Ahh The Summer fun
How we miss thee
We are over at Gabe's House for a play date
This was not too long after his little sister came onto the scene
Gabe was missing his friends so we all came over to play
It has been months and the kids are all so much more grown up
Baby Elena is so big now, it is hard to believe
And several new mommies are not expecting new siblings for next summer
How Gabe's life changed
How every ones life will change when the new siblings arrive
We are feeling it already. I think Pregnancy prepares you in ways
It slows you down, so many of our friends have tired Mommies who are less busy now
That means we don;t get to see them as often.
I guess it is good practice as once the new baby arrives everyone will be sleep deprived
Holly is hoping for a baby Brother or Sister some day, she is so ready
I think the last of our friends who planned on having second babies are now pregnant,
So we are the last. That said, we have some friends who do have a 5 year spread between kids
Like me and my sister, so we still have some time.
It is cute Chloe calls Holly her little sister, and she is convinced Kathy will be having a girl
But it will be at least another 6 weeks until they know.
Another big change is pre-school and potty training.
Most of our friends will be starting some type of Pre-school in September
They are growing up so fast, the changes are upon us.
We are in the days now when they still need a nap, but a nap is rather inconvenient.
In order to get up early they have to go to bed early which means an early nap or none at all
These changes have been very hard on us. It makes it so difficult to find time to do the fun stuff
Or see our friends as much as we would like.
We hope to start having some regular play dates however
So that after school we can have friends come to our place.
This summer will be so fun with the play set and a baby pool,
I imagine a sprinkler on top of the slide and water tables and lots of outside fun
It has been raining now for weeks, though we still go outside
In the rain some days, other just after with a towel to dry things off.
On this day the kids picked apples from Gabe's tree.
We filled two bags, some the kids ate and other's I brought home and Joel made several pies.
We brought one back for Gabe and his family as a Thank You.
We have missed our Neighbor's apple tree. We had this old Chinese Orange tree
The kind where you use the peels for cooking but the fruit is not sweet. It fell over in a storm
We have had our eyes on an apple tree as a replacement
Though I'd like to get a nice mature one that will fruit right away.
We will see, we still have a stump to remove and concrete to haul and a patio set to buy
Our backyard is a work in progress but it has come a long way.
2 comments:
Looks like so much fun!
More great pictures! I love the apple tree idea, and from these photos you can tell Holly will love that too!
Love, Granny
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