and Baby makes ... 7!: July 2013

Needless to say, it's been a wild few weeks around here. Sierra has officially "retired" from her fulltime position at daycare/preschool to be my co-Mama, a job she has been quite happy to throw herself into.

Sierra's last day at the CDC!

Co-Mama taking over some story time duties.

Let's play 'Caption-This-Photo'...

Thanks to some brilliantly organized people at Mother Goose Time, we've instituted "Sierra School" at home. I cannot say enough wonderful things about this home-based preschool curriculum. Each month, an adorable school bus box arrives at my doorstep with lesson plans, workbooks, charts, calendars, etc- and a nice baggy with all of the needed materials for each day. All I have to do is grab that day's bag and it has all of her supplies for a craft and a couple activities. She LOVES it. And it's a sanity-saver for me! There's just enough in each day to fill up a couple hours total- we still have plenty of time for free play and errands and all that- but I have quick-draw crafts (no digging through the cabinets for pipe cleaners or daily trips to Hobby Lobby) and ideas for new games when she hits a lull. BEST.IDEA.EVER.

B is for Beaver! and Baby!

Laundry Day is good for learning about bubbles!

But 3 year olds need socialization (and Mama needs a break), so Sierra has gotten to enjoy some summer camp days at St Luke's Day School. Her first session was astronaut themed, so we followed up with a visit to Space Center Houston to feed her newly-discovered obsession with all things rocket-propelled. We can no longer get in the car without hearing "Mama, let's talk about what's in outer space."

Landing the Shuttle like Cousin Eileen!

"Little-Big-Man" August has filled his days with eating, sleeping, pooping, eating, sleeping.... you get the picture. The typical hard-knock newborn life. He excels at eating. There are IFOCE medals to be won in his future. I actually had to check with his pediatrician to make sure his world-record rate of weight gain was ok (it is). He put on roughly a pound a week for the first 6 weeks, but has finally slowed a bit. So his official 2-month weigh-in was as follows: (as of June 26 when I started writing this post! :P)

Weight: 14lbs 7 oz (95%ile)

Length: 24.3" (89%ile)

Head circumference: 16" (64%ile)

(Now that I'm getting around to publishing this post 2 weeks later, he's up to 16 lbs even! Sheesh!)

Feed me!!

Looking back at pictures of Sierra at this age, she looks downright scrawny at only 11 lbs! I see some expensive trips to HEB about 13 years in my future. But as long as he keeps sharing these great grins with me, I won't be complaining. :)

Best part about not working? Snuggling with these two sweet faces in the mornings!

Precious!

How could I forget? Sierra's first dance recital!A major event around here! Our little ballerina had SO much fun dressing up and showing off her moves on the big stage.