Gardening?

I'm attempting to have a hobby - this year I actually planted flowers AND we built 3 raised beds to have a vegetable garden. We've planted a bunch of different peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, different kinds of zucchini and squash, and herbs. Abel helped with planting flowers in our front yard - he's a great helper, but struggles with being told no to things like using the spade....

Water Table!

You have never seen such wet kids - who weren't either in the bath or the pool! Abel and Adelyn had a BLAST playing in the water table that we filled up for the first time last weekend. It was a hot day and we went through several changes of clothes - note to self, put swimsuits on first! It was so hot, Wrigley even got involved!

Happy Birthday Sweet Adelyn Lee!

We really can't believe it has been one year. The year has flown by and sweet sweet Adelyn Lee has just gone with the flow the entire time. She's an incredible baby/almost toddler and we couldn't be more lucky. Her favorite things? To play. She loves to just play. She plays and plays and plays. She crawls and climbs everywhere, and goes on our many errands and outings without a care in the world. She lounges in the stroller and loves to take walks. She LOVES her brother, and therefore loves anything he loves! They are very very good friends. She eats anything and everything and drinks milk like we've been holding out on her for months! Could we be more lucky? The best part about Adelyn's birthday is that it will always mark a huge turning point in our lives! Since her birth, we have moved, started new jobs, and worked incredibly hard to get into new routine at the Flessner house. We are grateful for Adelyn (and Abel!) everyday and proud to celebrate this day!

Ok, I'm obsessed with my kids in grocery carts...

Here's a picture of them in a grocery cart at Marsh (or maybe it's Super Target, doesn't make a difference, really). They have seats that the kids can strap into in the front - it's hilarious! Adelyn loves it, but Abel lasts just a few minutes before he wants to walk.... which is great except for what he really wants to do is pick up every single food item that looks interesting to him! Anyway, here's a picture of them - like I said, I'm obsessed!

Abel and Birds

Abel loves a lot of things - animals is just one - but in the past couple of weeks, we've had some pretty significant interactions with birds....in Broad Ripple one evening, a mama duck and her ducklings waddled right past us...he was amazed by this!




AND, our neighbors have chickens - which Abel can't get enough of! Here he is trying to get as close as possible!

Tricycle!

Abel's daycare had a huge Indy 500 celebration month, which apparently so does every daycare in Indy! We didn't have a bike of any sort for him yet and weren't sure what we were going to do. Our neighbors gave us one for him to use to practice on and use at the daycare's "500". But, one day Grandma Peggy showed up with this Radio Flyer! He has lots of fun on it, but hasn't quite got the pushing on the pedals yet. His feet will rotate as long as he still has momentum from a push! More pics to come from the events at daycare!

Adorable!

This picture deserves no words other than we are amazed every day by the sweetness of this child!

Costco

Family trips to Costco are becoming a regular part of our routine. Abel and I can go through several containers of berries in one week, we fly through avocados, and formula, diapers, and wipes are a steal. Putting both of the kids in the cart is just too funny for me. It lasts about 45 seconds and Abel usually ends up walking or in the big cart. I couldn't help but to snap a couple of photos with the handy dandy I-Phone!

Adelyn Lee at the Park!

This girl can't get enough of playing! She loves the swing, the slide, and climbing ANYWHERE. I snapped these shots at the park this past weekend while we were visiting Ryan's parents! Our niece, Haley, was an awesome helper!

Adelyn Lee at Gymnastics

Abel is back at gymnastics, and Adelyn and I are spectators. It's hard to keep her occupied. Last week, she couldn't get enough of watching the Elite gymnasts practice - and I enjoyed it too. I'm not going to push any sport on my kid, but if this is her interest level as of now, right on!

At Ryan's parents house this weekend, she practiced sit-ups and a bridge.