Painted Faces

The gym that I go to is Fitness 19 and tonight they had a summer party for all of the gym members. The boys played in the bounce house outside first, but didn't last too long since it was over 100 degrees out. Then they went inside to the kids room and each picked out a picture from the book of options for their face. Carson loved this dragon, and the face painter lady did a great job. The face painting choices were the most unique and intricate that I have ever seen!

Tate chose to have his face painted as a "spooky pirate ghost". He was so pleased with his choice that he even created a spooky pirate laugh just to add to the effect. In addition to all of this fun, the gym also had a drawing for prizes. I won a free months membership fee, a tent, 2 lanterns, 2 sleeping bags, a rolling ice chest, and a 10$ gift card to the nearby fireworks stand. We had a great night!!!

Our car collection

Quite the car collection these boys have

Mimi came over and while she was here, the boys enlisted her help to collect up all of their cars and line them up on the coffee table for display. They searched high and low, under couches and beds, and this was as many cars as they could find.

Roseville Aquatic Center

We signed up for a summer pass to stay cool at the Roseville Aquatic Center and the Roseville indoor pool. This was our first swim of the summer and Holly's first swim ever! The pool is open every afternoon and every evening also. So, Im hoping we get a lot of swimming in over the next few months.

Holly liked splashing in the kiddie pool, but also liked rolling around on the beach towel in the sunshine...yes she has lots of sunscreen on!

Carson was king of the water tower with his water gun shooting water out at full blast.

Tate liked to splash around in the shallow water in the kids pool.

The boys had a great time playing together and the water is just the right height to sit and splash around

Bicycle ride in the Park

Last weekend we took the kids to Maidu Park for a bicycle ride and picnic lunch. We borrowed this bike seat from our neighbor to see if Carson would like it. He did like it, but it was a little tricky for me to get the balancing mastered. We may have to give it another try before deciding to buy one of our own.

Eric pulled Tate and Holly in the bike trailer. Tate is too big for the bike seat on my bicycle and Holly is too little, so....they got paired up together in the trailer. They loved it, but it eventually did put Holly to sleep.

Tonight we were all sitting on the couch together watching "Cake Boss" on TV before starting the bedtime routine. The kids think its a cool show because of all of the elaborate cakes that they make and I actually find it fun to watch too.

I love this picture of Holly because it captures the happy expression that she gets on her little face when we talk to her. She is such a happy baby!

Tate lost his very first tooth and was so proud! It was only loose for about a week before it came out. I had just picked him up from school and we had just gotten into the car. He tried to open the Tupperware lid of his lunchbox strawberries with his teeth, and accidentally pried out the loose tooth. The bit of blood scared him at first, then he decided it was cool that the tooth had actually come out. He put the tooth under his pillow and was rewarded with 2 dollars. He usually puts his money in his piggy bank, but this time he was dying to take it to Target to pick out a toy. He picked a Iron Man action figure that rides an ATV (such a boy) and mommy had to chip in a few extra dollars, but it was what he really wanted!