Summer hilights/last week of summer!

This summer has really flown by! Some highlights included:
-Bennett is now an absolute fish in the water and loves to swim.  Miles likes it more at tot time when he can get around better in more shallow water.
- Miles is obsessed with Buzz Lightyear! He is constantly wanting to be referred to as Buzz and I think I hear him say, "To infinity and beyond!" about 1,000 times a day! He also loves the Toy Story movies.
-Bennett and Miles have really been playing well together this summer.  It's so fun to hear them both use their imaginations and create lots of make-believe play.  However, usually Miles is some form of Buzz Lightyear and he wants Bennett to be Jessie! (well at least it gets us away from princesses all the time)
-Bennett has finally shown some interest in riding her bike.  She has pretty much mastered the little bike with the training wheels, and Brandon has pushed her around on the big bike with no training wheels, but they haven't had the confidence to let go quite yet.
-Miles loves to dig in the dirt and play with his trucks outside! Give the kid a shovel and a dump truck and he could occupy himself for hours!
-Bennett has grown sunflowers on the side of our house.  Considering that we've had no rain this summer and it has been 100 degrees everyday, they did really well!
-Bennett has her first loose tooth!


Bennett starts Kindergarten next week! Since this is her last week of summer, we have been trying to do lots of fun stuff!

Last Friday, we got together with all of the kids that Bennett has been in a playgroup with since she was 1.  They are pretty much all going to different schools for Kindergarten, so Kimen made them each a cookie with their name and school on them.  I wanted to get a picture with all of them together, but they were just having too much fun playing that it didn't happen.  She will definitely miss her buddies at school this year!

 Bennett and Hollye Anne

Wayne came in town for a guys' trip to Louisville with Brandon (that's a whole other post), but we were lucky enough to have him all day Monday before he had to head home.  We went to the Zoo Monday morning.  It was a great morning and we beat the crowds there, so it was perfect!

 hanging out with the chimps

 We didn't have to wait in much of a line to go through the new sea lion tunnel. It was very cool.  Water all around you and the sea lions swim next to/over you.  

 Papa, Bennett and a hippo!

 Papa just played and played with the kids all day! He really has the best attention span for playing of anyone I know.  It's impressive! Here he and Miles were playing Buzz Lightyear and Emperor Zurg.  (go figure)

Then Bennett and the Barbies joined in the Buzz Lightyear adventure!

We are so glad that Papa was able to come visit!