Last Chance to Play in the Water!

Fall and Winter will be here before we know it, so we took advantage of today's heat and went to the fountains...

Alyssa was feeling really brave today and was really having fun getting wet...
I think Trevor was a little cautious because last time he slipped and got some pretty bad scrapes. He didn't get very wet here today...
Kylie had fun getting close to the water, but didn't get close enough to get wet. :-)

Trevor's bad day

This has been one of those days where you just can't WAIT to get one of your kids in bed at night. Trevor was told to clean his room this morning (like most mornings) but today he decided to be really stubborn about it. He was literally in there ALL morning until he came out to eat lunch and go to school. Then, after school, he cried himself to sleep in there. After dinner, he FINALLY came up with the will to get it done. It took him about 1 minute. ALL day of crying and being in his room...for 1 minute of cleaning up! I hope it was worth it! After that we needed to get out of the house so we took a trip to the sports store where he had a total meltdown about wanting a baseball outfit. Then we got home and right before his bath he ran into his dark room, and tripped over his rolled up rug and smacked his head on the bed post. (I guess while he was cleaning his room he decided to roll up his rug??). After he calmed down we had him look in the mirror at his goose-egg and he was shocked at what he saw. He said, "How did that get there?" ..in this kind of "awed" voice. It was funny.

Kylie's 1st ice cream cone

Campbell Family Pictures

My friend took some pictures of us...check them out on her website. She is an awesome photographer!

Click on this link and then scroll down and click on "Campbell Family" http://casephotography.smugmug.com/Family

*Also, if you click on each little picture, it will show up bigger on the right, I just don't think you get the full awesome affect of Darcy's photography with those little things. :-)

Kylie only eats 1 thing...

You always hear that kids love consistency and repetition, but when it comes to eating, they can be SO NON-consistent. Kylie is 14 months and I think this is the hardest age to feed. At this age, they can no longer get the nutrients they need from formula, and Kylie thinks she is much too old and sophisticated for baby food, even though she only has 3 1/2 teeth. Sometimes I don't think she eats enough food in a day to keep a bird alive. She'll down something one day and won't touch it the next. I find myself offering her up to 4 different things for lunch before I find something she will eat, if anything. For a while, she was thrilled with the idea of using a fork, so anything she could pick up with a fork, she ate. That lasted a few days and was GREAT. Although, now she thinks she has mastered utensils and wants to eat EVERYTHING ALL BY HERSELF, including yogurt and oatmeal. Yogurt isn't too bad because it kinda sticks to the spoon. But oatmeal is just a mess and she doesn't end up eating very much. But the excitement of the fork has worn off now and she usually just picks something up with her fork, then takes it off with her fingers, and chucks it across the table. Ughh, anyway feeding her is just not my favorite right now. BUT, I have found something that she loves and it's not messy. She is in love with yogurt drinks. She DOWNS them. She usually drinks 2 in a row. After she finishes the first one she is SO upset that it's gone. I'm sure next week she won't touch the things, but for now, it's one thing I can count on her eating, or drinking. Here she is this morning before church with her yogurt drink, and yes, that's drool on her shirt and dress...I think she's getting a few more teeth.

Oreo Baby

Alyssa and Trevor were eating Oreo cookies and Kylie reeeeally wanted one. I felt bad so I let her go for it. She seemed to enjoy it. :-)