8 is great!

Ashley turned 8 July 9th and this past weekend we had a celebration at our house. Thankfully the day wasn't to bad and we were able to eat and play outside. Despite there being a huge age gap between Ashley and Connor they really have a good time playing with each other and Ashley is a BIG help. Last time we were at Rara's she even buckled Connor in to his carseat (and did it the right way and quicker than Papa! haha). She really is such a sweet little girl (but I do see some attitude!) I'm excited and terrified to watch her grow up!

Spray Park

We had a nice HOT day so we decided on an impromptu trip to the spray park with some friends. I took Connor to Les Gove spray park last year and he was not having it. Although it took him a awhile to get into it he ended up having a blast. Sydney not so much but then again she doesn't even like getting in the pool at home. We hope to have another nice enough day to go again!

Independence day

We had a low key 4th at home (oh how things change when you have two little babies!) but I have to say it was probably one of the best holiday weekends! We had good food (fried catfish and fresh crab two night in a row!), fun and lots of family time...plus a little construction project. The night before we let Connor have some pop its...I loved them when I was a kid! He didn't quite understand that you needed to throw them and Sid showed them how to step on them so of course that is all he wanted to do.

Time for bed :(

These are the BOMB! The are fudge & banana Popsicles. You can't get these in stores so I actually bought 11 off the ice cream man at $2 a piece...luckly I got 1 free! :) Connor enjoyed them too but I charged him for it! :)

He could not stopping watching Tom build the shed.

Yes rain boots on a hot dry day...sometimes you don't fight with a 2yo

The big night! We got our jammies on, grabbed our camping chairs and headed to the front lawn...this is Covington after all! Thanks to the Loos for letting us crash their side of the yard and watch their fireworks. We have some people down the way in the neighborhood who must of spent HUNDREDS of dollars on fireworks because it was a waterfront worthy show. We let Connor stay up unitl 10:30 and he had a blast! The fireworks woke Sydney and I brought her out to check them out and her eyes got so big and she just stared at them. Next year I recommend everyone just come to our house and skip the waterfront! :)

The girls next store showed him how to throw the pop its

1st sparkler!

The look in his eyes scares me!

This is the last sparkler because he then grabbed it with the other hand nearly burning himself

This was his mood pretty much all night

Watching a BIG one!

Happy Father's Day

Sadly I didn't get many pictures but we had a great Father's Day. We spent the Saturday before at Papa & Rara's house were we ate and drank! A favorite pastime of the Fontenot's and Haywards! Sunday we had a low key day at home and Sid grilled up steaks. Yum! Nobody grills up a steak as good as Sid!

Nothing says love like a chainsaw...to cut me up with?! :)

7 months

Wow! Really? How did Sid get to be seven months already?! However it happened I'm loving it! Seven months really has been the turn around month for us because Sydney has started sleeping through the night and in her own bed! Wooofreakinghoooo! She goes to bed at 7:30 and will usually sleep 12 hours...we have had a few nights where she woke up early but even that is much better than multiple times a night. We are still having fun with solids and about the only thing I will actually spoon feed her is some oatmeal and yogurt although she does try just grab handfuls herself. Syd's also been a babbling fool lately and as much as I tried to get her to say Mama she said Dada...it's just not fair!

Rice crispy treats?

Need help?

Enough cooking spray

Before sticky bits of rice crispy treats were flung out of the pan