A GREAT Day with Cousin Jule!

Margaret and I were delighted to play with Jule this week! After getting a shot (we need to take Jule to get all shots--it was toooo easy) we went to the Spray Park. The girls had a blast, despite MANY big kids who totally ran over them several times. After lots of play, we had a nice lunch with Mimi, Aunt Cathy, Jaycee, and Jule. We hope to play with Jule again soon!!

Cold Soups

OK, the other day at Sam's I could not pass up the HUGE bag of carrots that I found---they were cheap and oh so beautiful!! Anyway, Margaret and I decided to peel them and create cold carrot soup on this VERY hot past Monday. We peeled and processed 5 pounds of carrots and then my mom helped us tweek some recipes and create some DELICIOUS cool soup!
On Tuesday, we created Cool Cucumber Avacado soup. It was also delicious and VERY pretty in color. There are no pictures but here is the recipe. It is a MUST TRY if you like avacado and want a refreshing and healthy meal.
2 avacados peeled and processed
1 large cucumber peeled and processed
1 can of 98% fat free cream of celery soup
a little bit of 2% milk
a splash or more of V-8 juice
garlic and cumin to taste
We blended all the ingredients up and then mixed together and chilled. Yummy!

Cold soups are really great on a hot day and we look forward to trying more recipes soon!!

Building quiet concentration and fine motor skills....

I have been taking some lessons from my sister and stalking some blogs of some GREATLY creative moms. I am trying to come up with neat and educational activites for summer that will build Margaret's skills. She had a great time with this activity and it was so quick and easy to put together! More to come.....

FUN in the SUN!

We really enjoyed our vacation with Miss Celestia, Stacie, and Blakley! Thanks SOOOO much Miss Celestia...we will come back anytime!!!! We ended our very nice visit by stopping by to visit with Tall Margaret and the twins. They are growing up so fast!! Both girls were a little under the weather but did not let that stop some fun at the playground. All three girls are regular MONKEYS!!

Tuesday at the Beach

The girls are really enjoying the pool and the beach. Margaret is starting to put her face in the water like it is no big deal! This is a huge step for her. Both girls have had a great time jumping off the side of the pool and going under before mommy gets them! I have been amazed and very proud....I think swimming lessons really made a difference for us!

We are at the beach......

Margaret and I are lucky enough to have really generous friends that like to have us around! Miss Celestia, Stacie, and Blakley invited us to join them at our absolute favorite beach spot for the beginning of the week. We came down yesterday afternoon and will be here until Wednesday morning when we go to visit the Collins twins and tall Marg for the day. Here are some pictures from our first full day at the beach this summer. Note all of the heavy machinery because some really smart scientists have figured out how to rework the tides and increase the beach....a BIG pipe sprung a leak today. These pictures are of some of the fixing that was happening this afternoon. Margaret was intrigued.

Toward the end of the morning, we went to the park and Margaret had a very controlled melt down. She was very upset but handled it pretty well. She went over to another side of the park to be alone. I had to take a picture.

Play Date with Megan