and bass. Amelia loved all the balloons and wanted to follow them down the parade route. She also thought the police on their motorcycles was pretty cool. But her favorite was getting her very own soda. She thought she was pretty cool.







After the parade we headed over to Wallabys for lunch. Amelia slept all during lunch which made it much more enjoyable for us! Since she was still asleep after lunch John ran into Highland nursery for his first flower shopping spree of the year. I love how much John loves flowers and how he makes our yard/patio look so beautiful each year.

When we finally got home the girls played in the water while John and I did yard work. Eleanor thinks it's really funny to spray Amelia in the face and Amelia finds it just as funny. I love watching the two of them play together. For the most part they get along really well. Amelia loves all the attention Eleanor gives her and Eleanor loves that Amelia wants to do everything with her. I am contestantly reminding them how lucky they are to have each other and I hope they continue to be best friends.










Eleanor got to pick out a few toys at the dollar store a few weeks ago and decided to go with a bug catcher. I'm not a huge fan of having a bug catcher full of snails, worms and rolly pollies in my house, but Eleanor has loved it! Today she caught 14 snails. I can just see Amelia getting her little paws on that thing and letting all those snails loose in our house!




One of my favorite things about warm weather is how our girls play and play and then crash at night. Amelia was so tired she fell asleep on the couch while I was making dinner. I can count on one hand how many times she's fallen asleep without being put down for bed. I wanted to snap a photo of her but ended up waking her which put her in a pretty bad mood for the rest of the night!

I look forward to many warm/fun summer days!