Can't All Weekends Be 3 Days?

 BEST.WEEKEND

Don't you love when Monday rolls around and you realize you had the best weekend? After three weeks of birthday parties, we finally had a weekend when we didn't have any concrete plans.

My weekend actually started on Thursday. I got home from work and was all set to go to the gym, but when I got Baby Fox up from his nap he was asking where Mini Fox was, and I told him she was still at Ampa and Nana's and he started to cry. He said that he had to kiss her and that he needed to see her. I'm talking full on alligator tears. My heart broke.

Instead we ran the 2.5 miles to my parents. At one point I started to walk, and Baby Fox says, Mommy you said you would run, this is walking, RUN Mommy RUN! Nothing kicks you in the butt than your 3.5 year old yelling at you to stop being lazy.

Together again

These kids love each other so much, any time she get she'll kiss her brother...Baby Fox doesn't mind too much, mostly he just says, ewww it's so slobbery! But pretty much lets her do whatever she wants to him.

Friday we went to see a friend (who I met in 9th grade) I haven't seen in over a year! It was just a short visit, but so much fun to catch up. Must get together with her and her kids sooner than later.

Baby Fox ate a sandwich for the first time...in his life, it was the most awesome moment ever. Add something else to the list of what he'll eat, so convenient!

Mr. called and facetimed me and Mini Fox.  If you're wondering about the face, he's "getting" Mini Fox...she seemed unimpressed. I think she was a little confused.

Mr. brought home dinner, this burrito was bigger than my head! In case you wanted to know, I ate half for dinner and the other half the next day for lunch.

After we put Mini Fox down for her late afternoon nap, Mr. and Baby Fox went swimming.

Getting some side breathing practice in.

 Baby Fox is teaching Mr. how to walk under water

Baby Fox going to get the "shark"

 

Saturday Mini Fox had her first swim lesson! She did fabulous and was the only kid not to cry, not to mention she was the youngest. All those times in the pool and bathtub really paid off.

She looks like such a big kid, you know just sitting on the edge of the pool.

Big brother watching sister, he was so good, watched her the entire 20 minute lesson without complaining or running a muck.

1,2,3 under...

Back floats

This was Baby Fox's favorite part, running on jumping off of this thing.

The rest of Saturday was pretty low key, I contact papered the cabinets. Well took the old stuff off and put new stuff down, man that his hard on the knees!

After afternoon naps, I took Mini Fox on some errands.

Waiting to return something at Kohls

Then when we got home Mr. and Baby Fox were at the park, so we went up and joined them.

We were watching that guy fly a helicopter

We went home and put her down for her late afternoon nap. I had to wake her up but first had to snap some pictures.

Dinner was mac and cheese, it was her first time trying it and she pretty much loved it.

Her sign for more (opening and closing your fists).

After done some laying around happened

Mr. was cleaning up outside from BBQing dinner and Mini Fox crawled to the window to wave hello (she just got waving down the past few days, and can say Hi Dada, but really only does it to Mr.)

And then it was time for bed, love polka dots on her.

Sunday I was looking forward to sneaking off to the grocery store before everyone woke up, I thought it was my new thing...but nope. Baby Fox heard me walking out the door and started calling my name. Of course I had to go get him and try to rush him out the door so I could still grocery shop and get home before everyone else woke up. He was upset with me for leaving the house without eating breakfast. As you can tell he got over it.

He decided he wanted to wear a tank top and was cold and wanted his blankie wrapped around him.

Then Baby Fox and I met my dad at church while Mr. stayed home with Mini Fox (church is during her nap time and things get ugly when we take her)

Donuts afterward

When I looked at the monitor during nap time, I couldn't see Baby Fox, so I went up to tell him to go to bed because after nap some friends were coming home and he needed his rest. I found him like this.

yes he's sleeping right by the door

When I asked him why he was sleeping there, he said it was so that he could get to the bathroom easier, cause getting out of bed is too hard (you know the whole foot it is to get off of his bed).

After naps, some friends came over (I've known the husband since 3rd grade, he was my brother's best friend and happens to live in the same town as us) As you could guess, more swimming.

We attempted to make homemade ice cream. I don't think I got the insert cold enough cause it totally didn't work. Boo, the kids were disappointed.

They have a little boy the same age as Baby Fox, it was great to see them play together, they entertained each other and we got to eat dinner in peace, it was great.

So fun hanging out with them, we don't do it often enough. Summer BBQ's are the best.

Our weekend was awesome, can't every weekend be three days of fun with friends? Please?


