The Rest of our Crazy Saturday

Saturday was some serious craziness.

But it was crazy fun so it was worth it.

In the morning we had Braeden's last baseball game.

I love watching him play and seeing how much he truly enjoys learning about the game.

He's so happy when he's playing and he clings to every little detail his coach tells him.

I'm so happy I have at least one little athlete.

 They got the cutest little bobble head trophies this year.

I'm so proud of how much he's improved 

and I can't wait till next year when Ava's on his team.

After the excited ball game we went home, got cleaned up and headed to Reed's company picnic at Paige's Crossing.

It was really nice having an afternoon of fun that I didn't have to pay for!

We had a blast going on ride after ride after ride.

I'm really glad they added the fun rides because I despise putt putt.

I'm not a patient person and I'm not good at putting.

Doesn't really go well together.

We all had a blast together and I can't wait to do it again!

Baby shower for baby Daisy

Yesterday I hosted a baby shower for my cousin and her soon to arrive bundle of joy.

I hope she enjoyed the party as much as I enjoyed planning it.

I have to apologize to my cousin and sister-n-law because their showers were before I decided I could be crafty and creative.

Sorry :(

Anyway I just wanted to show you a few pictures of how cute it turned out.

I decided to go with a cookie bar for dessert because I really have a sweet tooth.

And when you have cookies you have to have milk.

So cookies and milk it was!

I am in LOVE with these straws!  

Seriously so stinkin' cute!

I bought them from So&such etsy shop.

 Of course I had to have daisies because that is going to be the babies name.

As a side note they are also my favorite flower.

"Don't you think daisies are the friendliest flower?"

Why yes I do.

Anyway...

 For one of our activities I put all the letters of the alphabet on pieces of paper and everyone had to draw something that went with that letter. Then I put them all in an album for Daisies first Alphabet Book.

I must say we had some pretty impressive artists in the group

and for people who draw like me we had some stickers :)

The last game we played was pretty entertaining but you have to have a brave bunch of ladies to get participation.

Lucky for me we had a few.

It's Bobbing for Binkies!

Just like bobbing for apples but with binkies.

Overall I think it everyone had a good time.

Tomorrow I'll post about the rest of our crazy Saturday 

because hosting a shower wasn't enough for me.

Sunday Outing

On most Sundays we come home from church, eat some lunch,

take turns taking naps, then go for a little walk.

This Sunday we decided to take our walk to the Forks of the Wabash trail

and I'm so glad we mixed it up bit.

If you don't already know I am trying to get started with photography

so I take my camera with me everywhere.

The quality of these photos show you that I have learned absolutely nothing!

But you can definitely see how much fun we had together

and that's beautiful no matter what the quality is.

This is my little model. She loves having her picture taken and knows how to strike a pose like nobody's business.

She was being such a stink about getting in the water. She wanted to but it hurt her feet so she wouldn't walk. But Braeden was moving around and she wanted to be by him. When she finally stopped with the drama she had a blast and didn't want to stop playing.

Braeden of course is solid boy.  Jumped right in the water 

and started splashing around and looking at bugs.

He loves to be out exploring in nature and I love that about him.

Mason mostly hung out in his stroller but the second I put him down things started going straight in his mouth.

Rocks, sand, sticks whatever he could find.

 I had Reed take a couple pictures of me with the 

because I am always behind the camera and not in the pictures which I 

am pretty ok with but I want them to know that they did have a mother and I was around lol.

 Ava was done being photogenic by this point lol

And of course Reed was with us.  I think he was a little frustrated with all of my picture taking because he was holding the chunky monkey.  Nothing light about that kid.

I saved my favorites for last.

I can't even describe how much I love watching Braeden and Ava playing together.

They love each other so much and get along so well most of the time.

As much as I was so not ready to have another baby 18 months after Braeden was born

I am equally glad I did.

It reminds me of my brother and all the fun we had/trouble we caused growing up together. (Love ya Scotty!)

I hope your Sunday was as wonderful as ours!

Crazy Little Whiner

Ava has become the pickiest little eater.

She is also slightly extremely dramatic.

I decided the other night that I am tired of cooking around her

and everything she says she doesn't like.

Last night we made little pizzas using zucchini instead of crust

(really yummy by the way)

Braeden ate 4 bites then asked for something else

which I'm fine with.

Ava wouldn't try it.

She just wanted to eat the cheese off the top.

So she ended up crying and whining for about 3 hours 

then went to bed without dinner.

So I'm wondering how everyone else handles there picky eaters

and if your children are so stubborn they will go to bed hungry 

rather than try a tiny bite of something.

I need some support/ideas because I can not handle all of this girls drama.

4th of July Fun

I had an amazing holiday weekend and I thought I would post a few pictures

of the exciting things we did.

Hope you all had an exciting weekend and are recuperating better than I am.