More Summer 2010

The rest of the summer was mainly spent at either Nonna & PawPaw's house or at Honey & Pop's house. We did manage to squeeze in a few days with Aunt Mae Mae, she had a small break in her school schedule and came down to see us. We had a few lunch's together, shopped everyday, swam in the pool and just hung out. It was a quick few days, but we are so glad we got to spend some time with her!

Durning the day our day would get kinda boring. If we didn't have a play date planed, it was just Reagan & I in the house all day, without a car, it makes it hard to get out and do anything. But we managed to pass the days along somehow, like make ponytails!

Finally once Nonna or PawPaw got home from work is when Reagan would have some real fun. Her and Nonna would jump on the bed, or eat snacks...

or play in Reagan's favorite, "the toy room." From the second one of them got home she was asking and dragging them into the toy room. Nonna taught her how to cross her legs...

and shared her orange popsicles with her. Nonna's favorite are the orange ones but she had to give them up for Reagan. Every time she tried to give her a different color she would ask to have orange.

PawPaw colored with her...

and shared his ice cream with her. Every night she would ask him, "PawPaw i keem?" And he would get a bowl for them to share. She would always stand right beside his chair and they would take turns taking bites. Reagan would take a bite and then say, "PawPaw's turn" after every bite.

If we weren't over there we were at Honey's house playing with Dylan. Every Tuesday Honey picked Dylan up from school and then came and picked us up. We had dinner over there and played all sorts of things. Everywhere Dylan went, Reagan was right there behind him.

Their favorite place to be was of course outside. They would take turns having Honey push them in the swing. I was usually watching from inside because it was just to dang hot outside for me or the mosquitoes would eat me up. Honey didn't mind though, she loved being out there with them!

Once Pops and Uncle Darrin got home all the games became much more interesting. They would play with the laundry baskets...

or play "trap Reagan in the blanket."

They would have a sword fight, of course boys vs. Reagan,

and play ring around the rosie.

We had a great last weekend with everyone in town. Reagan will definitely miss everybody and I will miss all the company! Here is Reagan and Dylan giving each other a hug and a kiss goodbye. So sweet.

Summer 2010

As soon as we got back to Texas I took Reagan and her 3 best friends to the circus for the first time. We considered this her birthday party since we didn't actually throw one for her in Dallas. April & Mavrick, Jess & CeCe, Carrie & Bradie, and Shannon all joined us for some fun at the circus and then lunch!

(I made her cute little outfit, it turned out to be my favorite one so far!)

Unfortunately, I didn't get very many pictures. There was so much going on and it was hard to take pictures while the kids were seated. (well standing) April's mom Debbie took a few really good ones of the group and I am waiting on her to send them to me. But we had a really great time and once again Reagan got some really cute gifts!

What would I have done without my weekly play dates with this little guy?

Since we got home towards the end of summer, most of my teacher friends had only a week to hang out before going back to work. Luckily April stays at home with Mav so we were able to get together once, sometimes twice a week. I don't know what I would have done without them, I looked forward to our lunch/play dates, I just had to make sure Reagan didn't bully him around to bad! She can be pretty aggressive sometimes, not really hitting or biting, just grabbing. She was always wanting to hold him, or hug him to tight or just be in his space!

I did manage to get one picture of Bradie during a play date. I wish I would have used my camera more during the day, but it seems like us moms would get to talking or I was to busy making sure Reagan was being nice to even take pictures.

We also had a few play dates with Marla and her 2 girls, Parker and Grace, Kelli and her 2 boys Jackson and Garrett, and Shelly and Brooks. I had never met Marla or Kelli before this summer, but through reading each other's blogs, I felt like I had known them forever. They are both really sweet, great moms and I enjoyed hanging out with them. (again, no pictures. We were either talking, eating or to busy keeping an eye on the kids!)

Another HUGE part of our summer was having Makenna next door. I went to school with her mom (Anna Murrell) and she and her husband live right next door to my parents! Makenna is the same age as Reagan so they hung out quite a bit. It seems like every night we were looking out the kitchen window wondering if they were out playing or home. The girls spent many evenings playing outside together, or in Makenna's toy room, eating dinner, taking baths, etc. It is so nice to be able to have a playmate that lives next door.That will definitely be criteria for when we buy a home!

Here are a few pictures from when we took the girls to The Children's Museum. Reagan had never been and both girls loved it!

And how boring would the summer have been if Reagan's favorite cousin wasn't there?! So boring! Anytime we went over to Honey and Pop's house Reagan had to make sure Dylan was there. Sometimes a little too much. Towards the end they became better at personal space, sharing and playing together but they had a great time together!

Here are a couple from Chuck E Cheese's. Reagan did not want anything to do with the rides except putting the coins in the slots, and Dylan wanting everything to do with every ride!

One day we decided to take them to the splash park down the street from Tricia and Dustin's house. Once again, Reagan wanted nothing to do with the water and Dylan was all over the place. Luckily Aunt Tricia didn't mind getting wet and ran Reagan through all the water!