Jackson has been asking us to take them bowling since he went at Sonshine School in May. So we finally took the time to go, plus we had a FREE coupon--perfect!! They had a great time cheering each other on. Kinsey would do this "victory dance" everytime she knocked down a pin! Adorable : ) The ball was as big as her, but that didn't stop her!!!
Kayleigh has been scooting and "army crawling" for over a month now. She has even been pushing herself up and planting her feet with her bottom clear up in the air. This past week she has learned to go from crawling to sitting up all by herself. And she has even been trying to climb up on people and pull herself up a bit. She is going to be keeping us on our toes soon!
Jackson has really sparked an interest in drawing pictures and writing his letters over the summer! So I have been trying to capitalize on this excitement . . . he drew this self portrait the end of July. He has been sounding out words and trying to read them (small ones that actually follow the "rules"). So last week I started doing lessons with him out of the "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons". 
We were able to celebrate Grammy's birthday at the Balloon Fest again this year. The weather didn't cooperate to do the Balloon Race on Friday night (due to a storm in the area), but it did workout for us to be there for The Glow. It is so amazing watching them blow up the hot air balloons and get them all set up. And we love this Balloon Fest especially because we can get so close to the balloonists and even feel the heat as they turn on the burners. Jackson and Kinsey's favorite hot air balloon was Wally the Clownfish. Here are a few pictures from our fun evening!
Kayleigh will be 7 months old on Saturday! Here she is trying sweet potatoes for the first time yesterday . . . she really liked them! She wasn't super crazy about her applesauce at first this morning, but we will try it again tomorrow. Kayleigh is scooting/crawling ALL over! She can get to anything that catches her eye. She especially likes remotes, cell phones and paper!! We keep thinking that we will find a new tooth poking out any minute, but she still only has the two on the bottom that she has had since 3 months old. I couldn't resist posting this picture on the right of a rather ornery looking smile! Though I must say, she continues to be a very mild mannered, laid back baby, so hopefully this smile isn't an omen of things to come!
Dave took Kinsey to see Cinderella at our Community Theater tonight. She loved it and had a hard time distinguishing reality from the stage performance. During the show, when the clock struck midnight, Cinderella ran down the aisle to get away. Kinsey was very concerned and kept asking out loud, "Why is she going that way? Where is she going?" After the show was over, she got to meet Cinderella, but of course didn't want to get her picture with her. She even asked Cinderella where her "mother" was (meaning her step-mother . . . again that whole reality thing). They finished the date with a quick stop at DQ for a Starkiss.
Jackson has been begging us to go back to the fair to ride a few rides (particularly the Ferris Wheel). So tonight we went back to the fair and indulged them in a few rides and some cotton candy! 
Our county fair does a FREE Kid's Day every year. And we LOVE going . . . we get to explore a straw maze, shuck corn off the cob, climb on tractors, visit farm animals (and pet some), visit a tent with hands-on kids activities, ride the carousel, eat lunch and enjoy a snow cone! All for one very low price of NOTHING! Can't beat that!
