Happy 4th of July!

We stay so busy and I have neglected my blog.  We finished out our semester with a lot of issues. My students were not up to par and a 6 week online course was too much, so they were all shocked by their grades.  One even yelled at me for an hour and a half.  But grades are in!  And I am updating on some recent happenings.

For our bookclub, we read a novel about Frank Llyod Wright's life called Loving Frank.  It was a super sad book, he had a crazy life, but it was interesting and he designed most of Florida Southern, which is really close to us.  So it was nice to read.  He had the saying "Momento Vivere" in one of his houses and I love it.  It means "to live in the moment", so kind of like carpe diem.  So when I bought my 31 blanket, I had this phrase put on it.  I am trying to enjoy every moment with my kids while they are small, it goes by so fast.  Of course, I also believe the days are long, but the years are short.

We went to the fire station with PALS.

My mom got Sam a doll hair kit and she used the curler to curl her hair.  She said it looked like the boing boing curl in the Ramona series, which we have been reading.

She did these monkey bars by herself and wanted me to get a picture.  Such concentration!

We had a long day recently and she ended up asleep on the couch!

At the dock in our neighborhood a few weeks ago.

When gymboree was having their sale, I ordered both girls zebra sunglasses so they could be like mama.

Zoey and her best friend Nick.

We have been to legoland a few times now.  We went in June (and today actually, but no photos today) to catch a few rides and go to the waterpark.  Such fun!  Sam drove a car.

Zoey driving a boat.

Sam visiting her piece from in May that was in a display case.  It is in the back behind her, the purple and pink one.

The local triple A team had a free day.  We went with my parents.  A self portrait of us.

Sam loved the game.

Zoey loved the snacks!  She did baseball right; popcorm, peanuts and frozen pink lemonade.

After we stopped at McDonalds.  She was playing with her ketchup and said look at her art.  My mom said maybe I need to cut back on the playdates.  :)

Last night in Lakeland was the town's fireworks show.  The girls split a treat while waiting patiently.

Sam trying to get Nick to stay near us ended up with him on her lap.  Such a sweetheart to try and take care of the little ones.

It was threatening rain, so although I have been taking a photography class and really wanted to use my new knowledge to shoot the fireworks, I left my dslr at home.  Nick got a few good shots with my point and shoot Olympus underwater camera.  It has some great settings and I love it.

Happy 4th from the Southern Kellings!