Allison turns 3!

A friend of a friend has just started up a photography business, and was looking for practice subjects. We were happy to oblige! Here are some of Allison's 3 year shots that were taken. I had shots of all the kids which I'll post later. Here's for the birthday girl!

Camp Fiesta Island

Darren was so excited to go to Scout Camp with his troop 706. It was in San Diego at Fiesta Island. They had a great set up and he was able to earn 8 merit badges! He really loves scouting and truly enjoyed his week here. It was even more fun that his Dad was able to be with him for the week!


One of his merit badges was motorboating! He loved it!

Another merit badge earned was canoeing. How cool!

 

One Wednesday, they had a free day to do whatever they wanted. The group picked going to the USS Midway for a tour. Darren was in heaven! Another fun thing they were able to do was canoe out into the water at night and watch the fireworks from SeaWorld.

Happy Birthday Allison!

Well, the little Princess turned 3 yesterday and for months she has asked for a "PINK" birthday party! After all the boy-themed parties I have hosted for the past 11 years, I was THRILLED to have a pink party. She wanted pink balloons, pink cake, pink presents and pink games. How funny her mind is! She got all but the games because she IS only 3, and we only had our family and the grandparents here. But she didn't mind. She had a great day and a great PINK party!

 

Build-A-Bear

 

Alli turned 3 today! Happy Birthday baby girl!
Daddy & Darren are out of town so we're having her birthday celebration tomorrow. But we didn't want the day to go by without some kind of hoopla! So Grammy & I took her to Build-a-Bear for her very first time. Boy did she have a blast, and boy did her Grammy spoil her! (Sorry for the obnoxious color in the pictures but that's just the way the store is! Obnoxious!)

Allison came away with a black dog named Fluffy and a brown bear named Cinnamon, or as Alli says, "Cimmanon." CUTE! We let Alli pick from all the animals (after all, it is HER birthday) and she really wanted the dog. Grammy kept trying to get her to choose a bear because the outfits work better on the bears. So to appease Grammy and Alli, she got both! And accessories for each.

We had so much fun watching her go all through the store. First she got to pick a sound and kiss a heart to add to the stuffing in her bear. The girl gave Alli a sticker to wear announcing her as the birthday girl. Then she told Allison to take her animals over to the "bathtub" to clean them. Allison promptly asked, "do you have towels?" I thought that was pretty clever of her. The bathtub is actually a place where you brush the animals and blow air on them. No real water. But Alli didn't know that. She just wanted to make sure her new animals weren't going to stay wet. After that she had to name them. Now this was tough. We through a lot of ideas at her but I could tell she just wasn't into it. Although, she definitely had an opinion of what she did NOT like. She would say, "NO... her name isn't Molly." and so on. She also chose some cute outfits and accessories and I was surprised at how much she loved this. It was absolutely adorable to watch her through this process and see her joy! Happy Birthday sweet Princess! After our shopping we grabbed dinner and ice cream to finish her special day. (If you want to see her happy face more clearly, just click on the photos to zoom in)

4th of July

 

We spent 4th of July at the Schimelpfenings this year. We were there for the week prior and had a great time as always! On the 4th we swam, played, ate, and did fireworks! (which are LEGAL where they live!)

 

It was so much fun! When I grew up that's exactly how my Independence Day celebrations were spent, and it was fun for me to share that experience with my kids! They got to do sparklers, flowers, piccolo petes, fountains, snakes, etc. They had a lot of fun! And thanks to the Schimelpfenings for hosting yet another fantastic get-together!!!