August Fun

We'll start with some pictures from July that I missed since they were on Andrew's phone.  

Andrew took the girls to the ward pioneer day celebration while Connie and I stayed home with Cora.  They rode in "handcarts", 

did a three-legged race, 

fixed their handcarts, made candles, and played lots of other pioneer games!

Grandma Smith saying goodbye :(

We still miss her!

Now on to August.....cutie pigtail braids for Abigail!

And Halle let me experiment with her hair a bit....

Back scratching train!

Trying out the bouncy seat again, harness and all!  As long as I flattened the bottom by stuffing a towel under her, she seemed to like it and was able to keep her leg flat.  A welcome change from laying in the pack and play all day, every day!

Eve vacuuming her own room - she's such a big help with chores now!

Abigail loves to feed Cora - 

And so does Halle!

One day, Abigail pulled my meat thermometer out of the drawer and "called" Aunt Kelly and then Grandma :)  

Shopping at Costco while Eve's at school:

Sister snuggles!

This past Saturday, Andrew was at school all day, so the girls and I went to the mall for a kids' fair and some shopping (the shopping was a mistake - they were awful).  

And the "fair" was pretty lame...

Practicing brushing on giant teeth!

Chick fil A!  We did get a coupon for a free bowl of fruit, which we redeemed a few minutes later....

Curious George was there too, but in the commotion, I didn't get a picture.  

We did the animal rides around the mall again and with just a bit of warm up, all the girls were pretty good at steering!  Only crashes into furniture and walls, no people.  Although there was a near incident with Abigail and a guy in a wheelchair....

Chick fil A fruit!

Then since I'd forgotten the coupons I had come to the mall to use, we had to go home, take naps, regroup, and try again that afternoon.  It did not go well.  The highlight was me maneuvering through Bath and Body Works holding a screaming Cora, pulling the double stroller with Eve eating snacks and a screaming Abigail in the back trying to touch everything.  Halle was walking, also touching everything.  So not worth the free body wash I went in for.  I just grabbed the first scent we passed and got out of there.  Unfortunately, we still had to stop on Costco on the way home.....long day and fussy girls (including me!).  

But cute Cora snuggles always make things better!

Yesterday we went to a birthday party for a friend from church and Halle and Abigail had a great time!

They both got turns on the pinata!  When it finally broke, the kids all rushed in, grabbed one piece, and starting eating it.  There was tons of candy left that no one was picking up because they were too busy eating that first piece :) 

Quite a crazy group of kids!

And that's been our month of August.  Next up, a trip to Galveston that starts tomorrow for my cousin Christopher's wedding and a Klosowsky family reunion for my Grandma's 80th birthday!