SUMMER DAY AT THE LAKE

Happy Saturday friends! I wanted to get on here real quick + post some pictures from a few weeks back! The weekend before Sophia started school my aunt, sister and the kids headed to Athens, OH to Dow Lake for a day of fun! Jax sat and played in the sand and Sophia played in the water. My kids LOVE being near water so they were so happy just to be there. We also brought kayaks so my aunt stayed with the kids so my sister and I could kayak. We stayed there all day and of course I took a ton of pictures! I hope to go back to the lake at least one more time before it starts to get really cold. I would love to take Gary's family when they come at the end of the month. I'll be crossing my fingers that it's still warm enough outside to go. 

Now for a photo dump from our day at the lake. Hope you all have a great weekend!

SEPTEMBER GOALS

Since it's the beginning of a new month I thought it would be fun to make a goal list of things I plan to accomplish in September. I will look at this list at the end of the month + hopefully all or most of it will be completed!

September is going to be a busy month for us with birthday parties, planning for my kids birthday parties, fall activites + Gary's family coming to stay with us. Sophia will also be having a small surgery too that I will post more on later. So here is my first ever monthly goal list.

// GOALS FOR THE BLOG

++ Post 5-6 times a week

++ Post more about my fitness journey

++ Post more on Twitter & Facebook page

++ Participate in at least one giveaway

// GOALS FOR ME + THE FAMILY

++ Plan for my babies' birthday party

++ Finish gallery wall for living room

++ Find Halloween costumes for Sophia and Jax

++ Take Jax's 10 AND 11 month pictures (I'm behind)

++ Read at least one book this month

++ Plan fun things to do while Gary's family are in town

++ Sell Sophia and Jax's gently used clothes to buy more

++ Complete another round of the 21 Day Fix

I know there's a lot more that I want to get done because I usually have a To Do list a mile long each day but these are the things I really want to complete this month! Maybe posting them on here will actually make me do it. I guess we'll see! 

Do you make a list of goals at the beginning of each month?

TIE DYE FUN

Tie Dying was one of the activities on our Summer Bucket List so a few days before Sophia's first day of school we decided to tie dye shirts for everyone in the family! I bought an easy little kit at the craft store. There were a variety of kits to choose from that had different colors but Sophia wanted the  basic one: blue, yellow & red. 

She was so excited about tie dying that as soon as we got home from the craft store she was ready to start! The kit was really easy to use and the squirt bottle made it perfect for Sophia to use. She basically took over and did all of the tie dying by herself. I helped her with bundling up the shirts and  wrapping them with the rubber bands but everything else was all her.

After she was finished we put all the shirts into plastic bags, let them sit for 24 hours, washed them & all wore them the next day! They turned out perfect! Now I want to tie dye everything! 

MY LITTLE TRIBE

Hey guys! So I finally decided to change the name of my blog. I loved Letters to Sophia but after having Jax I just knew I needed something different. I'm obsessed with wildflowers & Tom Petty's song Wildflower so Among the Wildflowers just seemed perfect. I know there are other blogs with this title but that's ok. I'm sure there was another Letters to Sophia out there too. Now I need to change my Twitter and FB names but until then I will share some pictures of my tiny little tribe from the other day. My friend Megan bought my babies this perfect tee pee. We love it so much.

I love watching Sophia + Jax together. She truly is the best sister for him & he LOVES watching her. As soon he sees her in the morning he gets SO excited. I can't wait to watch their bond grow.