Splash Pad at the Irvine Spectrum

Splash Pad at the Irvine Spectrum

We went over to the Spectrum when we were having a heat wave. The girls splashed around a bit and then checked out the new shaded pirate ship play area.

                  Wearing the sunglasses upside down, she has figured out work better staying on her nose.

                                  Staying cool in the shade with mom and drinking lots of water.

Pool Time with the Whole Family

                                                          Natalie splashing water on the deck.

                                                                     Ava at 4.5 yrs old.

                                                            Me and Natalie (9mo old).

                                        Natalie with Daddy and Ava and Uncle Adam in background.

                                             Charlotte with Uncle Adam taking rides around the pool.

Natalie at 9mo Old

Natalie at 9mo Old
Natalie went in for her 9 mo wellness check and weighs 19.3lbs and is in the 95% percentile for her length. She can crawl pretty fast, cruise furniture and stand up on her own momentarily. She has two more top teeth coming in and loves to say "Dadda" and wave bye-bye to Daddy every morning on the way out to work. She is a little bit of a picky eater but once she has a little tastes of certain foods she seems to do okay with them. She loves applesauce, yogurt, pudding, bananas, cheddar cheese, chicken noodle pasta, corn, saltine oyster crackers, carrots, apple juice, and tiny slivers of some meats. She loves stuffed animals and toys with wheels; trains, cars, trucks, etc. She already throws herself onto the couch pillows with glee. I think she's trying to take after her older sisters.

                                                         Just a

tad messy on a hot summer day.

                                                        Chubby Bunny! First ride on Grandpa's boat.
                                                                          Dana Point Harbor

                                                            Another Lego Duplo lover!

                                                        Experimenting with homemade play-dough.

Ready for Gymnastics Again

                                             Ava and Charlotte just before heading into class.

                                                         In line following coach's lead.

                                                                       Gymnastics BFF's.

Rainbow Cookies

The kids ask often to make "rainbow cookies". So we just mix in some food coloring into our cookie dough to make 'rainbow' cookies. They taste better when they are purple, right? Right!

                                                    Guess what Natalie's reaching for...

                                                    

oohhh, yeah, she know's what's good.

Jiffy POP!

Just for kicks I picked up some Jiffy Pop at the grocery store. It was our Friday night entertainment a few weeks ago. It was the first time the girls saw the Jiffy Pop pan blow up with the popping popcorn. It was fun, but Orville Redenbacher still tastes better! Hehe

Tea Party Invitation

Our little friend, Kaia, invited the girls over for a very special tea party. It was Ava and Charlotte's first time going to a friend's house to have a pretend tea party. They had a lot of fun being girly girls.

                                                                     The hats are too cute!

Charlotte insisted on wearing her princess costume. She loves princesses right now.