This & That

The summer has flown by and once again I've been slacking on the blog. Here's a few pictures from August to catch up!

We've been enjoying lots of outside play dates at the pool, playgrounds, and backyards. Here's a couple pics that our friend Suzy took after swimming with friends.

Nothing says summer like a popsicle in the backyard!

We met up with our playgroup at the fire station for a tour! Claire was not too thrilled....she knows fire trucks are very loud and she kept her hands over her ears most of the time!

On August 6, Katie turned 1! She had a big party at her house with lots of good food and of course, CAKE!

I think she liked her lady bug cake :-)

Claire had fun playing with Uncle Mike!

We've been loving our time with Samara too! This picture is several weeks old, but so cute I had to post it! It's from when Vicki came to visit and they are laying on a quilt she made for Samara.

Here we are at Mimi's house - we got to babysit Samara some the last couple weeks while Aunt Tara was at work.

LOTS more pictures to come soon from our vacation in Topsail!

Happy Birthday Tanner!

Claire's buddy Tanner is the first in our playgroup to turn 3 and we went to his party this weekend to celebrate! Mr. Beatman came to do a performance just for the kids (ok, the adults had fun too!) and they loved it. Well......Claire took her own sweet time to enjoy it. Here's all the kids singing:
And here was Claire. She refused to come out and watch Mr. Beatman because she was having too much fun with this doll house. I kept going back to check on her and I found her dancing by herself.

Then she came out for a little glimpse of all the fun. (Holding her ears of course)

and finally came in the room to listen...

And now she's dancing! Of course, his show was almost over at this point but she really did have fun!

She couldn't wait to get home and tell Daddy that she danced and sang with Mr. Beatman. She also loved her red cake with chocolate ice cream and wanted to play "baseball" like Tanner when she got home.

Happy Birthday Tanner and thanks for having us at your party!