Summer recap...so far

I have been SO far behind on blogging this summer...so I decided to do a recap of Summer so far....enjoy!!!

Girls weekend in STL...so fun to see all my old teammates!!



Ella's 4th birthday :)



Tyler's 2nd birthday...



Ella's last dance class for summer...




Tyler got to show some of his moves too...



Construction...lots and lots of construction...



Can't believe we were actually able to host the kids birthday party here...



Birthday bash for the kiddos ...all the Sesame Street gang was here...



The kids were thrilled...



Cake...



Hugs from daddy...



Playing with birthday presents...



Summer outside fun..



Love summer..



Ella posing for mom...



Our friend was in the Miss Illinois pageant...




Grant's Farm...lots of memories here...



Freworks...



Birthdays...



Baptisms..



Water Park...



More to come!!!! Happy Summer to all :)

Bday ideas...continued...

Here are ideas for T-bone :)

He is pretty true to size as well.  He wears 2T clothing (some 3T shirts) I would DEFINITELY get 3T pajamas if you are getting those.  He wears a size 7.5 shoe...He is a BEAST. ha ha ha

He would really enjoy tinkering on his own workbench

I can TOTALLY see Tyler bopping this Spongebob punching bag.  HILARIOUS...

 AND...I think Meade has one of these shaking/trembling bulldozer...and Tyler LOVES it!!!!

Both of my kids would LOVE a new PUDDLE JUMPER to help them with their swimming skills!!

THESE are the cutest swim trunks EVER for Tyler.  Maybe a swimshirt/rashguard to go with??

Tyler also really loves anything that you push and make noise like this learning toy!!! Or this "Mater" laptop!! ADORABLE

Hope these ideas help!!! :)

MUST HAVE...

I HATE my camera bag.  Seriously...I think it may be the ugliest thing on the planet to lug around.  So recently I have been obsessing over these bags from JO TOTES

photo courtesy of jototes

I mean seriously...how cute are these bags??  They are so cute and perfect for what I need.

THEN...I found THIS tutorial on LilBlueBoo!!!

Photo courtesy of lilblueboo

I can not WAIT to get my sewing machine out of storage so I can make one of these ASAP!!!!! So easy and perfect and FREE on her website.  I love Ashley from LilBlueBoo.  She has the most creative stuff.  If you haven't come across her website already you are in for a treat.

So in case anyone is bored and has a lot of free time...its going to be at least another month before my sewing machine makes it out of storage...feel free to make one in your spare time. :) ha ha ha