More Summer Fun

So I may just make my goal to post once a week and anything over that is great. These are just some random summer fun pictures. We have been spending time with family enjoying the little bit of summer we have left. Fall is right around the corner! 

My girls have a really good Daddy. He lets them do fun girly stuff and he joins in! I love it. 

This one right here....... I tell ya she is something else. This was her outfit of choice the other day and I jut love it. Those are Lily's new soccer shin guards/socks. Which by the way she starts in a couple of weeks and Nathan and I got asked to be coaches. Should be pretty fun. I really hope she likes it. 

These pictures of Lily are from my Mom's house. She had picked her up one day while Avery was napping and took her back to her house. This is what they did with their quality time. I sorta love it. Lily always wants to put my makeup on but I'm usually not up for the mess but Nana can spoil her. 

That last picture just cracks me up. How beautiful. : ) 

State Fair 2013

So I feel like a broken record every time I blog. I have been a total slacker this summer. But we have been having a good time and that's what counts right? Nathan randomly had a Monday off of school so we took advantage and took the girls to the WV State Fair. 

With all the rain and weird weather we have been having this summer i figured our trip would be cut short from rain, but it was a beautiful day and actually pretty hot. 

Daddy and the girls rode a couple rides which included the Ferris and Lily called it. It was the first they saw when we drove into the fair grounds and all they talked about until we finally got over to the carnival part. 

The girls absolutely loved the ferris wheel and I wasn't a bit worried that one of them would go toppling out of the car (sarcasm). 

We broke out the double stroller which we haven't used forever, but I really didn't want to end up carrying a kid all over the fair. They were pretty good about staying in too. I think they were hot and tired. 

The girls loved the tractor area and all the animals that were on display. I think my favorite was the bunnies. There were some pretty cute ones. We gorged ourselves on fair food. I had ribbon fries and a chicken philly sandwich and the girls had pizza before we headed out. 

And we picked up one of these to go as well. The best cinnamon roll I have ever eaten, and it was huge! Lily and I shared this for two days. It was heavenly. I don't even care how much sugar and fat was in this thing. It was so delicious. I would eat another one right now. 

Ave was out in the car before we left the parking lot. They had such a blast and I'm glad the weather held out for us!

Insta Friday

This week has been pretty lazy. I'm really not sure what is up with the weather this summer but it's not normal for August. So we have been stuck inside for a lot of this week and haven't gotten too much. You can follow along with us on Instagram @jennypowellfell.

I had some time with just one child this week. I think we went to the store and it is so different with just one child at the grocery store. 

I got this super cute seahorse dress at Target a while back. I love the nautical feel of it. 

We played dress up. 

and went on a family hike. I was rainy when we started and we didn't get very far, but the girls still had fun. 

We are still working on this. We have gone backwards a little bit. She is so stubborn and if she doesn't want to do something she will let you know about it. Hopefully it will just click for her soon. 

Lil took about 50 selfies and videos with my phone the other day. Do your kids do that? I had to delete a ton of pics just like this. 

We did some cuddling on the couch on a rainy morning. 

and got new spin brushes. It made me a little sad that Lily want the more tween toothbrush with stickers to decorate it and Avery picked out Spongebob. My four year old is growing up. 

The rain knocked down these pretty flowers growing on a bush in the yard. We couldn't just let them lay there. 

We have been really working on our bed time routine because we have a girl that likes to get up a bunch after being put to bed. So we have started earlier and have spent more time reading stories. This night was on the front porch. 

I absolutely love that I caught this picture on our walk the other night. I just randomly turned around and snapped the pic. I didn't even realize I had caught such an epic pose until later that night. This catches Ave's current personality perfectly. I love it. Rosie, Rosie, pick your nosey.............

 What have you guys been up too this week?

Lately

So I sorta stink at coming up with things to blog about. Unless we have some sort of event with lots of pictures, I'm kinda at a loss. So basically you get what we have been up to lately. 

My  in-laws bought a new to them boat recently so we have been enjoying some time on the lake nearby. The girls love it and Avery calls it her boat. I enjoy time on the lake too, but it is a lot of work with 2 little ones on a small speed boat. All the things you need to take on board and then corralling the girls so they don't take a plunge while we are riding. Avery really loved the tube and cried when we tried to make her get off. 

We have been having fun summer. Like most of the US we had a heat wave a couple weeks ago and now we are having fall like temps. So weird. I would like to have a little bit more of summer before we start doing the fall thing. Speaking of fall things, we signed Lily up for soccer. I'm not quite sure she grasps the idea yet, but I think she will like it. I played soccer forever growing up so I'm excited to see her play. 

Lily has been interested in using our camera lately. So she went around the house and took some pictures. It was pretty cute. 

