We have had a wonderfully busy summer and it is going by so quickly. I have loved having Luke home. It is so much easier to get housework done because he keeps Emilia busy. Otherwise, she would let me hold her all day if I would do it. I do love that she is a cuddler. Very different from her brother.
Luke is starting to be so helpful when I ask him to do chores. He had a little moment today when he didn’t want to help at first. He said, “but I’m too little. Look at my body, it is SO small!!” I couldn’t help but laugh. But then he did what I asked him to do.
We have really enjoyed going to the splash park with friends the last couple of months. It is fun for me too because it is a safe place for the kids to run around and play and I can cool off in the water and chat with my friends and play with the kids.
Luke loved the 4th of July. He thought the “fireworks” that we had (which weren’t much at all!) were the most fantastic thing he had seen in a long time. I love seeing his imagination emerge. He is really enjoying acting out parts of characters in movies and assigning characters to the rest of the family (including the dogs!)
Emmie’s personality is really something. I know I did not give Luke time out at this age, but she is in time out almost every day (less than a minute each time). I put her in the middle of her rug and she cries and cries. She has been bad about biting an pulling hair, which Luke never did so it is a learning experience for me. But she loves to love on us too! When she is being rough and I correct her, she’ll change what she is doing and say, “gentle, gentle” and start rubbing instead of hitting/pulling hair. She gives the sweetest hugs too.
Here are a few pics of our summer so far.
Presious Children:)