When you have children it isn't often you get to go out with friends and let loose! But when you do it is so nice! You could definatley tell we were all mom's here, bc by 11pm we were tired!!
My dear friend Christina and I!
And of course couldn't end the night without a picture of me and my dearest Joshy!
When its raining we go to the library .. ALOT, Lu loves the library, we go atleast once a week if not twice.
She checks out 5 books at a time (bc I feel we can keep track better with this amount) And she loves having different books to choose from for her bedtime stories and what not, she also likes to take them in the car with her to read!
We also stay indoors and color alot, Lu loves to color. Aunt Britt got her these cute flip flop shoes that you can color and make your "own" and Lu did that for an entire afternoon.
This is her masterpiece, arent they beatiful?? She certainly is PROUD!
And when its not raining, well yes the hot weather is GREAT for a slip n slide adventure! Lu and her friend Kat had an afternoon of waterfun. (you can not have a slip n slide without a pot full of soapy water)
so when its hot, play in water, thats my theory and it works!
and if you are afraid of the water ... just swing, the cool breeze is nice when you swing too!
I thought I would snap a pic of this awsome double rainbow!!! 
Lu and I had a few friends over on Wednesday, we had a good time chattering and mingling with our freinds ...
This is what you'll need ... 1/2 cup of peanut butter, 1 cup of milk choc. morsels, and 1 and 1/4 cup of chow mein noodles (can be found in the international food section of any grocery store.)
You'll need to measure and pour the morsels, and by the time Lu got done picking at them, we has a little less than a cup :) 
Place in microwave for 1 min.
mix the peanut butter in AFTER choc is melted. Lu did love the spoon! I actually have a picture of her eating off it several times, I dont know why I didn't put it on here, shame on me! 
Measure out the noodles, and then pour then into the choc/peanut butter mixture, and lightly stir, or fold in.
I wish people could actually see her in action when she is doing this stuff, it is quite hilarious sometimes, and I don't post the "blooper" pictures, but I should, she is a "big" girl now and INSIST that I let her do EVERY part, no matter if at the end you could lick the counter top because they taste so good, just like reeces. Anyhow, the next step is obvious place them on some prachment paper, and the recommened time is 2 hr chill in the fridge, which we never follow because we are to anxious to eat, so 15 mins in the freezer works just fine!
Don't they look delsih?? YUM (this is before they are chilled)
My big girl even washes the dishes ..... Oh I think this is the reason we really have kids LOL!
So last night I came up with the idea after Lu visited her cousins that live almost 2 hours away, that she write them a weekly letter. I know she misses them dearly, and doesn't get to see nearly enough because of the distance. But the distance holds nothing to the love these 3 cousins share between one another.
As soon as I mentioned it, of course Lu was on board, and I thought it was a great idea because at their ages, getting a letter in the mail with their name written on it is like the highlight of a week! So she sat down this afternoon, broke out the markers and bingo dobbers, and began to write away, the above picture if you look closely her lips are puckered together as she is sounding out the words she wants to write.
Aidman's says "Thank you for playing with me Sunday, I can not wait to see you soon, Love Laney"
The front was all decorated like a pretty card, with their names on the front.... Off to an envelope and .....
Into the mailbox they went! Maybe this will hold her over inbetween visits! 