We are having a pretty good summer. Just hope the weather turns around so we can enjoy the last couple weeks of "summer". 

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Insta Friday 2 Week Edition

Since I missed the last couple Insta Fridays, you get to see all my cell pictures in one post! You can follow along with my instagram @jennypowellfell. 

Have I mentioned before that I love having the opportunity to capture moments in a split second? Well I do. It is so great to have that memory/moment at your fingertips. 

We have really been enjoying summer. Trying to get out of the house and see and do things We checked out a new coffee shop and I caught this pic of Lily playing on the front walkway through the porch railings. It's in an old restored house. 

Just spending some quality time with my girl. I don't even remember what we were doing this day, but I'm glad I captured the rare pictures of just me and Lily. 

Entertaining kids when you are eating out is super hard. We try to stick to places that are kid friendly. Some places even have playgrounds for the kids. This place did not but Lily entertained herself with the toys we brought from home. I'm not sure if the little people were eating or if we were eating the little people. 

I really don't understand the fascination with pulling out/opening up every cabinet door and pretending like its a fort but it relatively non messy and entertaining so we just go with it.  

This girl is sorta into my shoes. She will randomly go in and put a pair on. This pic doesn't show it but she also is really only into wearing dresses. I think it is super cute, but she wants to pick the fanciest dress she owns just to hang out around the house. 

Side pony for the win. This girls hair is awesome. I am super jealous, cause she didn't get it from me. She has a natural side part that is just perfection. 

We have been doing a lot of swimming as well. Now that Lily can touch in the shallow end she has become so confident and has been swimming without her "swimmy". It's pretty amazing to watch her bob up and down. 

The things I do to entertain these girls. This was actually Daddy's game first. The plastic bin is sitting inside our wagon and they insisted to go for a ride. Then I looked down and saw the sticker on the lid. Oops. I think it's kinda crazy they have to have that warning anyway. 

This child. She has so much spirit. Even though her 3/4 year old behavior makes me crazy sometimes. 

Ave as the second child gets a ton of Lily's hand me downs. I am super grateful for this but sometimes you just need your own new pair of kicks. Right? These were on Zulily a while back. Love them and her to pieces. 

Lily made this masterpiece in the tub a couple days ago. I thought it was her but no it's supposed to be me. Looks about right!

So Avery has decided she wants to try to potty train. Truthfully I'm not really ready. Potty training is hard and I'm not mentally prepared. She has used the potty quite a few time and has had quite a few accidents. I guess we are just going to see how it goes. I would love to be done with diapers for a while. 

I'm not even sure where this rock came from. It just showed up in the house one day. Do your kids bring things in the house that don't belong? I feel like I'm always finding something. Anyway, we needed a nap time activity and painting the rock is what we did. Best thing about it, it was a gift for Nana!

We got to have a date night and headed to Charleston for the Blues, Brews and BBQ festival. We had some yummy brews and food with friends before it started raining. It was nice to have some adult time! 

Watch out! Here they come. This is trouble right here. 

Lily turns 4 in less than a week. The 18th! Her party is the following weekend. She chose a Rapunzel theme and I really need to start working on some of my ideas. Since she is lucky enough to have a summer birthday she gets to have a pool party. Fun huh. 

Whenever it rains, which has been nearly everyday. The girls think they need to get cozy on the front porch. 

I remember sitting out on my front porch as a kid when we had storms too. 

 Nathan and his parents took the girls to see Despicable Me 2 a couple days ago. This was Ave's first movie in the theater! She just hasn't shown that she can sit through a full length movie ever so we haven't taken her. I had Mommy guilt that she was being left out so we decided to give it a try. I wasn't there, but Nathan said she didn't do that great. Just restless and up and down the whole time. We may wait a bit to try again with her. She did like the popcorn though! 

Avery is really into being independent and has a "I do it myself" mentality. So this is what I found when I went looking for her one day. She decided to help herself to some chips. She would have been fine if she had a bigger bowl. 

We have had a bird invader. I say invader because I knocked this nest down and it came back and built another full nest overnight. I felt bad messing up its home but I don't think we can have a bird living above where we hangout and eat dinner. 

This dog of mine. I love her bunches. She is a funny character. We always say that our extended family has the weirdest dogs. They all seem to have some sort of issues. But we love em' anyway. Dixie is really easy going and so good with the girls. She climbed right up in this chair and sat by me while I watched the girls play in their small pool. 

This was her first real time actually playing with the play doh. She asked for it and played by herself for a little bit. Growing up to fast I say. 

This is what Lil was doing while Ave played with playdoh. I love afternoon movies with popcorn!

And one more from last night. Rocking the side pony and her shades swinging like a big girl. I think I'm in denial. 

Okay so that was super long and if you made it through then you are awesome!