whatever

Alina - My kids have been fighting all summer also….lil brother wants to be with big sis all day and she wants to be alone sometimes.

Heather R. - Sweet pics. 🙂 I grew up with a brother. I wonder sometimes what the sister bond is like.

Janelle - Love these pictures! Reminds me so much of my childhood, except my sister wouldn’t play with me. She was 7 years older. My two girls are 2 years apart – my sister didn’t fight with me either. But man, two years apart is rough, they fight non-stop!I’m always thrilled when I get photos of them smiling and playing together.

Karen - I am so jealous that you’re still staying up late and enjoying summer! We’ve been back in school a week already!

`Kelly - Those are pictures they will cherish when they’re all growed up. They’re so cute! Talby is for sure going to be another total knock-out like her big sister!

Jacqui - wow its amazing to me how much annie has grown just since i’ve started reading this blog but this summer your photos of her …. she is a big little girl now 🙂

Cate O'Malley - so many adorable pictures, full of personality! My kids are the same way – my daughter wants to be with her 8-year-old brother non-stop. He’s not having it. My sister is 8 years younger so I totally get it. I should probably apologize to her for tormenting her during our childhood.

jodi @ back40life - is it not unbelievable that summer is over??? we’re in SC and school starts back here this week…mind boggling! enjoy your last week!

Lisa - Adorable pictures! We watched KK at our house yesterday too. Or “Kit Witwidge” as my little one calls it.

deb meyers - shhhhhh….even my 16yo son will sit through Kit Kittredge b/c of Joan Cusack : )
Talby and Annie, so cute. It’s been fun watching Talby’s front teeth come in!

Michelle - Australia - I hope that when Annie and Talby are older, they look back at that gorgeous series of pics from the post today and say ‘Remember when?’ and ‘Wasn’t that Summer just the best?’ You are creating beautiful memories for your children. What more could a Mother want?

tara - i was just thinking how wonderful it would be to have a sister or for my girl to have a sister and how loving those two looked and then read your comment! reality check.
but they are beautiful girls and lucky to have each other.
enjoy your last summer days.
what i wouldn’t do for a nap…interrupted or not.

Rhonda - Loved these photos. Reminded me of being a young girl during the summer. Not a care in the world. All children should feel happy, safe and loved. It’s obvious yours feel that way. Good job, Mom.

candice boatright - I have three boys and the oldest two have been fighting too…but happiness will glimmer through, won’t it? Love that. Unrelated–wanted to let you know that remembering your fun-filled dive on the slip-n-slide gave me the guts to do a cannonball at the pool today. My 6 year old was thrilled. Thanks, Meg.

Deputy's Wife - That is a great photo set! The fighting is happening with our two youngest also. Every single day this summer. The other day, my oldest son threatened to duct tape my mouth shut if I said “Can we all get along here for a moment, please?” Evidently I have said that a lot this summer.

Chaos-Jamie - Funny! as I scanned through the photos, I kept thinking, “I’ve got to get Abby a sister!” And then to read the final paragraph. Mayyyyyyybe not. 😉

crystal b - Oh I envy where you live — funny that I would say that being a So. Cal girl, huh. This place looks so magical. I loved the picture with you and your dad — you look so much like your daughters!!!

Courtney Walsh - So my husband was reading my blog the other day and he clicked on my sidebar “Blogs I love to read” and landed at yours. When he read this post, he IM’d me and told me how cool it was that you posted this with the photo of you and your dad at the end. I haven’t been online much with our move, but now that I’ve read it I see why he felt the need to comment on it! What a cool thing to have.
Oh, and being from IL originally, I understand what you’re saying about beautiful Kansas. I LOVE the cornfields. The green. The flat. I’ve always found soo much beauty there! 🙂

Darcie L. - Wow! We were just in Kansas last weekend. Never been before, and we saw the same drive you did. Relaxing, and 2 hours of corn and crops on either side. So quiet! Of course, we didn’t have kids in our car at the time. 🙂

Tara Schaubert - p.s. i’m just figuring out this typepad stuff, but i’m the taralee up there, too. =]

Bron @ Baby Space - ‘Gorgeous’ that’s meant to say!

Toni :O) - You have such a beautiful family and your blog is absolutely one of my favorites to check in on.

Lorilee - Wow, I wish that was near my house!
Blessings,
Lorilee

Nicole Q. - Made me think of all our favorite spots in Utah!

never making it as mother of the year.... - you are such a good mother. I don’t haVe a list….but if i did…going to a waterfall would be on it.
errr…actually…hawaii should count as a waterfall.
hawaii should count as the whole freakin list if you ask me.
xo

se7en - That is so cool to have a photo of way back when!!! Love it!!!

taralee - hey! i saw this and thought of you. thanks for your color inspiration!
http://www.spearmintbaby.com/2010/07/rainbow-cupcakes.html
how in the world did you find the waterfall? i might have missed that explanation…
blessings,
tara lee

Juli - This brings back such memories! I grew up outside Wichita, Kansas, and we always used to play in the local creek and catch “crawdaddies.” Unsupervised. *Sigh.* Those were simpler times.

