It’s July 4 weekend, that means summer has begun! Its already turning out to be a good one and we have had all kinds of fun in the last few weeks. The boys went swimming for the first time in our pool, and I think they liked it, but its kind of hard to tell if an 8 month old liked something. They weren’t crying so thats a plus. They love splashing in the water during bath time so we figured they would just think the pool is a ginormous bathtub and splash away.
swimming
Since we didn’t want to have to go to the pool every time we wanted to take the boys swimming, we got a little pool for the boys to play in in our backyard. It’s pretty cute and the boys love it!
Summer Fun
A few weeks ago I took some pictures of our friends kiddos at the park and while we were there we decided to snap a few pics of our boys as well.
Ian in all his crazy hair glory
Hayden laughing at dad
I wish we were able to go to the pool with the boys more but we have only made it there twice. Since I don’t work on Fridays and Jonathan doesn’t like going to the pool and baking in the sun, Friday’s would be the optimal time to take the boys to the pool for a little while, but I can’t exactly go to the pool by myself with two infants. So instead we have to wait for the weekend and then we are usually too busy or just don’t want to be there with 500 other people.
This weekend we are planning on going to go to the farmers market for some fresh fruit and veggies. I think we may try to start making some of our own baby food so if anyone has any recommendations for a good food processor for making baby food, please let me know.
I hope everyone has a safe and fun fourth!
I’m guessing you get this all the time but Hayden looks exactly like his dad.
And I love Ian’s hair. Baby Mohawks are the best.
We did homemade baby food (just fruits and veggies) and I just used our blender. It wasn’t a perfectly smooth purée but our kids preferred some lumps anyway. I would make it in big batches and then freeze it in emptied baby food jars (ask friends, they will save tons for you). If you need to soften things up, orange juice or apple juice makes a good addition to fruit mixes and v8 makes a good addition to veggie mixes.
Message: Hi, I bought the Cuisinart Prep 7 and it was wonderful.
abby, yes he does look like a lot like Jonathan, but its crazy because he looks a lot like my brother did as a baby.
Thanks for the suggestions ladies, I may have to try the blender first and if that doesn’t work then look into something like the cuisinart prep.