Fourth of July Weekend

Ok....All the parenting books tell you when your pregnant what needs to be done to "baby-proof" the house.  And of course, most of those things aren't really needed until the children are walking around.  But they never really tell you how to "toddler-proof" your home!  So, last weekend was the painting my nails before I go to bed "accident".  Well, this weekend was the look at all the pretty rings I have on my fingers "accident".  It appears to me that it is best when she liked to take naps on the couch.  It seems she is just into too much when she is able to sleep upstair by herself like a Big Girl!!!

Notice her slightly purple thumb. :-( 
She did not like taking the hair bands off her fingers
as much as she liked putting them on!

The Fourth of July fell on Monday this year and Jeff was working the EARLY shift, so we opted out of doing fireworks at Lake Benson and visited with Allie and her family.  It's a lot safer walking home then taking your chances on these country roads.  This is the first year that Madison got to play with Sparklers and I think she did pretty darn good!

The lollypop helped her concentration!

I had made the mistake of letting Madison know that Emma was coming over to play with her in the afternoon.  All morning, all I heard, "Is Emma here?".  I was so very glad when Emma finally showed up!  The girls played inside for a bit and once the front yard was a bit more shady we went outside.  We started with just playing a little ball but then I decided to turn the mister on for Madison whose head was completely wet with sweat.  What appears to look like tug-of-war of the mister was actually the girls playing with the misting part.  I never realized you could have so much fun with just a mister!

Taking turns playing with the mister

When I saw all the fun they were having with the mister, I upgraded them to bathing suits and the sprinker.  I'm so glad I did.  Those girls played nonstop in the sprinkler for a good forty five minutes! 

Holding hands while running through the sprinker

We hope everyone had a "cool" and safe Fourth of July! 

Love Tiff, Jeff and Madison