What did you do this weekend? Link up your post in the comments so I can check it out!

Linking up with Faith, Sarah and Heather for Mommy Moments

and with Bella & Lisa

10 Summer Time Activities for Toddlers

With Summer in full swing, it's hard to think of ideas of what to do with your kids. Coming up with new ideas is hard. So here are 10 things we do to keep busy.

1. Go to the beach or if you don't have a beach, go to the lake or some body of water. It's fun to just take a picnic and enjoy the scenery and people watching.

Doesn't everyone wear a party dress to the beach?

 2. Two Words - Water Table

3. Wash the Car - Cheap labor and...it takes about 45 minutes per car, so if you have more than one car...afternoon complete.

If you don't have a car, have him wash his trucks

4. Baking - Having them help you bake, make their day and they're helping mommy...

Everyone need sprinkles on chocolate chip cookies right?

5.  Trains

I think Baby Fox could play this for hours. The more intricate the track the better...takes time to set this up...take your time with it.

6. Play Doh or I've been seeing that Kinetic Sand (it does come in other colors, I saw it at Michael's)...I tried it out, it's pretty cool and doesn't stick to your hands, I have no idea how it works, but it's pretty awesome, need to get some.

This is Baby Fox playing with Play Doh

7. Park Time

 8. This is more of a once a month thing, but have you been to Home Depot on the first Saturday of the month? They have kid craft day, it could take up to 2 hours to do. They give you an apron and a project, this project we were building a race car. You build it, paint it, put stickers on it...and the best part? It's completely FREE! First Saturday of the month, all Home Depots do it, find yours and see what project is coming up next!

 9. Trampoline Park. It's the best thing EVER. Ours has a toddler time, so we pay $7 for 3 hours of jumping to our hearts content and it's only for Toddlers. No big kids to have to worry about, they're all small. It's totally awesome!

For some reason I can't find our pictures from when we went...to Toddler Time. This is a picture of my cousin's Trampoline Park in Santa Barbara that went went to, it wasn't Toddler Time, but it was super fun.

Yes Mr. is throwing Baby Fox off of the trampoline into the air pit. He Loved it...both Mr. and Baby Fox

10.  Swimming, of course. You knew that had to make the list right? We are pretty much in the pool all the time.

 

If you don't have a pool go to the splash park, those are super fun too.

As always here are my lovely co-hosts for this link up. Go check them out and see what they have to say about what they do in the summer! Here's last weeks topic Keeping Your Marriage Alive with a Toddler.

Like a Morning Cup of Coffee// From Here to Eternity// The Not Quite Military Wife//

A Cowboy's Life// My Delicious Adventure// Sadie Sky Boutique// Meet the Sullivan's//

Love and Life//  Foxy's Domestic Side// Everyday Love// Life of Faith

July 10:  Keeping your marriage alive with a toddler

July 17:  Favorite summer toddler activities

July 24:  Helping Your Toddler to Communicate (Words, emotions, etc.)

July 31:  Dealing with Separation Anxiety

Aug 7:    Car Trip Necessities

Aug 14:  Deciding when the time is right for baby #2 (and/or how to handle these questions)

Aug 21:  Tricks for eating out with your toddler

Aug 28:  Feeling confident as a mom (How to feel this way, Your struggle with, etc.)

An InLinkz Link-up

Baby Fox Immitation

I heart this dress so much, I want to wear it all the time! But alas that whole breastfeeding thing doesn't make it easy to wear this dress in public.

Dress - Target, Shoes - Nordstroms (no longer available), necklace - Groopdealz, Bracelets - Groopdealz

 I love how flowy the skirt is. You can't tell, but the floral part is sheer and has a skirt liner that only goes to mid-thigh, so the rest is just free flowing. So comfortable, yet looks put together.

And there is a little cutout in the back, how cute is that?

I was playing kickball with Baby Fox while taking photos. I just really liked this picture.

So here's my random for the day:

Baby Fox is hilarious. I'm sure you knew that already. Before we took these pictures, I was asking Mr. if he could take my picture. Baby Fox said, I want to take your picture! Pose like this Mommy

I can't find his camera right now, but when I do find it, I'll show you the pictures he took of me on his camera.

Every since this, everytime I do an outfit post, he poses like this...

Yes he actually stood still for this many picture, plus the rapid fire on my camera doesn't hurt either

He just kills me!

Linking up with Because Shanna Said So, Get Your Pretty On, The Pleated Poppy, and Tucker Up