Zoo Day

"We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo, how about you, you, you?..."

Run, don't walk, to your nearest animal habitat!

We started with this guy...

Oooohhhh....

Sassy girls!

Lunchtime...

The penguins are always entertaining. (You can see my big smile reflected in the glass!)

A little blurry on the elephants, but I love these gentle old souls!

Snow leopards...

And the "zoo day" continued with a sleepover at our house. We ransacked the guest room.

Cheese!!!

Week in Review

I started the week with soccer, and then had a day out at the lake. Oooh, the water is soooooo WARM for swimming!

Trying to find the perfect mix of sand and water for my sandcastle...

My friends came out to the lake to play.

I had some Gramma snuggle time...

And hung from the jungle gym...

And had Friday World Cup Soccer day at camp with my BFF.

The fog was as thick as pea soup this morning!

Go red team!

Digging right in...

My first week of soccer ended GREAT!

More BFF loves...

Playing princess at Ellie's house. I'm Cinderella today.

3 Musketeers in the doghouse. Fun times this week!

Soccer Camp

My BFF and I started a weeklong soccer camp today.

I dug right in!

I think it's going to be a great week!

Indoor/Outdoor Entertainment

Along with hanging out with friends and family at the lake, we've been filling our summer days with a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Both indoor and outdoor.

Indoor entertainment: Making an alphabet poster for Mom to take to school to "help teach the kids their ABCs."

Outdoor entertainment: Reading in the tent.

Indoor entertainment: Building a city with my blocks. (cue Starship..."we built this city, we built this city on rock and roll...")

Outdoor entertainment: Sidewalk chalk, oh yeah!

Lake Day

This summer weather hasn't been the greatest, but we finally had a HOT day at the lake!

I spent my day playing with water toys...

Rolling in the inner tube...

Fishing with my cousin...

Fishing with Poppy...

And splashing-slash-bossing my friends, the twins!

Hooray for 80 degree Sundays!

Visitors

Two of our favorite fun people stayed with us on their way to the Olympic Peninsula.

We ate dinner outside.

This one drank a little bit o' wine...

And showed me how to do the perfect backbend. Score: 10!

Thanks, Carol and Tom, for the cool twirly stick and Alice in Wonderland doll!

Love you guys!

Happy Birthday, America!

I'm a Yankee Doodle Sweetheart.

I love the Grand Old Flag.

I can also be a Yankee Doodle Scheister.

We had a bar-b-que out at Gramma & Poppy's. Gramma and I always take a 4th of July pic out on the deck. Check this out in the blog archives in past years!

I had to take a pic with Poppy too!

Gramma & Auntie Barbie paddled my friends and I out to the lilypads.

Daddy lit my first sparkler.

Abracadoodle! Make the house dis-a-toodle!

Um-kay. Maybe I'm done. Sparkler ADD.

The fireworks were a continual display of sight and sound. Oooooh, pretty!!!

Happy birthday, America!