Shelby's New Princess Bike & Other Summer Happenings

We got Shelby a new princess bike recently, and she is loving it! Now if we could just figure out how to teach her to ride it! Teaching a kid to ride a bike is a whole lot harder than I thought it would be! But I guess that's just about how everything goes in this whole parenting thing, isn’t it?! Ha! Speaking of princesses, we watched Princess & the Frog (the Tiana movie as Shelby calls it) & Cinderella with Shelby this week..it's so fun to do this kind of stuff with our big girl!

We've had a fun, busy week! We spent a lot of time outside b/c it thankfully wasn't as muggy as it normally is in August. It was a nice change of pace! During Hadley's naptime on Monday morning, Shelby & I made brownies & went to the pool for a bit (LOVE that our monitor reaches to the pool!!). Then when Hadley woke up, we went to the park together. Tuesday was Excel by Five, Wednesday was the splash pad, & Thursday was the park with friends. Lots of fun! But of course, not pictured is the constant Mommy Guilt I carry around no matter what we do. ;)  Being a Mommy is hard work. We had a fun week, but there were many moments where I felt like Hadley was getting the short end of the stick b/c she missed naps while we were out and about. Then when we stay home to let Hadley get all her naps in, I feel like Shelby is missing out on things. But thankfully, Derek let me escape for a girls night on Wednesday night...and man, that was SO good for me! I was quickly reminded by my sweet friends that I'm not the only one feeling this way, and I'm loving my girls the best way I can--and that's all that matters. Anywho..back to our fun week..here it is in pictures! :)

Shelby's first time with glitter! Fun for both of us!! :)

Making letters with shaving cream on the table,
and simultaneously getting it cleaned up!

Mixing the brownie batter!

Fun at the Marina Park on base

Marina Park

Marina Park

Marina Park

Excel by Five...Shelby loves these bead toys!

This little boy was all about Shelby at Excel by Five.
He insisted Shelby dress up as the girl power ranger to match him,
and surprisingly Shelby went along with it! This was her first time
"dressing up" while playing. ;)

Today is the start of a 4 day weekend with Derek at home..YAY! Then next week, preschool starts for Miss Shelby! Hard to believe summer is almost over! But it will still feel like summer for a few more months here on the Gulf Coast, so I guess it's not really over for us yet! ;)