Circus comes to town...

The Circus came to Minier on Thursday July 29th. It was right across the street from our house...so cool! I took the day off work to finish packing for the Ozarks and to watch the Circus being built. It was so neat. Riley, Kinley and I walked over and watched all of the animals and trailers roll into town around 11:00 in the morning....and by around 1:00 the big top was up!! Riley loved the funny clown, Alex, and Kinley really watched and loved to clap when everyone else was clapping....so cute!

9 months pics...

Here are some of Kinley's 9 month pictures...

New Toy...

Riley and Kinley got a "new" (the neighbors asked if we would take their old one out of their yard) swing set this weekend! A little power washing and it looks like new!! Riley was so excited and keeps asking if he can go to the "playground". :) ....or swingset. Kinley loves her swing.....especially chewing on the straps. She was NOT happy when she had to get out. So much fun!

The 4th...

Better late than never... :) Riley and Kinley had a great 4th of July weekend. Although the weather could have been a little better we still managed to make the most of it! We had a few other couples and their kiddos over on the 3rd for a little cookout/swim party. The kids had a great time together. The morning of the 4th we headed to Hopedale for the parade. The rain managed to hold off for the majority of the parade and started to let loose as soon as we got to the car. Kinley did not like the sirens at the beginning of the parade and screamed, but was fine once they all went by. She loved watching Riley running around grabbing candy. On Sunday we headed to Hopedale to let Riley ride the rides....he loved all of them and kept wanting to go on the "fast ones."

Best friends...

Their first fight :)

Kinley's Buddy Logan

Mommy those sirens are scary!!...

All better...

9 months....

Now that she's nearly nine and a half months....thought I would share Kinley's nine month stats! :)

Height: 27 inches (30%)

Weight: 19.3 (55%)

Head Circ.: 173/4 (80%)

She is such a chubby, happy little thing! She got her first tooth on the day she turned 9 months...and two more followed very quickly. She has two on the bottom and one of the top middle ones poking through. She has mastered the army crawl and likes to get into anything she's not supposed to...some of her favorites are shoes and shoe laces, crumbs off the floor, and electrical cords....we will be baby proofing very quickly around here. One of her newest tricks is to throw mini tempertantrums....as soon as she's getting near something she's not supposed to have and I start walking her way....her little arms and legs start kicking in all directions and the screaming/screeching begins! When can I start giving time outs??!! :) Her favs are still puffs, meal time, paci, blankie and brother. Tempertantrums aside, we just love her to pieces and can't get enough of her!! I can't believe she's already over nine months old!

Two Teef!!

And Summer begins...

Summer is off to a great start here at the Steinkamp household! Last week was Riley's first full week of summer break and it was so much fun! He learned to ride his bike, jumped off the diving board for the first time (and won't stop), had his first week at YMCA summer camp, and got to spend a lot of time with his little sister. It was such a fun week! :) Kinley is loving having her big brother around and wants to chase after him so bad. She's not officially crawling yet, but is very good at rolling or army crawling to get to anything she wants...and gets there quickly....too quickly sometimes. :) So excited to see what the rest of the summer brings!

Jumping off the diving board...

K enjoying her car, watching R swim

Bike riding...

K...watching R ride his bike

Brother & Sister... :)

Last Soccer Game

This past Friday was Riley's last soccer game of the season. He did so well. It's amazing how much better he was this year! He really went after the ball and tried really hard, instead of just running around in circles being goofy! :) The fields were a lot smaller this year and there were actual goals at each end instead of just cones. He was so excited to have "real goals." He loved being goalie. Way to go Riley!