Hot Summer Days=Inside Activities

Like coloring...

or sidewalk chalk on newspaper...

or painting with a brush for the first time.

This little guy stays entertained in his activity gym...

but why play when you can just lounge?

It is so hot and humid here that if we do anything outside it has to include water. Or we just opt to stay indoors and get very creative with activities. You do what you gotta do to keep the kids entertained. Fall, please hurry up I'm running out of ideas!!

Random

Olivia loves her Wil. And that is exactly what she calls him too, "my Wil". She knew she was going to get to see him the other day so she kept asking about him. The morning of the day she was going to go swimming with him she kept asking me about him and where he was. I said that I didn't know but I would think he was at his house. She said "I'm gonna go look out the window and see if I see him". The day before she also asked Lilly, the dog, to go get him for her and also thought her Wil might want to try the sucker she had that afternoon. This silly girl LOVES her Wil.

Cute guy in some jammies his big sister also wore.

This is how we wake up in the Collins household, veeerrrrryyyyy slowly.

His Lovie=His BFF

Thankfully, both of our children have grown a strong attachment to their lovies. I sorta encouraged this attachment just so they could find comfort in something in the middle of the night, etc. and not cry out for me. Of course, I do hope that they grow out of it at some point but for now it's a-ok. Olivia has a lamb, giraffe and bear that she LOVES and sleeps with at night. I wasn't sure if Ford was going to be equally as fond of them but he has proved me wrong. He loves them just as much as his big sister.

I mean, why not? They're cute, soft and oh, so cuddly!

Happy Happy Day

Today is Hays' 31st birthday (but who's counting these days, right)! We are so thankful for him in this household. I really don't know what we would do without him. I know a little girl that would have a very boring life. He brings so  much joy, laughter, playfulness and love to our lives.

We love you more than you'll ever know!!!