Recapping Another Month

August came and flew by.

Our summer didn't really start until the 3rd week of August... and by that I mean we had gray-cold rainy weather until then.  I thought about skipping the whole... 'I probably have Seasonal Affective Disorder from our crappy summer weather' post, but then thought if I read this blog ten years from now it'll help me remember that the summer of 2011 only had maybe... 6 sunny days and... yay... what a thing to remember.

I'll try again to recap this month in pics... or collages. Here goes:

We've started the remodel of both our upstairs bathrooms. 

When it's finished... I'll post before and after pics

We've gone camping and hung out with Sven Miller

We ate a lot of s'mores

I had surgery to remove a blackberry thorn from my knuckle and had my tendons tightened which was a little bit more than I had planned for (sorry if this pic grosses any one out). 

My sister Hana got engaged to her BF of 2 years, Jonny

We've learned to jump off a diving board

Caitlyn and Ashton went to their 'Meet and Greet' at their preschool

(Yes... you read that right... my little man is starting preschool too this year).

Thought I'd add another one of just Ashee cause it's cute

Just a few other things...

We went to the zoo a few times and to the sprayground.

We baked on the rainy days.

We had an 'alone weekend' and went to a wedding while the kids camped.

We flew kites.

We played with our cousins.

We went to a BBQ with our new friends  from church (which was totally fun because they all have kids Caitlyn and Ashton's age... the kids outnumbered the adults... and was so much fun).

I called in sick for too many days trying to recover from my hand surgery... thanks to my mom and husband for all your help and thanks to my children for helping take care of Mommy's huge owie.

August in a nutshell.

Caitlyn's 4!

My sweet girl is Four!

We celebrated once again at my Aunt Cindy's and Uncle John's house. 

They have a great pool and all the kids had a great time.

I wish I would have taken more time to get more pictures of all her guests. 

Let's see... what can I say about little Miss Caitlyn Leigh... now that she's 4?!?

She loves riding her bike and jumping on the neighbors trampoline.

Her favorite food is macaroni and chicken nuggets for dinner...

for breakfast- it's cinnamon toast and sausage.

Her temper is shrinking and her heart is growing. 

She says things like, "O.M.G. and Really?!?" at the funniest times.

She currently thinks that her Dad is on the 'naughty list' which apparently means he's only getting socks for Christmas.  

She is the camping queen. 

She got her first bee sting at the beach. 

She's afraid of airplanes... and bees.

Her favorite song currently is 'Row Row Your boat'.
She loves school... she starts playing soccer for the Vikings.
Her team color is orange and she is #1... Her coach is smoking hot!
When asked what she wants to be when she grows up... she either says, a nurse, a doctor, or a mom.
(except for right now when I asked her... she said she wants to be a pigeon.)
She can count to 48... although she skips numbers 26-47 :)
We've shared a few girly dates recently and she got a purple feathers and tinsel in her hair.

She reminds me that she's 4 almost once a day... 

and tells me that she is going to skip 5 and go right to 6 since she eats a lot of vegetables.

I was just trying to think of more things to type so I asked her to tell me about herself so I can put it on the blog... and she replied,

'I'm 4... I have stickers, money, puzzle pieces, and Ashee shares his toys with me... and paint.'

That's her in a nutshell.