Aboriginal Art class

Today we ventured up to Springfield for an art class I signed the kids up for weeks ago (yea that it only cost a few dollars for the event). They taught us about Aboriginal art from Australia and then all the kids went to work. The kids enjoyed it... including Ada. And yes, there was plenty o' mess. I was so grateful our friends Beth and Elora were there too! Made it so much funner!

 Here is Ada... her first encounter with painting. I was feeling daring to let her try! She is holding a Qtip with blue paint on it. The instructor assured me that the paint was washable... I hope because it did get on our clothing!

Here is a line up of their finished projects. Ella made a kookaburra, Ben (red paper) a fish, and Ada and mommy worked on a kangaroo.

Lastly, we stopped by the Springfield library to get a load of books on our way home. Ada spotted the giraffe from way off and she wanted to see it up close, so I had to snap a picture. Funny that Ben is blurry in the picture because he was moving. LOL

Ella at Ballet

Ella took a ballet class during July. She loved it! This morning was her final class and they had a mini recital for the parents to see what they had learned.

A Special Visit

My parents came to see us... YEA! What fun!

Memorial Day fun

We went to Fellow's Lake on Memorial Day. Rented an canoe and had some fun. Mommy, Ben and Ada mostly cheered on the braver souls of our family safely from the shore. Daddy and Ella went way out there...

Mommy and Ella did go out together for a few minutes. What a fun day!

The kids

Ada is learning to do stairs... enjoy the video!

 Ben playing soccer... he is on the far left (the blonde boy).

Playing in the Missouri mud in our backyard ... haaha

 Mommy found the perfect fabric for a little surprise for Ella... a new blanket. She loves birds :-) 

 The kids playing "Dr. Ada"

 Making patterns with little game tiles

 Ben's art

The kids

 Ben had his last soccer game yesterday. He enjoyed having Coach Steve, the same coach Ella had a few years ago.

Ella lost her second tooth last Sunday. 

Back when Ada was 1 month

I found this cute video of Ada at exactly one month old (Nov 9th, 2014). Probably her first smile that we caught on video. :-D