July

For the 4th of July we went to Breakfast at Egg and I--- went to Vernon Werthon Park to the cities festivities for about 15 minutes (it was way too hot!) and then we ended the night up on the "D" airport hill watching the fireworks.  We only had one small mishap when Lincoln tipped over in the stroller while he was strapped in and he and the stroller did some tumbling down the hill. He ended up with a few scrapes--- a few tears--- but with all the fireworks going he quickly forgot about those and was happy as can be watching the fireworks. 

We spent the 24th up in Pine Valley--- pretty much relaxing. We were so lazy and really only ate and read books. Well I guess we did go for a run that morning but that's about all we accomplished. Sometimes it is sure nice to do nothing! 

We love having indoor smores when we are at the cabin.

 Nothing better to do than read and enjoy our beautiful view!

 Norah just being cute!

 Other random happenings in July-
Lincoln has become buddies with quite a few of the Deacons in our ward...Here he is with Wyatt Parry.

 Peach season arrived. Lincoln loved to help out pick and eat our yummy peaches.

 Lincoln has always been a really good napper... sleeping for usually 2 or 3 hours every afternoon. It hasn't been until just recently that he has started to find better things to do other than sleep. There are many days that I can hear him in his room playing for a hour or so before he falls asleep. On those days I am never sure what I am going to find when I go get him from his nap.  This particular day he had done some reading and fallen asleep on the floor with his legs under his bed and hands behind his head. Whatever works right?

Here are other times I have walked in his room after nap time... He keeps himself busy at least. 

 I still don't dare put Norah in with Lincoln in their room in her crib---- it is because of this. When we aren't looking he climbs right in with her.  And usually he is just not lying beside her but on top of her.  It may be awhile til they share a room much to our dismay.

 Norah hanging out in her hot tub. Lincoln was in the bathtub and we were in a hurry so she got the sink!

 In YW/YM's there were leftover cupcakes so Lincoln was lucky enough to have Dad get one for him... Although it would have been smart on our part to actually wait til we were home and had a bib or took off his nice white shirt before he starting eating his Chocolate cupcake with purple frosting. It sure made for a cute picture though. He sure liked that frosting!

 Norah has started to get a bit restless just lying on the ground so we got out the bouncer.  She wasn't super interested in bouncing yet but she was perfectly happy with just chilling in it.  Lincoln enjoyed spinning her around and around and around.

Norah's headbands more often than not end up about like this.

 Adam's cookie making experience.  He wanted to bring treats to his Home teachees and few other people.  He always asks me to make them but this time I think I complained so he said he would just do it himself.  I was there in the kitchen watching  and I was loving it. I was trying not to tell him what to do because he hates that.  Here are just a few of the comical mishaps.
-Didn't know what recipe to do so just used the one on the back of the chocolate chips (no problem).
-Only had butter that was frozen. So attempted to soften it in the microwave. Even after my warning him that he has to watch it carefully he ended up melting it completely.  Re-do.
-Used 1 T. instead of 1 tsp. of vanilla.
-Accidentally put the flour in with the sugar and butter instead of in the bowl with the other dry ingredients.
-Did finally get everything mixed but to me they looked like they needed more flour-- but he didn't listen.  -Cooked them for a little bit too long.
-They were edible but lets just say that he didn't end up taking them to anybody in the ward. (he did take a few to work and gave them out) he even said he even got a few compliments.
It was def. a valiant effort on his part, but next time I will be the good wife that I should have been and just taken the 30 minutes to make the cookies.

 Well... we attempted potty training. Attempt is about the only thing we did. Between the two of us- my lack of patience and his lack of interest we haven't got very far with this. I think once summer is over and things are a bit more settled down we may give it a real try!

 Lincoln has started to identify some Letters.  Really only "O" and "A" does he consistently identify.  But this particular day I was in my  room and he came in with a whole handful of the letter "O" magnets and was showing them to me.  He has gotten pretty good at sorting out and matching things together.

 So Lincoln is obsessed with water. He loves to play with it--- in the sink, tub, with the hose, and loves to go to the main street splash pad area. He really could play in the water all day long!  BUT regular splashpads that have sprayers he despises. I think it is because it gets his face wet?? Not sure.  I just had to take a picture of him at this particular splash pad. He wanted nothing to do with going through the water and being sprayed. So he just stood off to the side demanding that I keep turning the sprayers on everytime they went off. He did not want to leave even though he wasn't even getting wet.  

 Andrew pushing Lincoln around at Nana and Pop's house.

Lincoln thought that Norah needed to look cool with his sunglasses on.