June Stuff

The days seemed to drag, but all in all, June flew by!  Here's the stuff from our month that didn't fit into any other post.  

The girls' favorite treat right now is a stick of my gum and they usually do perfectly in terms of not swallowing it and only spitting it out in the garbage.  Until Abigail decided to decorate her legs with it, that is.....

I found this note on my bed one day :)  

We made yet another trip to prairie dog town, this time with our friends the Seegmillers, who'd never been:

I accidentally bought cabbage this time, thinking it was lettuce.  The prairie dogs didn't seem to mind and neither did Abigail!  She ate lots.  

The Seegmillers will be out of town for like 6 weeks this summer and we're really going to miss them!  Their oldest three are the same ages as Eve, Halle, and Abigail, and Naomi is Eve's best friend.  

Making a break for it....

We signed up for the library reading program, and Halle was speeding through her books too quickly (Yes, she reads all on her own and she hasn't even started kindergarten!  Thank you, fall birthdays...), so I made her upgrade some of her books to longer chapter books.  We read this one together (she'd read a page, then I'd read one, etc.), but it was her first chapter book and she was so proud!  

It's fun to play in the rain!  Especially since we rarely get any this year....

Play group on Wednesday mornings with our friends.  Eve's happy to be able to attend again.  That's a lot of monkeys in the tree!

The dino sand/water table quickly became a mud table, but is still much loved by the girls, especially Cora.  She stays outside long after the others come in, playing by herself.  And she's plenty filthy by the time I can get her in!

Cora's also taken to finding stray underwear and putting it on over her clothes.  Pretty hilarious to watch her run around like this!

Eve's also enjoying being able to attend story time at the library on Thursday mornings.  She's missed Miss Tiffany and loves to help watch the little girls.  (Here with Cora and Meredith - from the Campbell family, our friends who are moving to Washington in August.  Sob!)

Working on our crafts with the Campbells!  Charlotte is Halle's age, Lily is Abigail's, and Meredith is about 6 months younger than Cora.

Cora loved painting and didn't want to leave to check out our books!

Ward pool party!  The water was COLD, so even though I wore a suit, I did not get in past my knees.  So I watched Cora and chatted with friends.....

....while Andrew did the real work with the other three who wanted to go in the big pool!  He's such a good sport!

One Friday morning, we went to a little production by some kids (mostly from our ward) who'd been doing a summer camp.  It was free, we went with our friends the Seegmillers, and the show was all songs from The Greatest Showman.  I've never seen the girls sit so still.  They loved it!

Even Cora!  She sat perfectly still on my lap for the 30 minute performance, soaking up each song.  It's a little ridiculous how much the girls love that movie/music.  

Briefly exploring the museum after the show!

Abigail's shaved portion of hair, from surgery, was getting long enough that it was time for a hair cut to blend it in with the longer layers.  So she and I went on a Saturday morning while Andrew could watch the other girls.  We started out excited!

Before:

But quickly broke into tears when the time actually came.  I had to let several other people go first, switch stylists (from a boy to a girl), and bribe her with a quarter to put in the candy machine when we finished, before I could get her anywhere near a pair of scissors.  "I'm scared!" she kept saying over and over.  

I had to hold her for the first few snips, but when she realized that's all there was to it, she took her seat and had a blast!

And her new short hair is pretty adorable, if I do say so myself :)  

Making chocolate chip cookies, just for fun!

Our last outing with the Seegmillers before they left was a trip to the Science Spectrum.  Where Abigail overdid it with the hand sanitizer.  

We took family pictures on June 14th because I had a $50 off coupon that was expiring.  Overall, they didn't turn out great, so I didn't but the digital album, but we got a few good shots that I purchased prints of.  The girls didn't cry, so they earned ice cream cones.  (But they also didn't smile particularly well....)

The ice cream sure was delicious!

Cora got water beads for her birthday and was then forbidden to use them because she just likes to crumble them up and make a mess.  The other girls are obsessed, though!  They particularly love to sort them by color, using every clean bowl in the kitchen in the process.  

Abigail's toe was hurting her so she found the largest bandaid she could and took care of it herself.  I think the bandage lasted 5 minutes, maybe?  Not wasteful at all.....

We made sure to finish the reading program before we leave for our summer trip, so on Thursday, the 28th, we went to pick up our prize packs!  First, you write your name on a paper and hang it in the window!

The girls were so excited about their prizes!

Especially Cora :)  Even Miss Tiffany couldn't resist snapping a picture of this girl!  We love reading!

Bye-bye, June!  Thanks for the fun times!  Now we're headed to Colorado in the morning, then on to Utah to visit with family while Andrew stays home and studies for the bar exam.  It's only 3 weeks away!