June Afternoon

Today was just the most perfect June afternoon.  The sun was shining, the sky was clean of clouds and there was NO rain in the forecast - at least until tomorrow!  We had Giggle Toes this morning and then we made a quick trip to Ikea before heading home for lunch and outdoor fun.

I have been struggling to find a good collage program - I had tried picasa which I hate everything about with exception of their web albums and picnic which has some cool features but you have to pay $25 a year for.  So I thought to myself, does Apple have an app that would help me?  I checked out the app store and found Collage Creator.  I tried the lite version and made the first 2 below but that was all I could do in terms of layout.  So I checked out the upgrade + it was only $3.99 so I bought it and did the last 2 photos with the paid version.  

Anyways,  here are some photos of our June Afternoon...

I am so happy we made this purchase last summer.  It is one of the best things that we have in our backyard and both kids love to swing.  Finley swang on the teetertotter thing for 30 minutes straight.  She would have kept swinging but my arm was hurting so I made her go play with other things. There is a sandbox underneath it which she was playing in until she kicked the sand and it got in her sandals + on her feet.  She was not happy with this.  She also tried to go down the slide head first which I promptly put a stop to.

Penelope doesn't do too much outside except swing and sit.  She refuses to be mobile on the grass so if you lay her on her back or tummy she gets mad very fast.  I keep telling her that she is arm crawls instead of belly crawls she would be much happier.  Even walking I told her would be more efficient but she refuses to listen to me.  She didn't want to be in the swing today so we played a game of me putting her hat on and her taking it off.  She hates wearing hats.  I distracted her from taking it off for awhile with some object I found.  It didn't last long and soon she was putting that on her head. Finley also hated hats at that age but now she loves them.  Fingers crossed this occurs with Penelope too!

After I made Finley give up the swing, she ventured over to her playhouse where she made lunch for her posse, she mowed the lawn and had a quick break from said lawn mowing and sat down at her picnic table.  All work and no play makes for a "tired" little girl.  She also made sure to "water" her lawn after mowing it - not that we need to considering all the rain we seem to be getting!

And of course, the most perfect part of our June afternoon (aside from the weather) was watching Finley + her beloved Sisi play together.  They had lots of hugs and kisses for each other!  Finley also tried to keep Pippi's (trying out some nicknames here.  Greg prefers Pippa, which is ironic because that was on my baby name list and he vetoed it.  He doesn't seem to remember but maintains it is a nickname not a real name.  Anyways back to the point of the blog) hat on with no success while Pippa (real hard not to just call her penelope but that's a real mouthful sometimes) tried to steal her sandals while Finley cleaned out the sand.

All in all it was a perfect day.  After Penelope went down for her nap, I brought out a few puzzles and watched as Finley, full of pride, finished each one.  She loves to do puzzles!  It was a nice distraction from a phone call or text that I am waiting to receive.

Now it's time to go find something for supper since I forgot to pull the chicken that was on the meal plan for today.  Wish me luck!

Hope you all enjoyed your day no matter where you were!