Tonya - We had a creek running through our backyard when I was growing up. Crawdad hunting with neighbor kids and sibs is a cherished childhood memory! I love Kansas too — think it and say it all the time. So far, my kids think it’s pretty great. But they’re still young and not yet “bored”.

Alisha Mancinas - Did Lauren look a lot like the younger girls when she was little?

AshleyAnn - Your dad looks really fun…and pretty thoughtful to have remembered that picture with his daughter….

Natalie (The Sweets Life) - You have SUCH a beautiful family–and I know it’s not just your photo magic that makes it look that way! Count your blessings, I know you do 🙂

Hettie - I just love your blog 🙂

Lisa H - I would LOVE to go to the waterfall. Most of my family still live in and around Wichita and Newton (homestead) and we go back every couple of years for family reunions. Didn’t even know waterfalls existed in flat Kansas 😉 But seriously, from the geology it looks like eastern/northeastern Kansas? – Lisa

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Oh those are great. I love seeing Kansas through your eyes. I’ve driven through it many many times on our way from Illinois (where we grew up) to Colorado (to visit Honey’s sis). I’ve never once thought it beautiful. It was always just in the way. But when you post on it, it IS beautiful. So thank you for changing my view. I can’t believe how much your little girls look like you when you were their age. It’s just uncanny!

pam - Ahhh, Kansas. I forget I don’t live there anymore. I LOVE driving through the Flint Hills to get to my parents home. That’s a great waterfall. Every one of our road trips involves heart rocks for me and looking for waterfalls if we’re in a new state. Fun times….

Lorel - I guess dad and I think alike – I immediately thought of that picture too! I love Kansas – thanks for sharing the beauty so people don’t think it is a flat, treeless, fly-over place. Wish we could have seen you this weekend.

Willy - Love the picture of all your kids!

chasity - what a good time….
that’s what you do with no tv.
and i bet they weren’t even fussing with each other at the waterfall.
that’s a magical place.
and holy moly~ your girls look just like you when you were little.
adorable.

Lisa - Wow Kansas is so beautiful. As are your children, Waffle and the waterfall. What a fantastic day.

Tasha Griffin - One of my very favorite pictures ever of my dad is of him holding a crawdad by a waterfall, making a goofy face while my sister and I stood nearby! Just switch the people, and it could seriously be the same picture!
That waterfall looks like a great place to visit…it looks like you guys had lots of fun!
: ) Tasha

Tanya @ Life in 3D - You’re fun 🙂

Katie4Life - Your brave!

Beth - We did the funnest thing in my water media class with shaving cream — put a blob of it on some aluminum foil, drip liquid water colors on it and then swirl them around with a toothpick or skewer. Then lay paper on top of it and press down, wipe off the shaving cream and it is cool marbleized colors. Very cool results! Looks like your kids had a great time!! (By the way, I want to visit with you about an idea I had , no not really evil — just self serving 🙂 Can we talk sometime???

Molly - This is AWESOME!! We do this in the bath tub, all year long, but outside? All OVER?? I’d never dreamed…
BTW, I wonder about that too, all the time … which part they’ll remember. Not ours to choose, so tough that!

Melanie - Of course they will only remember the good stuff that we did and not the bad:)

Jennifer - that absolutely rocks! great memories…

Laura - We just did this with the cousins last week – thanks to you. 🙂 The BEST $3 spent this summer! It could have lasted all day long if it wasn’t for this miserable Kansas HEAT! You’re such a great Mom! <3

Selina - They had fun! That’s the main thing. 😉

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - good times;)

Sophie - I’d really quite like to try this. So what if I’m 17 and there are no younger kids in my house… It looks fun!

Marisa - Awesome. My kids would love this. But yes…whipped cream or shaving cream? Hmm. The cheaper can wins!

shelly@familyblt - Love the pics! Looks like sooooo much fun! Sososo!

Krista - I know this is an “oldie but a goodie” at your house! I like the suggestion in one of the earlier posts about wearing goggles, sounds like a good idea!

Jaime @ Mamarazzi - lol…
Meg… It took a while for your blog to load for me today, and the whole time I was like “menthol?”…
I imagined a gang of kids hanging around your trampoline smoking cigarettes…
by the time that image left my mind, the page loaded..
Nifty idea… Looks like they had a blast.
Mine are in school today… Prolly not having near as much fun!

Jessica @ One Shiny Star - I’ve done this at camp before. 🙂 Lots of fun, and I’m sure they’ll remember things aside from crazy mom-mode. 🙂

Sally Mangham - At the beginning of the summer we tried the shaving cream and they loved it except my son had it in his eyes which brought the fun to an abrupt end. However, we decided to have a whip cream fight/fun instead and that went much better. It went in their mouths instead of their eyes 🙂

Jessica Kujawa - hi meg! i’ve been a follower for quite a while! looks like you guys are having a fun summer. i am adding this to my “fun list” for summer. the kids will love it! and i’m sure i will spend the entire time screaming the same things!
Jessica
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