Summer Time at MawMaw & PopPop's

In between Summer Camp, playing tennis, multiple vacations in Florida, & swimming at CrossGates, Juliana finds time to go fishing at MawMaw & PopPops on her "days off." This girl doesn't know how to sit still! I wish I had that kind of energy!




Occasionally, Ivan makes his way out of the house w/his big sister, he's on the opposite end of the social life that she has.




Somehow MawMaw got Ivan to look at the camera & give a huge smile at the same time. When I try to get him to do that it becomes a game of "Whatever Mom asks I will refuse to do." Which is a game that happens too often in our house.

Yes, he was actually eating the food given to him instead of throwing it on the floor! In fact, he ate the entire serving, something I didn't realize was possible. I'll have to take lessons from MawMaw, or it's just that... I'm not MawMaw, I'm Mom, the one who should not be listened to.

The last time we had Alyssa over, this is what I saw when I came out of the laundry room. Too cute!

Hot Louisiana Days

It's hard not to go outside on beautiful sunny days, but it's even harder trying to stay cool!

Ivan's Week W/Out Juliana

While big sister is away on vacation with MiMi, Ivan made quite a few changes. He figured out how to climb on sofa without being given a lift, his new favorite chill spot, remote in hand. He figured he better start practicing more w/this walking thing, no one is there to put an immediate stop to his attempts by picking him up to carry him off to a location he would rather not be in. He began to eat a larger variety of foods, mostly because no one was there to open up snacks for him while mom wasn't looking. But, he quickly learned an alternative to the snacking problem, although not his #1 snack choice, cereal would do for now while mom wasn't looking.

Juliana's Spring Break w/ MiMi

MiMi took Juliana to Panama City Beach for about 4 days & then to visit Uncle Phil, Aunt Gina, & cousins Sable & Ruby. I'm sure MiMi was worn out by the end of it because she went "JuJu speed" the entire time, I can't even do that. Juliana loves the beach, even if there are "2 red flags" most of the time, she cant get enough of digging in the sand & swimming in the pool. I know she had just as much fun, if not more, while visiting Aunt Gina & cousins. They played at the park everyday, went swimming a few times, & went on a fieldtrip to the History Museum which had a butterfly exhibit. Aunt Gina told her to wear white so the butterflies would land on her, & that she did, she wore a white shirt, skirt, & shoes. She had to make sure the butterflies wouldn't miss her! Oh yeah, I can't forget about the nightly card games of Go Fish & Battle, which I'm sure Juliana won most games (except that one night, when Uncle Phil played...LOL)




Happily waiting for a butterfly to land


JuJu trying not to scare off butterflies for picture, she's trying not to move.


Fun Times...


JuJu & Ruby

Fishing at Uncle Mike's

Kendall had taken Juliana fishing many times, at many different places, without any luck of catching a fish. She had caught an eel once & caught crabs a few times, but never a fish. Aunt Karen & Uncle Mike invited us to fish in their pond, a sure catch, so we took them up on the offer. Within 1 minute Juliana caught her 1st fish, she was very excited. All together she probably caught about 10 fish that day, maybe the same ones more than once. All of us were able to catch a few fish, with the exception of Ivan, who had no interest in anything except eating the fish food.

Time w/Maw-Maw & Pop-Pop

We celebrated Pop-Pop's birthday a little late this year, we weren't able to go to dinner with him on the actual day so we made dessert & had him come over a different day. Notice the Mardi Gras beads, a nice touch added by Juliana to get into the "party" mood. :)

For me & Kendall's last date, we had Maw-Maw & Pop-Pop babysit. As always, the kids had a blast, but when I downloaded my newest pictures I saw a few I hadn't taken. Apparently Juliana had everyone wear some donkey ears she made in school & pose for a picture. Lol!

Juliana's 1st Sleep Over

I finally got brave enough to allow Juliana to have friends spend the night. She was very excited & they had a lot of fun. We stayed up late making hot fudge sundaes, what a mess, my floor was so sticky from ice cream drippings & cherry juice, after that we watched Beverly Hills Chihuahua & the girls were so funny to watch during the movie. Cheyenne, girl on the left of pic, likes complete silence, while Juliana & Hanna, girl on right, like to discuss whats going on in the movie with each other. Juliana & Hanna would have to explain things to one another when one was lost or would laugh about a scene & re-inact it if they felt the need. Cheyenne was constantly "SSSHHH-ing" them, reminded me of watching movies as a kid with all my wonderful siblings. (The sleep over was in February, I'm playing catch up on my blog.)