June was bit of a crazy month. The slab leak showed up in the first part of the month, I went out of town for a week mid June, and while I was gone, Zach and the kids moved in with Sharon and Dean. It was only supposed to be for two weeks, but it ended up being more than two months. Both kids had a great time with Mimi and Papa, and we loved going to the parks, splash pads and playgrounds in the area, but it was an adjustment for them.
Wilder stopped napping regularly. Felicity took more than an hour to go to bed every night and woke up 3-4 times every night to nurse. So they were tired kids. And we were tired parents. But it was a really fun month otherwise.
Last summer, Felicity wasn't even crawling. This summer she's running everywhere! So our activity level has changed a lot. Wilder is a lot more courageous on the playground and enamored with the sprinkler... and we FINALLY made it to a splash pad for the first time. He LOVED it. Felicity, after a day or two in the kiddie pool at our house, decided she was over the water activities, so she was decidedly against all splash pad and sprinkler excursions. That made it a little challenging for our adventures, but we made it work.
Wilder finally got the hang of his bike in a big way. We started going for long walks around Sharon and Dean's neighborhood. My grandma got Felicity her own balance bike for an early birthday present, and Mimi and Papa got her a helmet. She loves wearing the helmet, and struggles with the bike. She likes the idea of it, but she's not quite strong enough to get it going. It took Wilder almost 2 years to really get the hang of his, so we weren't surprised. But she has the option of riding it!
June, July and August were very very heavy work months for me, so I didn't take as many notes as normal. But I'd love to share a bunch of photos from the park by Zach's parents house!
He was dancing :-)
So Sister had to dance too!
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| he lets her have a death grip on his finger! |
dancing again :-)
