Photo #187 These Will Have To Do.

So.....Benny chewed through the cord for transferring photos from my camera to my computer.  For the next few days, you'll have to settle for cell phone photos.  I have a new cord ordered and will be happy to get better photos up once it is delivered.

In the mean time, here are a couple shots of the kids looking at an I Spy book with Jason.

Photo #186 Little Beauty Queen

I don't know how I managed to not figure this out, but I finally realized that I could still put headbands on Molly.  You have no idea how excited I was to discover I could still have fun with her hair, or lack there of.  So, this morning, we hit up our local Walmart (not like we had many choices) and picked up a few super cute headbands.  Here is one that Molly picked out!

Photo #185 Summer Splash!

The sky has finally taken a break from raining and/or thundering, so we had to take advantage.  This morning, the kids and I filled up the pool and let it warm up until the afternoon.  Then the kids (and I) took a much needed splash in the pool.  It was great!  I wasn't able to get photos of it, but even Benny got in on the fun (not entirely by choice).  We decided to give him a bath.  He was okay with it, until we started dumping water on his head.  :)

Photo #184 Putt-Putt!!!

This afternoon, we took the kids minigolfing!  Jackson has enjoyed it several times, but the was the first time Molly really got into it.  After each of the kids putt, I ask them how many and every single time Molly would see "Fwee!!!"  Jackson made me laugh because every time I asked him how many he got, he would look at the par and the hole number, put them together, and say that was his score (i.e. Par 2 on hole 5 equals getting a 25).

Since this was the first time Molly really got into minigolf, we had to take some photos.

Photo #183 Run, Jason, Run!!!

This evening, Jason ran his very first official 5k!  We are so very proud of him!  Not only did he end in the top 10, but he also ran his best time for this distance!

Initially, Jackson, Molly, Benny, and I were outside to watch (they ran just down the street from our house), but then Jackson, of course, had to go potty.  We hurried home and while he was taking care of business, it started to rain.  I decided to leave Benny at home.  Ah, the sweet smell of a wet dog.

After getting Benny into his crate, the rest of us headed down the street to cheer Jason along.  We managed to get there before any of the runners came by, but, at this point, it was pouring rain.  Thankfully, a coworker of Jason's lived on that street and we were invited to stand on his front patio so we could get out of the rain.  We ran to the street whenever was saw Jason running (he ran by twice).  Jackson did a great job shouting "Go, Daddy, GO!!!"

Photo #182 Oh, How They Make Me Smile.

Molly is enjoying "pretend" more and more each day.  And I am enjoying watching her.  This morning, she had at least half of her pajama drawer out on the couch.  In the photo below, she is trying to put her pajama pants on her baby My Little Pony.

Then she started dressing herself up.  Yes, she does already have a swim suit and a dress on.  Apparently, she needed pajamas, too.

And, behind her, you can see the mess of clothes she did, eventually, clean up herself.

Today, I also made rice crispy treats for the very first time ever!  I know!  Crazy, right?  I have no idea why it has taken me this long to make them.  Since it has taken me so long to make them, I had to make them extra special by putting chocolate on top.  The kids greatly enjoyed them as you can see for yourselves.

Photo #181 Happy Belated Birthday, Molly!

So, we recently came into some money.  Don't get all excited.  We just found an old birthday card of Molly's that still had some birthday money in it.  Note to self, if at all possible, don't move around your child's birthday.

Anywho, we were thrilled to be able to use her birthday money to get her a new tricycle!  So far, every bike or tricycle we put her on, she couldn't reach the pedals.  She often climbed onto Jackson's tricycle and would try so hard to get herself moving.  This morning, a friend of mine mentioned a tricycle her son had (he was around the same size as Molly) so I asked which one they had.  We found it at our base BX and snatched it up quickly!  It was perfect!  Molly is excited to finally have her own tricycle that she can actually pedal instead of waiting to be pushed around.

Thank you Great and Nana, for the birthday money!