Doing 2 weeks at a time again cause I've been too lazy busy to post. So here goes - in backwards order, most recent to oldest!
Week 28 of 52
2010: 07/15
Mari modelling her new beach coverup - it's going to be a long couple of months until we hit the beach.
2010: 07/14When I picked Mari up from school, they were involved in a very serious game of Duck, Duck, Goose. The only way I could convince her to leave was to promise to play it at home.
(Just so you know - Elmo cheats!)
2010: 07/13Mari helped make made a casserole for dinner - Popover Pizza.
I love how seriously she takes this job. She is becoming very adept at helping in the kitchen and is a stickler for the handwashing after eggs!!
2010: 07/12My little Gilligan.
2010: 07/11
We did a spur-of-the-moment trip to our "local" zoo. It's a little bit of a sad zoo but they are pretty laid-back about you feeding the animals....as long as you feed them the food they provide. I've never been this close to a giraffe. It was awe-inspiring, breath-taking. I wasn't tall enough to feed this giraffe but I was standing right under him as some taller people were feeding him (or her?). We also got to ride an elephant and feed lots of other animals. Mari's favorite animals were the goats, go figure!
2010: 07/10
Another day of swim class (sorry for the pic quality). There were only 2 in Mari's class this day, so they got to "swim" to the deep end!!
2010: 07/09
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2010: 07/06
2010: 07/11
We did a spur-of-the-moment trip to our "local" zoo. It's a little bit of a sad zoo but they are pretty laid-back about you feeding the animals....as long as you feed them the food they provide. I've never been this close to a giraffe. It was awe-inspiring, breath-taking. I wasn't tall enough to feed this giraffe but I was standing right under him as some taller people were feeding him (or her?). We also got to ride an elephant and feed lots of other animals. Mari's favorite animals were the goats, go figure!
2010: 07/10Another day of swim class (sorry for the pic quality). There were only 2 in Mari's class this day, so they got to "swim" to the deep end!!
2010: 07/09Madi and Mari experiencing their first air-popped popcorn.
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2010: 07/08
Mari's first taste of Smores....she declared them finger-licking good.
2010: 07/07
Weird choice of pix, I know. Mari is getting quite adept at working the camera - she even took several pix of me at the zoo and they turned out pretty good! Anyway, this was one I found on the camera after she had been taking pix of "some of her stuff."
2010: 07/08
Mari's first taste of Smores....she declared them finger-licking good.
2010: 07/07Weird choice of pix, I know. Mari is getting quite adept at working the camera - she even took several pix of me at the zoo and they turned out pretty good! Anyway, this was one I found on the camera after she had been taking pix of "some of her stuff."
2010: 07/06Found a good deal on some Story Reader books that I couldn't pass up. Luckily, when I went to Wal-Mart to buy the actual Story Reader, it was on Clearance!! So I got the Story Reader (with a book) plus 6 more books for less than $20. Mari LOVES her Story Reader. They are pretty cool....it knows what page you are on and tells you when to turn the page as it reads the story to you.
2010: 07/05
2010: 07/05After a weekend filled with cookouts, family, sleep-over friends, fireworks, pools, swingsets, sprinklers, baseball, late nights, short naps, parades, junk food.....well, someone just couldn't even wait until lunch to take a 2+ hour nap on Monday.
2010: 07/04
2010: 07/04Happy July 4th. We celebrated with a cookout at my house. Mari is attempting to learn a little t-ball. Let's just hope she doesn't have big dreams in this area!
2010: 07/03
2010: 07/03Madi, Cousin Brendan, and Mari getting ready for the 4th of July parade. It was Mari and Brendan's first parades!! They were very excited.
2010: 07/02
2010: 07/02Introducing Mari to one of the fine cuisines of the world. Ramen noodles. She slurped them like she'd eaten them a hundred times. Guess she's ready for college now!
