Fourth of July 2

Fourth of July evening we went to my sister in law's house for a BBQ and fireworks. Rebekah loved playing on their quad. She looked so little on it! After a while she got a little too comfortable on it and made a fast really sharp turn and it toppled over on her. I came running to see if she was okay. I lifted the quad off her and she jumps up and says "I'm okay!" She starts to get back on and I said umm...no. I think we're done for today. She says "it's okay, now I know just not to do that anymore".

Later in the evening we played with sparklers and small fireworks and just enjoyed the company of our family. It was a good day. :)

Fourth of July 1

This fourth of July afternoon we stayed home and pulled out the slip and slide for the kiddo's and Rebekah was dying to sell otterpops. So we helped her put out a stand and an umbrella for shade and there she stood for a long time. Our street was dead. Not a car or a soul at home. After a while of nothing we told her that she might have fun playing with Isaiah in the slip n' slide. She argued that she might miss a sale that way but ultimately we won. She and Isaiah had a lot of fun playing in the water.

Sunday's vs. Sundaes

So we had this FHE on keeping the sabbath day holy. It was an object lesson. You start out with a bowl of vanilla ice cream. Then you ask the kids if ketchup would be a good topping. Of course they say no, right? No...not my kids. We found every condiment we had and asked our kids one by one if that would be a good topping. We said "well, we like mustard don't we?" They said "yes" so obviously it must be great for ice cream! We put on every condiment and showed it to the kids and asked them if they wanted a bite. I was expecting them to see the horrible color it had turned into and they would say no..but they didn't. They were over joyed to try this ice cream. It was soooooo yucky. The look on each of their faces was pretty funny. So then we talked about how some things are good for some things and not so good for others. Then we changed it to some things are good to do on Sunday and some things are best not to do on Sunday. Rebekah got it but Isaiah kept trying the ice cream and each time he'd make a disgusted face. It was like he couldn't understand why he didn't like this ice cream. It's ice cream I HAVE to like it! :)

Isabel is growing!

These are some photos we took of Isabel last month. She was four months old in these pictures. I'm so amazed at how fast she's growing. She's quite the rolypoly now. As soon as you set her on her back she's over on her tummy in an instant. I love how she's always holding her hands. She is so sweet! And aren't her little feet so cute?