June goodness!

Here's a mishmash of our June! Every single of these is from Instagram so if you follow me (@younghipstercoolgirl) you've probably already seen them. 

Helena lost two bottom teeth and one top tooth!

Cutest baby in the world

Polly and Daddy.

Polly and Mommy.

Big smiles.

Naptime on a blanket in the yard.

Naptime with Mommy.

One afternoon when Tempe was coloring on the driveway, it started to rain and Helena went and held her umbrella over her. So sweet!

Finally jumped on the Fiiz, Swig, Guzzle, Sodalicious, etc bandwagon. Yummy and cheap family treat!

Summer activities

Fairy garden on our front steps.

Giant frozen ice cube with arctic animals trapped inside.

On the train at the zoo with Grandma Lisa!

Allan/Anderson/Crandall/Pool/Fleischman gathering at the cabin.

We welcomed summer with our fourth annual sidewalk chalk party for neighborhood kids!

Juno helped Grandpa K replace a doorknob at our house and here she is concentrating very hard on putting the old one back together.

Art journals!

I've given up on making the girls do yoga in the morning (really bummed about that, because I think it's such a great way to set the tone for our day!) but Tempe still bends every which way.

Our fun friends hosted a neighborhood movie night for 100+ neighbors!

Neighborhood field trip: International Peace Gardens + afternoon art projects

I set up a little field trip schedule for my family for the summer and we've been inviting everyone in our neighborhood. We do a little outing--usually free or very, very cheap--every week. This week we went to the International Peace Gardens (yep, again, my family seems to go there a lot) and three other moms and their kids joined us.

Also, the girls always want to do art projects and I am really not good at it, but I'm making an effort this summer. This week we made sidewalk paint (equal parts cornstarch and water + food coloring). It was really fun to splatter paint with it. Next time I make it, I'm going to get those water shooters from the dollar store to spray the driveway (or maybe each other!)

Welcome Summer!

A few weeks ago, we welcomed summer in our favorite way: with a neighborhood sidewalk chalk party!
Just like last year, I kept it suuuuuuuper simple (read: easy and cheap). We had Otterpops and water with lemon and I asked everyone to bring their own chalk. We invited pretty much all the kids in our little neighborhood and had about 25 (plus moms) come. 

Group picture with the majority of the kids who came.

Artists at work!

Helena and Juno with some of their sidewalk chalk art (Tempe didn't want to pose)

What are you doing to welcome summer?