Mellow Yellow Monday

Isabelle requests that I take her picture in the weirdest places!



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Got to Wear Shades Photo Challenge

Both my girls love their glasses so this one was a hard choice. I finally went with this one of Isabelle, not because of the glasses but because of the attitude she's throwing around behind them!



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Black and White Wednesday- Who's hungry?

I'm pretty sure our three year old is going to eat us out of house and home. It usually isn't more than twenty minutes after any meal that she is asking what kind of snack she can have. She also for some reason is having a hard time remembering which meal comes when. I think she's gotten tired of me correcting her because now she just says "Mommy, when is breakfast, lunch, dinner?"



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Vintage Sophie

The theme this week over at RAW(e) is Vintage. I know they list the themes in advance but I totally dropped the ball on this one. Luckily my little Sophie is a lover of all hats and will gladly put on one of the twenty or so that she owns any time I ask. So, for my vintage unedited photo this week I give you Sophie Ingalls Wilder.



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Vacation?

The photo challenge over at Trendy Treehouse this week is vacation. I was going to skip it after seeing all of the beautiful photos that have been coming in. After all, we don't do a whole lot of vacationing since having two kids! But then I decided I still wanted to enter something. And the one vacation we take every year is to go camping with 25 of my extended family members. I know camping doesn't sound like much of a vacation for most people. What other vacation do you have to pack everything you could ever need, set up your own sleeping arrangements, cook your own food and poop in yucky public toilets? But for some reason we still do it every year. And it's always a fabulous weekend!

This first photo is my choice for this weeks "vacation" challenge just because I love all the colors!





This was also the first year that we went out of our way to take the ferry to the campsite. Isabelle could not believe we were driving our car onto a boat. The ferry ride takes about six minutes so by the time I got both of the girls out of their carseats to look over the side of the boat it was time to get back in the car!



And everyone has to help out with dishes when we camp!


Who doesn't want to just lay in the grass and enjoy an oreo?


Did I mention it was in the 90's all weekend?


I'm not sure Sophie understood the rules for this game!


And last but not least, here we all are. Every family tree has a few nuts but ours is loaded with them!


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Our State Fair is a Great State Fair!

This week is the WI State Fair. Jeff and I look forward to this week all year. Unfortunately this year Jeff has been working extra hours and I don't know if we're going to be able to make it to the fair together which makes me very sad.

The girls and I have headed to the State Fair twice already this week. We had lots of fun but boy oh boy is it a lot of work to take two toddlers and a stroller to a busy fair! Neither one of them wants to actually stay in the stroller so it seems like just an extra pain in the butt, but we need it for the long walk back to the car.

This is the first year at the fair where I'm actually using my camera in manual mode. I found it more than a little frustrating with all of the changing light conditions. Blinding sun one minute and then dark animals barns the next. Pushing the stroller and trying not to lose the two of them in the crowd meant I had precious little time to actually mess around with my settings. I'm hoping that by this time next year I'll be able to look back on my photographically frustrating trip to the fair and have a good chuckle!

So, here are a few of my fair favorites. If you live anywhere near Milwaukee I highly suggest a trip to the fair. Beautiful animals, wonderful music and everything you could ever hope to eat-on a stick!

Isabelle has a quiet moment with a cow


Isabelle loves sitting on the chairs that you put a quarter into and they vibrate!


Only at the State Fair is it totally appropriate to have ice cream for lunch!


I was so proud of Sophie. This was her first time riding the ponies.


I'm bummed that my girls love lemonaide as much as I do. That means I have to share!

(I'm also choosing this photo for Communal Tues and Sweet Shot Tues. Hand shaken lemonaide is one of my favorite things at the fair!






Giant tractor wheels


And you have to wash down that ice cream with some cotton candy!


My girls love the wheel walker clown!


Baby Ducks!


And finally, what should we have for dessert?


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Water...

We've spent a lot of time this summer in the water. Last summer was hard because Sophie was still pretty small and it was difficult to take both of them to the pool on my own. This summer is a different story. We are at the beach (don't get too excited, it's Lake Michigan) or at the pool once or twice a week. And when all else fails you head to the backyard and the garden hose!

(I've posted this before but it's a favorite!)



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