Fingerpainting Friday!

Today was a first for Miss Lainey.  We decided to give her creative artist hat a try today and fingerpaint. 

My little Indian

She decided to be three dimensional and add texture (grass) to her work of art.

Budding artist in the making.

Don't interrupt my creative thought process mom. 

I think that she had more paint on her and myself than the paper.  :o)

The masterpiece itself!

Next we had to wash off in the pool and splash around

And we watched Miss Peyton go up and down the slide taking her baby on a ride each and every time! 

Happy Friday the 13th! 

Procrastination

Since I have been horible at blogging for the past two months, I thought I would share some of our adventures, milestones, and happenings around the Walker household for the past couple of months.  This summer is going by so fast!  I can't believe how each week flies by.  Since the middle of June, we have had friends and family coming up to Minnesota for visits every weekend.  So in between washing the sheets, cleaning house, and going to the grocery store we are spending as much time outside in the sun!

Someone is scooting backwards.  Not in a full crawl yet, but getting there!

Nellie has not had a very fun summer.  Four trips to the vet, a broken toe, and dermatitis = being in the cone of shame for weeks.  We have now weaned her off the cone and she if back to chasing ground squirrels and causing trouble. 

Happy 8 Months to this sweet girlie! 6-9-12

A special visit by Aunt Bethany and Uncle Clay resulted in lots of spoiling (hence her new outfit) and lots of kisses!  Lainey loves Auntie B and Uncle C!  6-17-12

Impromtu road trip back to KS with Auntie B and Uncle C where we spent some time with Papa Hurley and GG Hurley's.
6-20-12

Bah Bah brought us back home where she spent some time in the cool, lush, green state of MN!
6-25-12

A much needed date night to Chino Latino!  One of my new favs! 

Lots of swimming time for this girlie!  She loves the sun, sand, beach, and water.  Thanks to swimming lessons, she is already comfortable with going under water for around 3 seconds. 

First Twins game for me with The Freemans!  Great night for some baseball against the Royals!
6-30-12

Happy 4th of July!  Spent the day with the sun, pool, and friends in Medina.  Lovin both of my firecrackers!

Lainey at her 2nd home = Target!  She loves to go shopping with Mama! 

Tuckered out after a long day of shopping. 

Eating is such hard work too!  She could barely stay awake for her breakfast one day.  Too much partying in the middle of the night I guess.  :o)

Yeah for mommy's fav wine and BFF's! 

Pretty view of downtown Minneapolis on a hot summer day!

Swimming Lessons and Progression

We started swim lessons at Foss Swim School in June to get Lainey excited to be in the water. She loves tubby time, but we wanted her to feel comfortable and be acclimated to swimming. The first two lessons didn't go very well...lots of tears, crying, screaming. I am pretty sure she was so overwhelmed and overstimulated. After each lesson, she took a 2-3 hour nap which is very unusual for her! So I decided to take her on my own to the swimming pool and to let her get used to the water on her own time. That was the magic ticket as she is now loving swimming lessons. 

Help me!  I just got dunked!

Looking like a drowned rat.  :o(

Get me outta here mama!

Practicing our back float with Bitty Kate

One...Two...Three...Zoom!

 So after two weeks of not having any fun, we decided to hit up Elm Creek Beach and soak up some sun.  It went much better this time!

Do I have to wear this hat?

Just don't throw the keys in the pool

This water feels good!

Then Lainey's friend, Peyton, invited her over to swim in her sweet pool.  These two always have a lot of fun together!

Splishin and a Splashin!

I am having fun mama!

Ahhhhh!

Playing with the cups

These taste pretty good!

 I finally decided that this girl needed her own pool to play in.  If she could be out in her pool at 6AM...she would.  We have been out there as early as 9AM and she played for an hour. 

Playing with my new friend, Rosa!