Thursday, July 21, 2011

The Wild Animal Park is the hottest place you could possibly be in San Diego county,

most days.

Unless you wait till late afternoon, meet up with some friends, check out the baby gorilla for

about 90 seconds, then head for the water!










And then get some ice cream and sit eating it and playing tag till the voice comes over the intercom that the park is now closing and can you please get out













Thursday, July 14, 2011

sun flowers and water play



This thing is getting huge

We will for sure do sun flowers again.



It has been hot, which means lots of water play. Between swimming lessons 3 times a week, we have a water table, slip and slide, and garden hose and sprinkler fun. Yay for back yards! This house has no AC, but plenty of windows to get a good breeze going through. That and just not being in hot hot Escondido, summer has not been to bad.

I love this wrap around little baby dress. This one is a little big on her, she has another that fits better. They were made by great grandma for her children and grand children. The pattern that made these is now in my living room! Now hopefully I can complete this project before summer is over and it is too cold to use it.


Friday, July 8, 2011

the 4th


On the 4th of July this year we joined friends for some hot dogs and hamburgers, and a way noisy little dance party






















Mikey was totally out numbered! But he didn't mind. I said something to him about him being the only boy and he said, "no. What about Beff?" Beth is Rhiannon's friends little sister, the same age as Mikey. Mikey knows she is a girl, but she is a tough one. She tries with all her might to lift Mikey off the ground, he is a bit heavier than her, but she is sure she can do it. She also runs faster than any 3 year old that I've seen. And she is not afraid to pin Mikey if he starts it, all smiles and giggling. That's Mikey doing the giggling. Michael loves to play with these girls as much as Rhiannon does.
Then we checked out the fire works in our new city. It was less crowded, and the sky was not blocked by trees like the Escondido fire works, so that was nice. In Escondido though there is the Marine band leading up to it, and patriotic music blaring during the fire works so the bangs and booms are not so startling. That part I liked better in Escondido. The company made up for it though. We hiked it to the park in the wagon, and the kids got to run around with out stepping on people, lots of free room. The kids had fun.




Happy Birthday USA! Glad I was lucky enough to be born here