Summer is noticeably winding down as some leaves have started to fall off the trees and the days are already getting shorter. We have been getting ready for school to start again which happens tomorrow! But first Brynn spent a long stint at Grandpa and Grandma's cabin and both girls have been spending as much time outside as possible, soaking up the last warm days.
These first two pics were a couple of photos my mom had forgotten to send me from when the girls stayed with them several weekends ago. I just get the biggest kick out of this first one - Brynn's face is just a classic 'Brynnie look' and Clara with her pointing at that frog stuck to the door. My dad kept laughing at Clara with that frog, as she came to him and said, "come see frog, Papa."
One fun thing Brynn was looking forward to doing during the week she was at Grandpa and Grandma Froemming's lake was helping family friend Claire celebrate her birthday. Here they are together. I think she was also turning eight. So cute.
Meanwhile, at home Clara was back with us being her silly self. She loves any opportunity to 'help' Daddy, so she was checking up on his backyard project.
She likes to tell us what she's doing now, so here she was telling me 'I RUNNING!' And that is in all caps as she likes to yell things to me. :-) She also says "I ready" when she's ready to head out of the house in the morning and she prefers to dress herself as she pushes me away saying "I do it!" And then two seconds later when she can't actually do it, "help me!"
Girly girls. They were doing manicures at the lake last Friday.
Last Sunday my cousins got together at my parents' lake place for a fun day. It was great to see everyone and spend time together.
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| Benjamin's nice catch! |
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| Lots of commotion about a frog they caught. |
We all headed to Zorbaz for supper where this guy was offering balloon animals to the kids. So fun.
I think she was saying another fav saying here: 'Hey! No!'
Brynn loves to recycle which usually means leaving well-intentioned trash around the house. But here she fashioned a recycling box, right down to the reduce, reuse, recycle symbol. I thought, though, that it seemed instead she was recycling y's and c's. Haha. This box has kept me chuckling all week. Love her mind.
On Monday Penny had her annual back to school piano party in her backyard. The more minutes you practiced over the summer, the more votes you were able to cast toward what type of party treat was served. Ice cream sundaes won out over s'mores and root beer floats. Brynn thought they all sounded good which did not motivate her to practice extra minutes. :-) We had fun though and they did a pinata again this year. I wish I could post pictures of that however I accidentally deleted those off my camera before I got them downloaded onto my computer. Grrr. This picture was from Penny. Brynn is way to the right in the blue and white stripes.
Clara really loves reading and usually we have to read a minimum of three books at bedtime every night. One of her latest favs is this Pete the Cat book she received for a birthday gift. I do really like Pete the Cat and "Twinkle Twinkle" has a special place in my heart anyway from when Brynn used to sing it all the time when she was about Clara's age.
I get such a kick out of reading it to Clara because she identifies Pete as herself and me as the Mama Cat. It just cracks me up. When this Mama Cat shows up on the page, she points to the Mama Cat and then to me and says 'Mama.' I think it's so neat how she recognizes that correlation.
Then when she sees Pete she points to him and then to herself and says, "me" or "mine." And then of course on this page she comments on how he is 'beeping.' (sleeping). hehe.
This post already seems a bit Clara-heavy, but here is a silly video of her: Silly Clara
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