Natalie and Lily

Friday, June 12, 2009

Lily's 4th Birthday: part 1

It's hard to believe that Lily

turned four today (yesterday).

Where does the time go?

Nana and Papa sent a really fun box.

One of the things that Lily asked for were a pair of, "tie shoes." Nana was able to find some w/ bouncy balls that match Natalie's. She says that they do indeed make her run faster and jump higher! What a deal!

After a little gift opening we took a break and went to the theater to see Up. It was a great movie. We all loved it.
Don't you love the 3D glasses? The girls both kept theirs.

After the movie we went to Red Robin for dinner. Yum! Lily really wanted them to sing to her and they did not disappoint.

Lovin' the spotlight!

Lily is a great sharer. She offered to share her ice cream with Natalie. We were going to get them their own Sunday's but hey. ( ;

Don't you wear your ice cream too?

After dinner and dessert it was back home to open some more gifts. So many packages!

Lily, Natalie, and Donkey were excited about her new Barbie dream house. I had help from all three of them putting it together.

*sigh* The dream house is still sitting in our living room partially put together... Scott spent about thirty minutes putting it together before he left for work. He showed me where he left off and wished me luck. Things were going well for about an hour all I needed to do was put the roof on and..... I'm missing a part.. Not an ordinary part either... I've never seen them before.. It needed 12 of these and all I had was 11... *sigh* I called Scott after searching everywhere.... And he said, "Oh yeah, I found that in my pocket." So tomorrow the barbies can move into their new crib.

Fimmin' Coo

I love summer!! We've finally gotten the sunblock stuff down this year so we're not burning, just browning and having tons of fun.

Natalie was quick to remember how to swim this summer. In the past summers it's always taken weeks or months to catch back up to where she was the previous summer. This time it only took about a day. So she's doing great!

Swimming makes ya sooo hungry.

pre goggles..

Lily has come leaps and bounds with her swimming. All of last year was, I can't do it, I don't need your help... glug...glug.. glug... This year we started off with climb up my arm and neck, shriek and claw with a life vest on. She has come a long way! In just a two short weeks she's done with the life jacket and graduated to the floaties and swimming on her own. She can swim the length of the pool and get in and out on her own. We're so proud and she's pretty proud of herself too.

Post goggles w/ her buddy.

Look at that girl!

one...

two....

three...

To the beach...

Did somebody say, " Go for a RIDE?!?!"

And we're off...

The girls will probably never know what it looks like on the way to the beach. With a three hour drive they pretty much just watch movies. I remember being completely and utterly bored on long car ride, (ie. anything over 15 mins), oh to have had the portable DVD player then.

My sweet boy...

3.5lb protector..

Are we there yet!?!??!?!

Not a seizure from watching too many movies in the car.. Just an eye roll to add emphasis. ( :

How you doin'?

Look whose not afraid of the docks anymore!

We were able to see a few dolphins in the bay at Port Aransas.

Woo hoo!

(Not pictured: the girl who found the fear)

Crack!

Awww... Talking to Papa.

The weather was perfect. It was about 85 degrees and the water was 82. We swam, we played, Mel got stung by a jelly fish, and it was time to head home..

Sexy beast!

I have no idea what's happening here.. I just know that as soon as we got there the dogs were ready to go back home as soon as they were done peeing.

Sophie and Frito both swam in the ocean and were all pooped out, literally and figuratively. When we all piled back into the car they slept the entire way home.

Rotate the seats and start up the movies again... With a little less enthusiasm.

Little greasy, little sweaty, but what a fun day...

We tried to come back again the following week and camp, but were unfortunately stormed out in the wee hours of the morning. Oh well, better luck next time I guess.

After our failed attempt at camping we came home to nice calm weather and decided to go out for some Texas BBQ before Mel headed back to Oregon.

The final presentation...

In May Natalie had her last presentation of the year. I think I missed her intro with the video and it's a little tough to hear, but very cute. Her presentation is on her First Grade book. It's a compilation of writing from the first grade.