it's the thought that counts

ever since she was 2 she's told me that she wants to

take the train to the city

and get some lunch.

so we decided that for her birthday we would take her down,

get some lunch and she could get a doll.

soooooo,

4 months later,

we made the trip.

we took the train.

her feet were tired-immediately

-it's gonna be a loooonnnggg day.

we made our way to Stand!
and got ourselves what we'd been dreaming of (and some lunch)-

the Toasted Marshmallow Shake!

every bit as good as we expected.

this is a shake worthy of a midnight run!

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy!

to the doll store where she made her purchase.

then to the park to play...

ride the carousel...

climb the rocks -the boys will be jealous, this is their favorite thing to do in the park...

splash in the water...
and swing on the swings

what a day!
she said it was the best day,

she wants to do it every year!

then, she crashed
and while the sister was sleeping, he found his opportunity to get his hands on that beautiful little doll with lots of beautiful hair like he loves!

he-he-he!

happy belated birthday little girl!

toddler for sale!

one adorable rotten little toddler for sale.

one sweet little chew everything in sight toddler for sale.

one funny little climb on and knock everything down toddler for sale.

one charming little break anything breakable toddler for sale.

one beautiful little don't blink or i'll be into something,toddler for sale!

NOW WHAT?

for the last several months we have lived at the ball park. seriously.

early morning practices.

all day tournaments.

evening games.

i am so tired of packing food around,

but at the same time i'm so used to it that it's gotten "easy".

while it can be all consuming it can be fun.

and most important is the kids.

thing 2 loved it.

he made it onto the all star team this year.

they played hard and had a great season...

taking 1st place in the championship-undefeated!


see ya next year! i need some rest!

morning hikes

we took a little hike the other morning.

we got eaten alive by mosquitoes

we hiked to the look-out tower. the views were beautiful-the height...a bit frightening(for me at least)

our nature/science boy found dozens of these orange lizards that somehow made their way home with us. (don't worry, they have been released back into the wild)
and our little beauty, of course, found pretty flowers-she's always looking for beautiful things.

yummy, yummy

fresh blueberries!

4 years old!

happy birthday sweet girl!!