Look at these 2 cute kiddo's

YAY they are finally big enough to ride in their car seats that they got for their Birthday!

Evan in his nice new seat...

Ashlyn in her new seat!

The day finally came that Evan and Ashlyn are big enough to ride in their new forward facing seats, YAY! We have to have the 3rd seat up in the Durango now though since all 3 car seats will NOT fit on the first back seat! Kaylin asked to have Ashlyn sit in the far back with her, so we now have the 2 girls in the very back, and Evan gets to sit on a row all by himself, but he didn't mind! On our first trip out, Evan and Ashlyn were soooo happy and good in the car. Not one little form of crying from them. When I would look back at them, they just smiled! Evan really enjoyed looking out the window at the things we were passing!

I can't believe that my babies are big enough to do this, but... it makes riding in the car sooo nice!

July Goals Re-cap... August Goals

I am not so good at completeing my goals...

For July My Goals were:

1. Keep working on the last 10 pounds to lose!

2. Clean out craft room and get it ready for me to work in!

3. Read 1 book

4. Pull the weeds in my flower beds in the front yard (my neighbors will be happy for this one)!

5. Clean all of the bedrooms really good (I didn't spring clean this year, guess it will be summer clean at this house)

I did lose a little weight, but no where near 10 pounds! But hey, at least I lost something... that's something to celebrate! I did get the craft room cleaned out, but not everything moved in... I still need to move a few things but that should happen within the next few days! I didn't get a book finished... I'm reading Jane Eyre and it's taking me a really long time to get through! I was able to pull weeds from one section of my flower beds, but the corner lot still needs a LOT of work; I'm hoping to get that section done this week! And the bedrooms, well, I cleaned them but... you can't tell again! For some reason, we can't seem to keep that area of our house clean!

For August, My goals are:

1. Continue on the weight loss journey!

2. Finish Jane Eyre

3. Go to bed EARLIER every night!

4. Organize one section of my house EVERY day! That's 31 days of little jobs.

I'm pretty sure these can be completed... I'm so excited to have a more organized and clean house! First up is to finish my craft room!

Mommy & Kaylin Time

Kaylin LOVES to have "Tea Parties" and wants to have one as often as she can. Last week, she wanted to have one almost every night, but it just didn't happen. She talked Auntie Sarah into coming over one afternoon after her nap, but that didn't happen because she napped until 5pm that day and it was time for dinner. I felt really bad for Kaylin, so the next afternoon instead of making lunch like I usually do, we had a "Tea Party" for lunch!!!

Kaylin put on her "princess" dress, and gathered up the dishes we would need for the party, I got the food ready (that's the mom's job)!

Kaylin set out all of her dishes, and I joined her in our lunch of Chicken (deli meat), Carrot sticks w/ Ranch, Strawberries, and slices of cheese! It was so fun to see my little girl enjoying her time with mom. Evan and Ashlyn were sleeping so we didn't have to worry about them getting into our food!

After we ate, I took the opportunity to teach her how to clean the dishes. I didn't want to have to clean up from the tea party and clean the other dishes in the house, so I got 2 big bowls out. Filled one with warm soapy water and the other with warm water. I gave her a rag to wash the dishes and a towel to put the clean dishes on to dry! She really enjoyed washing her dishes and I enjoyed the part that I didn't have to clean up from the party... she took care of that on her own!

I'm pretty sure we'll be having more of these little parties, and that's okay... I really enjoy spending time with just Kaylin!