The Good Ole Summertime!

We're having fun together at home.  Here's some pictures of what we've been up to.

Lil Miss Picasso

I put an old t-shirt on her as a paint shirt.  It was a good thing I did...

It was really messy, but a good project for outside.

We went on a quick shopping trip to The Greene (love that place!) last week, and I let her run in the fountain for a little bit.  She was a little timid of the water shooting up, but she had fun running around.  We'll have to go back again...too bad it isn't closer!

Turning into Mrs. Potatohead.

We've spent plenty of time playing in the water.  The water table isn't nearly as fun as it was last year.  Vera spends a lot of time trying to get inside the table or else she dumps all the water out. 

The pool, on the other hand, is a huge hit.  We filled it up in the morning, and the water was ice cold.  She couldn't wait for it to warm up, which was my intention, so she went out to slop in the freezing water.  Fifteen minutes later, Adam is telling me to bucket warm water from the house for her.  She just couldn't wait!

One bonus to bucketing warm water from the house is that the pool water didn't turn orange within 30 minutes.

I really like these next several pictures.  It's pretty cool how I managed to snap just as she poured the water.



 

This was absolutely hilarious!  I made Vera come in from her pool to get out of the sun and eat some lunch.  While she was waiting to go back out, she found my shoes.  She kept saying she was going to wear mom's tap dancing shoes, and when I looked over, she was walking out of the kitchen with my shoes on.  With each step she took, she was saying, "Tap.  Tap.  Tap."  I laughed so hard that I had tears in my eyes.  She was so good at walking.  Such a clown, as my dad would say!

 

We watched the Poultry Days Parade at Ben & Mandee's house.  Vera was so good during the parade.  She wasn't afraid at all and sat like a big girl on the curb.  It didn't take her long to figure out how to pick up the candy either.  I had to grab her a few times because she was going a little "too far out."

Here I believe she's doing The Hotdog Dance to the music from one of the parade entries.

She's enjoying a "popsicle" at the parade.  You can see she's decked out with loot from the parade: stickers, necklace, candy...

In case you haven't heard, Vera also got her drivers license recently.  Whenever the cars need pulled into the garage for the night, Vera usually rides along so we know where she's at while we're moving.  Her dad lets her drive.  They think it's outrageously hilarious to honk the horn at mom who is watching, taking pictures, and startled out of her skin.