Lazy days of Summer.

So it's been awhile. I really don't have any excuses besides it's summer and I have given into it's lazy days.
Our days have't consisted of much and we have no schedule...this makes it hard to for me to get motivated to do much other than what is absolutely necessary.
I have been doing a good amount of cooking, especially recipes from pinterest, I have way too much fun finding recipes there! My husband, mister routine, is getting tired of trying new things. If he had it his way we would eat the same 7 meals over and over.
I made this yummy pasta last week. It was the perfect summer meal, I even made my own pasta!

I have also been doing a little crafting for the Little Ones birthday that is fast approaching! We aren't having a grand birthday party, just a little family celebration but I can't help myself when it comes to party decorating!

The Little One is staying busy getting into everything imaginable and WALKING everywhere! I guess it's time to get some shoes. How is this all happening so fast?! The mister has next week off so we are planning for more laziness, and maybe a day trip to the beach! We will be soaking up this last bit of summer that's for sure!
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A Little Crafty Fun.

Yesterday the Little One and I were having one of those days. I didn't want to take her outside in the morning because the mosquitos have been so bad, and in the afternoon it was muggy and overcast so I didn't want to get the pool out. We did go out for a bit and play in our makeshift water table which ends up being a mini pool for her since she insists on climbing in it.

I was watching her play with the empty water bottle that she has been carting around ever since the Fourth of July and got the idea to make her one of those ocean in a bottle things. I just used the Fourth of July bottle, some baby oil I had gotten at a baby shower and had never used, food coloring, water and some beads I had from some long ago craft. I hot glued the top on and I was done!




This bottle has been the best toy!



This is what was going on while I was assembling the ocean in a bottle.



The completed project!



One happy baby! She only played with her new toy for about 2 minutes and was onto something else.

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The Fourth Festivities!

Yesterday we had a fun day celebrating the Fourth of July. It was the first for the Little One and think she enjoyed herself. We headed over to visit with the Hubby's side of the family. We participated in the golf cart parade that their neighborhood holds and the golf cart even won for the best decorated!









We did a little swimming and hanging out and then headed home. We didn't watch fireworks anywhere but did some sparklers at home before bedtime with the Little One. She really liked them!







Today we are relaxing and taking it easy. We are having a great summer!

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Summer so far

Summer is going by so much faster than I though it would, but then again so is life. I cannot believe that my baby is going to one year in less than 2 months! Where did the time go?!

Our days have consisted of walks, the park, playing in the kiddie pool in the backyard, playing at the big pool near Nana's house and making the trip to the Hubby's work so mom can have a sno-cone.



This Little One misses her Daddy during the day and gets so excited when he comes home to play!



I made her that shirt, I was so happy to finally finish something for her.



This girl loves the water!



I am not much of a pink tutu kind of girl but what little girl doesn't look cute in one? I couldn't resist putting her in this and taking some pictures.



This is one of my favorite pictures that I have taken of her so far. She is dressed in a shirt that was handed down from my grandma. Don't you love those ducks?



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Today.

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Oh tomatoes!

Have I mentioned that I love having a garden? Well I do. This is my third year gardening at home and while I am no master gardener it brings me great joy to watch over and love on some plants with the hope that they will provide me with some produce.

Here it's all organic, free of pesticides and chemicals...this does cause me some frustration though. Pickle worms have been the end of many of my vegetables over the past three years and it seems nothing will keep them away, except that which I refuse to use.

Nothing got the tomatoes this year though! I have never done so well with tomatoes before, I have just been giddy when I go out into the garden and come back with more tomatoes than I can fit in my fists. You can only eat so many salads with tomatoes so this year I had to find something else to do with my lovely batch of tomatoes before they went bad. So I am making my very own marinara sauce.

Who knew that preserving tomatoes was such a process? It took me a couple of hours to blanch, shock, peel and de-seed my small batch of tomatoes.











They are pretty aren't they? I grew three different varieties and they are each wonderful!







I had a little observer, she ate some cucumber that the pickle worms didn't get too.




Now they are waiting to be made into sauce...I can't wait to taste it!

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The Beach.

The family headed to the beach this past weekend for some much needed time away. Watching the Little One explore the beach was the highlight for me, she started out scared of the waves and ended the weekend crawling into them! I think we have one fearless baby.











Now we are back home and back into the routine. The hubby's job picks up majorly next week so I am not looking forward to that. I have gotten really spoiled having him around for most of the mornings and now he will be leaving before I wake up and won't be home till dinner. I am hoping to pick up the blogging, I am trying to set aside some time just to write...we will see if it works. I hope you all are enjoying the start of summer!