Outside Time

We spent nearly all weekend outside.  Michael was working on the shed project and the girls love to be outside, so outside we were.  Given how hot it is, it made sense to play in the water.  We got nearly every water toy out and Addy had fun playing in everything.  Ella still not a fan.  There were also lots of wagon rides which is probably Ella's #1 outside activity (other than eating sand and these sea shells that we have from the beach - seriously can't keep them out of her mouth).  Michael and Ella also went on a super long bike ride to visit Granddad and Meme.  Here are some pics from the weekend...

 Ella is watching Addy playing on the splash pad - you can see the skepticism in her face!  

 No skepticism here.  If it is water related, Addy loves it! 

 Safe from the water, Ella had fun climbing in and out of the chairs.  I'm not sure I'd ever seen her climb up in these chairs before, so she was extra proud of herself.  Love the fun smile in the top one and the one below captures the scrunchy nose thing that she does that is so cute! 

 Fun times with the crazy flower.  She is aiming the flower towards Dad in this pic! 

 These were obviously not at our house, but today Addison was talking about going swimming all morning, and she got to go with Granddad this afternoon.  She has grown so much over the past year and can easily touch the bottom in the shallow end.  She is super excited about camp starting so that she can start swim lessons.  She is claiming to have forgotten some of the stuff she learned last summer, but fortunately she didn't forget how fun it was to be in the pool.  It was just this time last year that she wouldn't leave the steps!