Random pictures

We didn't do much on July 4th...Will had to work and it was about 108 degrees in Davis.  The girls and I spent most of our time in our inflatable backyard pool.  I am so glad our girls love the water!

 Kate and Maggie love to hug and kiss each other all the time. They are such great sisters!

 One new game the girls play now is called "train" in which they connect to each other and walk all over the house.  Usually Maggie is getting dragged behind Kate until she decides to let go and fall down on the ground.

Another trip to Fresno

We took another great trip to Fresno this past weekend.  With the hot weather we spent a lot of our time in the pool (which I didn't get pictures of).  Aside from swimming the girls played a lot with Coco and Susie (Dedushka and Grammalene's dogs).  They are now very famous dog in our house.

 Kate and Dedushka did a lot of singing together.

 Tinkertoys

 We went bowling with Dedushka and Grammalene.  Kate loves to bowl but Maggie was more interested in eating her snacks.

 Maggie always pouts her lips when she starts to get upset.  So cute!

Babushka's pool

Today we took a dip in Babushka's pool. Kate was so excited to go off the diving board and Maggie was excited to pick up all the leaves floating in the water.

Tahoe: Day 3

Today was our last day in Tahoe.  We packed up the cabin and headed to the lake for on last cool dip.  We spent over 3 hours hanging out at the lake, reluctant to head back to hot hot Davis (108 degrees)!  Our new inflatable boat was a huge hit with the girls.  They loved rowing with Will.

 Kate got bold enough to actually swim in the lake today.  She was shivering but didn't seem to mind.

 Maggie preferred to stay on the sand and play with the shovel and bucket.

Tahoe: Day 2

We are rounding out our second day in Tahoe.  This morning we discovered the Pretty Pretty Princess game in the basement.  Kate has played it at least 20 times already.  Will and Kate were both Pretty Pretty Princesses this morning. ;-)

 After lunch we headed to Minden, Neveda to the Carson Valley Aquatic Center.  Kate and Will swam for a couple of hours while Maggie took a nap in my arms.  Kate is getting REALLY good at freestyle (for a 3.5-yr-old).

 We purchased an inflatable boat yesterday at CVS...we hope to take it out on the lake tomorrow before we head home.  The girls are very excited!

Tahoe: Day 1

We have had a wonderful first day at our Tahoe cabin.  This has been a wonderful escape from the crazy Davis heat.  Today we explored around the cabin, went to the lake for lunch and let the girls play at McDonald's on the way back to the cabin.  A great start to a great trip!

Bowling!

Will had the day off of work today and since it was raining we needed to find a fun activity to do inside so we went bowling!  We have never taken the girls before and we had a wonderful time!.  We arrived at the UC Davis MU an hour before bowling opened (oops!) so we spent our time looking at water fountains around the UCD campus and eating brownies at the Coffee House.  

 Thankfully we were able to utilize bumpers and ramps to help the girls (and Mommy) bowl well. :-)

Sesame Street Live

Sesame Street Live came to Sacramento and so I treated the girls to a fun-filled afternoon filled with huge Sesame Street characters and tons of music and dance.  Gramma joined us for the fun.  It was a great show and the girls seemed to love it!

June Happenings

Here are a few pictures from the past few weeks.  

I let the girls finger paint outside one morning.  Kate enjoyed getting messy with the paint but also playing with the soapy bubbles when it was time to clean-up.  

 Our Snow White princess!

 For Father's Day, the girls made Will a couple of stepping stones.  They really enjoyed mixing the cement and decorating the tiles.

 We bought a new car!!!  After many years of needing a bigger car for the kids we finally took the plunge and bought a new Toyota Sienna.  I LOVE it!!!

 Kate has been taking swim lessons for the past several weeks.  She loves the water and loves the pool!