Days with the Jensens: A Mara Kate & Ella Ann Post

Well forget spring it is now summer here in Hotlanta! I do love living far down south, but I tell you I do miss spring. We never really have a spring, we just go from cool to hot in a day! We have spent a lot of our time outside by going to the playground, for a walk, eating meals on our deck and playing on Ella Ann's jungle gym in our backyard. Ella Ann's eczema has been terrible lately so I took her to the doctor (I think that's the third or fourth time I have been this month) on Friday to get her checked out. She will tell me often that her "skin hurts." I got another allergy medication (she already takes 3) to give her and a steroid cream to put on all her spots. The doctor seems to think, and Spencer and I agree, that it is our house that is causing all the problems. Our landlord decided to convert the basement of our house into a livable space (yes, so kind of him) so we are dealing with a lot of dust and possibly mold coming up through our vents. Needless to say, when our lease is up at the end of June we will be moving. I love, love living here in the Highlands but not with the cost of my kid's health (Rane has bad eczema as well) and the constant noise of the workers below me.

Okay enough venting and on to other news. Jana and Mara Kate came over this past Friday for a long overdue visit. We hadn't gotten together in over three weeks because of our crazy schedules and travels so we were so happy to spend some time together. The girls really enjoyed seeing one another and playing. We made up for lost time by visiting a couple of times this week....see below!

Spencer was fortunate and got Saturday off and already had Sunday off so we had the entire weekend together. Yeay! We went and looked at rental property Saturday morning just to get a feel of what is out there and played around the house in the afternoon. We walked over to Taco Mac for dinner and sat outside and enjoyed the evening.

On Sunday afternoon Jana and Mara Kate came over again so that we could walk a block down the street to the fire station for free ice cream and story time. We had the best time! We were the second ones in line to get the ice cream and got to talk with the firemen for a little while before we went for a quick walk and then back to the fire station to listen to the stories. When we got back the station was full of kids and their parents. We threw out a blanket and listened to the firemen read a few books. Mara Kate had brought a book about firemen so she could show the firemen at the station and after meeting the Captain he asked Mara Kate (in the middle of story time) if he could read her book. Everyone clapped and said thanks to Mara Kate for letting them read her book....it was so cute! :) Jana and I said we felt like we were on a field trip....especially when one of the fireman slid down the brass pole for the crowd! ha! We also had an opportunity to tour the fire station but we ended up leaving because Rane was getting fussy.

So our week has been off to a good start with a fun Sunday. Spencer has Monday afternoon off so I think he will be taking Ella Ann to the zoo. As far as the rest of the week goes....just busy! :)

Our sweet girls are growing up so fast!

Playing the fishing game. It's nice they can play a game together and the adults do not have to join in to help!

The girls waiting on their ice cream.

Ella Ann eyeballing those rainbow sprinkles!

Ella Ann has been to the fire station many times with Spencer and I to talk with the firemen and check out the truck if it's parked out front but this was the first time I actually had my camera to take a picture of her "driving"!