a few more days of summer

on the last days of summer as we know it - brought to an end by the beginning of a new school year - we did a few of our favorite things. 

BAKING

one of kennedie's favorite things to do is to watch and/or help in the kitchen. it doesn't really matter what we are doing - it could be cutting fruit or baking a cake - she wants to be up in the action & know what's going on. so, even though we will have lots of time to do this on weekends during the school year, we decided to bake. i had some old bananas that i wanted to use but kennedie wanted to make muffins. instead of making the same old (but delicious) banana bread that i always make and had planned on, my grandmother's recipe, i decided to find a recipe for banana muffins. i found a recipe for banana chocolate chip muffins and boy am i glad i did - they were SO yummy. kennedie helped every step of the way - which is how flour ended up all over the counter, the floor & me (sorry don't have a picture of that one!) - but that doesn't matter because i love cooking with her!

 patiently waiting for the muffins to cool

 this one was right before she decided to stop being patient & grabbed one right out of the pan - i captured her sneaky plan smile i think

making sure she gets the chocolate chip that was stuck to the wrapper

PLAYDATE

we also had to get in one last playdate with calvin & amanda - though those will continue too, we love our weekends!! and this time we got to see caramie too! we took our playdate up to the mountains & had a picnic at sylvan (we actually got to enjoy or picnic this time)! we had such a good time & lots of super yummy food! the kids had fun jumping & rolling in the high grass and stomping, splashing & throwing things in the water. it was so nice to have some girl time with 2 of my favorite friends & also let the kids run around. 

 who knew tall grass could be so much fun :)

 cracking up after we asked them not to stomp & they did it anyway

 kennedie's signature water play pose - squat & splash

 getting completely soaked in the lake :)

a picnic at the lake wouldn't be complete without iphone games right?!?

i am so lucky to have a such a great friend with not only a kid the same age as kennedie, but a kid that is one of her best pals. they love playing together & talk about each other all the time. i have a picture from this trip on my desktop pict (one of just kennedie) & i asked her who it was, she said, kennedie & calvin too! love her & love you guys too!