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Life Lately.

It's Monday again! Does anyone else feel as if the Fourth of July lasted forever with the day the holiday landed? We didn't necessarily do anything extra special over the weekend, but I heard lots of fireworks going off through the night, so someone somewhere was celebrating. 😉

I've been blogging here [almost] consistently for a year, and this blog has become somewhat of a digital scrapbook for me. I really treasure reading through old posts, and remembering events of the past. I wanted to share a bit of life lately, and what we've been up to this summer so far. 

Jack has a lot to say these days. Haha. He is talking like crazy and can say around 10-12 words. His newest tricks are saying "ROAR" if you ask him what a Tiger says, and saying the word "ball." 

He is cruising and crawling all over the place, so I'm sure we'll have a walker before too long. I'm not quite sure if I'm ready for that excitement, but I do love seeing him meet new developmental milestones. 

Sammy has been loving summer. This has been the summer of neighborhood friends, especially since a new neighbor moved next door who has a whole crew of little boys. Sammy knows that when his friends have their garage doors open that chances are good he can play with them for a bit. 

This week, Sammy will be doing Bible School at our church, and I'm excited for him! It's all day - 9:00-2:30 - so it will be good practice for Kindergarten. I know that he'll be excited to get out and be social with his friends. He's been loving the programs our library offers. In this photo he was helping a juggler with spinning a plate - so exciting! 

Our days seem to be filled with lots of meal prep and lots of snacks. We joke that Sammy eats two meals for every one meal. We call it "first breakfast" and "second breakfast" ...all day long. I've declared this the summer of paper plates to help eliminate some dishes for me. Haha. 

We've got just about 6 weeks of summer left before I head back to work. We're hoping to spend lots more time at the pool and check a few more items off our "Summer Bucket List." I love the fall season, but I'm not quite ready to say goodbye to summer just yet. 😉

Thanks for reading a little bit of life lately! I'll be back tomorrow. XX

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