The Wagners: Summer Fun

The girls and I have been enjoying the warm weather that we've been having. We've been busy playing and working outside (hence the not blogging for over a month). They have helped me plant flowers and a few bushes, weed several times, and put mulch around our trees, flower beds, and playground. We finally found one litter of kittens, and the girls are trying to tame them so that we will actually be able to pet some of our cats. Aubrey has already laid claim to the all orange one and has named it "Lias" (her own creation), while Chloe says the orange and white one is hers and has named it "Ella", even though its a boy. We tried to get her to change the name, but she insists on it being called "Ella". They love being outside and would probably play outside all day every day if I let them.

Aubrey ended up missing her last full week of school due to strep throat. She actually wasn't too upset about it - she just wanted to make sure that she didn't miss her field trip. She got to go on her field trip to the park and then Burger King. She found out that she CAN go to the top of the indoor playground (she never had before) and loved it! Now every time we pass by a place with a playground she wants to stop and play. I thought for sure she would miss school terribly, but she hasn't talked about it too much. We have had a few playdates with friends, so that helps. The girls have actually been getting along pretty well. They fight, of course, but for the most part they play very well together. Their latest thing to play is house. They take turns being the mommy and the baby (Chloe makes a very good baby), and sometimes I even get to be the big sister. She loves being in charge and telling Chloe what to do - hence the fighting, because Chloe doesn't always want to do what Aubrey tells her to do. Aubrey's been a great helper and is getting so big. She loves to talk about going to kindergarten and being five, to which I tell her to quit growing. She just tells me that "she'll still love me even when she gets big".

Chloe continues to be the more ornery one, but she's just so cute it's hard to stay too mad at her. She knows just how to push Aubrey's buttons to make her mad, which also causes some arguments. :) She loves to talk and talks non-stop. Some of the things she says just crack me up, although there are times that I wish she had a mute button. She loves playing with her baby (NOT the new one I bought her, but this old one that was Aubrey's) and takes that thing with her everywhere - to the store, church, friends' houses - and of course has to sleep with it. She continues to be mommy's girl and is my shadow most of the time. I trip over her quite often, because she is constantly standing right next to me. I'll tell her to quit being my shadow and she'll say that she's not my shadow, she's Chloe. She's pretty much potty trained. She has a few accidents now and then, but does pretty good most of the time. We just need to work on her going by herself now. It is so nice not to have to change diapers though. She's also gotten to the stage where she has to do everything by herself, which is sometimes great and other times just annoying. Although, she loves to be carried around alot of the time. I'm not really sure how that fits into her independent personality. :) She's quite the character, but overall is such a cute, sweet little thing.

Last weekend we went to the Fireball Festival where Aubrey got her face painted for the first time. She wasn't so sure about it, but once Abby did it, she was brave enough to try it and loved it.