More August Pictures...

I found some more August pictures that I don't think were posted with the other August post. So here they are:

I went to check on the kids right before going to bed and Garrett
had snuck into the girls' room and fell asleep on the floor.

I took Garrett to the dr for his checkup that was
required for school and we made a buddy day out
of it afterward! I took him to the Dollar Tree and
he picked out one thing. He was way excited about it!

While we were at the doctor, my good friend Kelsey watched the
girls for me! I'm so grateful to have a friend like her!

She sent me this pic of Brenna and Grey having snacks :)

I always find Garrett in the weirdest places when
I check on him at night.

I was totally missing Wingers and decided to make a copycat
recipe (except I added cucumbers). So yummy!!

They were sailing in a boat on the blue water...haha.

Kimbri had apparently "shared" a bunch of stuffed animals with
Brenna one night. So many stuffed toys!

Brenna has her shades on and ready to get some
shopping done with mommy while the older kids
are at school.

The day after Brenna's b-day, we spent the morning at Chick-fil-a. Rick had to work so we decided to get out and have a little fun on a Saturday morning. They have sides of scrambled eggs for .50 and hash brown tater tots for .99 so it's a fun cheap meal! Not to mention they love playing on the play-place.

Kimbri was making dramatic faces while I was
trying to get Brenna to look at the camera... she was
more interested in her food, haha!

I hope she always thinks I'm her best friend! I love her so much!!!

Getting their craft on!

Making snow cones with the machine Olivia sent
to Kimbri for her birthday!

We made homemade syrup with Koolaid packets.

Every once in a while Brenna is awake early enough
to come out and send Kimbri off on the bus. But this
morning she did not want to let Minnie out of her sight!

Garrett loves playing "teacher". He writes down
numbers and then points to them and has me say
each number.

Waiting in the front for the bus to drop Kimbri off.

She got a lollipop at school and wanted a picture.

My little grape helpers. This kept them busy for a
solid 20 minutes, ha! 

Another "teacher" picture. He decided his
teacher name should be Glat...

Garrett drew this for me. He said it was me and him and the
hearts were for how much we love each other. Also, all those
dots on my face are my freckles, he said :)

August 2017

Rick found a huge mushroom in the yard and
the kids wanted to hold it. Gross, haha.

The kids were playing outside while Rick and I
finished dinner. I think she was trying to get
our attention, haha!

Garrett drew this picture for me. He said it is me and him
and all the hearts are how much he loves me.

This was on the back of the picture Garrett drew. I can't believe
he sounded that out and wrote it himself! "Der mom" = Dear mom.

Sam's Club trip with the kiddos!

Big sis helping little sis with her nails.

I guess the cereal cabinet didn't get clicked shut
(we have the child-proof things on them) and
Brenna snuck into a bag of cereal. Her face!

Garrett is a little book worm. I still can't believe he is reading
and still has a whole year before starting kindergarten! 

Garrett is going through a phase where he always wants to
sleep on the floor in his sleeping bag. It seems so uncomfortable!

Brenna loves taking baths in the "bih bah tuh"

We have been to Smith Lake Park several times now. It's close to home and isn't very busy because it's tucked back in the woods. We love going there!! 

At the park with our friends.
Kye, Garrett, Kimbri
Grey & Brenna

They loved swinging together.
Grey & Brenna

It's still hot here! The kids enjoy
a lot of water play in the backyard....

...and popsicles.

We still hadn't used Kimbri's birthday coupon to
Toys R Us so we went and did that one afternoon.
She picked out a toys from the dollar section with her
$3 coupon and got a free balloon, crown, & giraffe.

Garrett has been WAY in to these dry erase learning
books. He gets them out almost daily and does them.
I love that he loves to learn!

Tried a new recipe for oatmeal cream cookies. They turned
out SOOO yummy!! 

Brenna has been obsessed with the potty lately.
No, she is not potty trained but she is showing
a lot of signs that she's getting ready!

A frog they found in the backyard.

Kye an Garrett dressed up like Spidermen. 

Kimbri was the spiderman on the right in this picture. 

Garrett has loved having some friends that are
boys to do boy stuff with, like guns, swords and
super hero dress ups! 

Brenna loves helping mommy cook.

Tried another new recipe... baked ziti. Yum!

Brenna's poop stance, ha!!

Kimbri wrote me a card that said "Hola Umegos". Haha!
I thought it was so awesome :) 

Brenna being a dare devil standing
on the block bucket.

So... taking 3 kids to a craft store isn't easy. I've had to take them a couple of times now because I needed supplies for the quiet books I make for my Etsy shop.  The last time I went I had this genius idea that I'd give Kimbri my phone and that she could take pictures of stuff. It worked so good and I'm totally gonna use this again next time, however, Kimbri starts school soon and Garrett will be starting preschool next month so it will definitely get easier going to craft stores soon! Out of hundreds of pics I deleted, I had to keep a few because it was so funny to see all the pictures she took.  Garrett's facial expressions were hilarious! Here are a few of them:

Building forts out by the tree.

They tied the rope to the tree and then put the bucket
on the rope and then attached the other end to the fence.
They get pretty creative playing outside.