Camping!

Oh man, it has been a busy week! I'm getting my blog post done so late this week. :( 

We had such a fun time camping with my family last weekend. The kids loved it! Except for the one time when Reid said, "I want to go home." Maybe he didn't like all of the dirt... not!

 Snuggly guy in the mornings. He has really been liking Ruby's monkey Alicia lately. He calls her My-licia.

 Trying on his life jacket for the lake! He didn't want to take it off.

 Getting some reading in.

 Our first blackberry of the season!

 Walking down the street. We took a little break from packing.

 On our way down to Juanita Lake on Saturday! The kids needed a little car break...

 ...Reid did NOT want to get back in his carseat. Hahaha

We stopped at Odell Lake for a picnic lunch. 

 She's getting so big!

 Finally at Juanita! Reid fell in love with little Teddy (Heidi's new mini Goldendoodle puppy). Well, we all did! He was the sweetest thing.

 Reid loved playing with the faucet.

 And the lake.

 These guys are so cute!

 The traditional Sprunger family photo.

They know how to relax.

 A bunch of us played baseball with our toy ball and bat on Saturday night! Organized by Andy. The ball is foam, so it didn't go very far, which made it really fun. Ruby was the cutest little catcher.

 And I think she got about 3 hits! She's pretty good!

 The kids got new sleeping bags and slept on an air mattress. They slept pretty good the first night! Reid screamed once, but that was about it. The second night he fell out of his bed and woke up a few more times. Oh well.

 Sleeping in on Sunday.

 The lake was beautiful!

 And these mama ducks with their big ducklings were not shy. They came pretty close to us.

 This is how you do camping food with a toddler. He couldn't escape and get dirty while he was eating. He was, however, in the perfect position to feed all of our canine friends. He gave them bites from his fork, and then kept using it a few times. So gross! But they all loved it. :)

 Ruby and Quin were on breakfast dishes duty. They were good helpers!

 We all pitched in to get this giant floating island (PARTY BARGE!) for the lake. It was so much fun! Andy and I took the kids out on it while a lot of people went on a hike. Later that day we had 17 people on it, mostly adults! It was a blast.

 Such a messy eater. Every meal Ruby would go sit in her place by Jack and the other cousins, and wait patiently for me to get her food. It was so cute.

 Jammie time! They loved their little camp chairs.

 He loves to lounge.

 Ruby and Jack had so much fun together. This was them playing "Hangman." Ruby was the one who made the word, but she doesn't know how to spell! It turned out pretty funny.

 Second cousins! (Minus Quin and Lia who already left.) I forgot to bring red, white, and blue for my kids to wear on the 4th of July. Apparently I was the only one. Hahaha

 Saying goodbye.

 We had a good drive home, the kids took a nice nap. Then when we got home, we were unloading the car and left the front door open, and this baby bird flew right into our house! It was the cutest thing, and was pretty scared. We took the screen off of the kitchen window and I got it to fly out.

 The kids rode their bikes while we unpacked.

 And then we did sparklers in the back yard and went to bed! We heard big fireworks until about 10:30 though. But we were way to exhausted to go outside to see them.

 Back to his kitchen!

 Post nap snuggles.

 I don't even know what they were doing in this picture, but it sure was funny. We love our back yard!

 We saw this tiny baby duck at a park.

 We went down to Grandma and Grandpa's new house for dinner, and to play with the cousins. They made a huge fort! I took Penelope down with us, and Tony met us there.

 Reid and Penelope had lots of fun.

 Playing "doctor."

 Andy took Reid with him to get his hair cut. :)

 Reid was having a pretty fussy day. I think he was still super tired from camping. So we played around with Snapchat. :)

 And I took him to the library when Andy got home. He said he was working here.

Unicorn! His hair is getting so long, I need to cut it.

It's been raining a lot, so he wore his rain boots and wanted to splash in the puddle. :)

Early mornings

Andy and I got up at 5am to work out every day this week. And it was great! After the first couple of days, it was a lot easier to roll out of bed. And so nice to get them done and not have to worry about it in the evenings. I think we'll keep it up!

Reis is such a boy. He loves climbing, jumping, making sound effects, and making everyone laugh. He got a huge bruise on his cheek this week. He has also been sleeping a little better, last night he made it all the way until 4:45 before he woke up. That was nice for me! Some day he'll sleep all night...

Ruby has been getting so good at writing, drawing, and coloring. She does it every day and can write her name and Reid's name. And her people are pretty cute too.

 Spinning!

The kids and I were dancing in the living room, and I spun Reid around. He tripped and fell, and hit his cheek on the rock hearth. :( Poor guy! He was pretty upset and I felt really bad. It is a lot better now, just a bruise. but he had a scab there for a while too.

 He loves playing in the mud!

 They both do. And they occasionally do it in their socks. Hah!

 After playing outside in the water he gets cold and likes to get wrapped up in blankets and towels on the couch.

 Post workout!

 I purged some clothes this week, which was nice to do! Ruby liked jumping on the pile.

 My garden! It's growing great, and our nasturtiums started blooming.

 He walks around a lot on the balance bike.

 On our way to church!

 It has been so gorgeous outside lately. We ate dinner under our tree.

 The kids were awfully quiet in the back yard, and we looked out and they were doing this. <3

 Early morning workout!

 This is what she does when I run the blender every morning. She's never been a fan of loud noises.

 And he copies her.

 She likes putting her "kids" to bed.

 We had to get a new battery for our car, so the kids and I killed some time at Les Schwab.

 We had fun! They sat and ate popcorn for a long time, and Ruby said, "Mom, I could just sit here all day and eat popcorn." Then we had a whole conversation about what that day would look like. Hah! And there was a fireworks stand in the parking lot, so we bought some sparklers.

 After that we headed to the library for some new books and play time.

 He loves these gears.

 Ruby found a new friend and they built a train station.

 He loves his bananas.

 The kids love it when Daddy reads to them at night. And they also love to wear matching jammies. They have two sets. 

 Sweet little Penelope! She's just the cutest thing. She only weighs about 15 pounds at 6 months, and my kids were both at least 19!

 Outside picnic! We love our back yard.

 He's getting good at building Lego things.

 Aftermath of tomato soup.

 We got the kids new sleeping bags for our camping trip this weekend. They were so excited!

 We went out for an evening walk to the school playground.

 She's a good climber!

 He went up and down the slide a bunch of times. And Andy and I had contests to see who could do things the fastest, like climb along the play structure, run up and go down the big slide, etc. I think I won. :)

 Jogging home!

 Play dough morning! The kids like it when we make new play dough.

 Penelope sandwich. They all love each other!

 She's getting better at holding her own bottle. Ruby was excited!

 He played outside like this for a long time! His diaper was muddy. Haha

 We didn't have Penelope on Thursday morning, so we went to the park to play for a bit.

 He loves slides!

 Ruby found a "toadstool."

 And Reid poked it with a stick.

 Sunning on the rock.

 She was playing "baby" and wanted to sit in the little high chair.

 We also were out of bread, so the kids got PB&J on whole wheat hamburger buns. :)

They love playing! All three of them.