My Beautiful Princess(es)?

So the kids were having fun playing outside today. (For those of you who don't know, Tucson was the hottest spot in the whole nation yesterday-91 degrees! Insanity!) It was pretty hot today too so I realized that my kids probably needed some kind of protection from the sun. (What month is it again? I forget.) Kelton has a really cute U of A baseball cap so I tried to put that on him. He wouldn't have it. It would barely be on his head before he was ripping it off. So I remembered that we had an old flowery hat of Natalie's from when she was a year old--and it has ties. I knew he wouldn't be able to take it off. So without dad here to protect his son's dignity, I won the hat battle. After I got it on him, he just looked so cute that I had to take a picture, especially because he was just smiling away in his girly hat.

Bowling

A few weeks ago Natalie went bowling at her cousin Bryce's birthday party. She had so much fun. Although, after I showed her how to throw the ball down the lane, she immediately proceeded to run down the lane to chase the ball. She actually got about five steps before she slipped and sprawled out on the floor. She was so confused and then she was scared when she realized that it was too slippery to get back up. I felt so bad. I didn't even think about telling her not to cross the line to chase the ball. It just didn't occur to me that she would! (Yes, I admit, I should have known better.) Kelton had a lot of fun too. He loved the ball rack and watching the balls come back. He was entertained with the ball rack for almost the full hour we were there. It wasn't until the very end that he started making a run for the lanes.

These last two pictures I had to put on because I think Natalie just looks so pretty in them. I really love this first one. She just has such a beautiful little face even when she's not smiling. And she is just looking so grown up. I asked her the other day if she could stay little and be 3 forever. She told me, "No, I'm getting bigger. I have to be 4." So sad. But I guess that's the way it goes.