County Fair

I took Andrina to the county fair last night and tonight. She saw many animals, ate dinner, and went on several rides which she loved!

Here she reminds me of my baby brother and how he loved this little car ride!

And here she is riding the little fire truck

More Birthday!

Today is Andrina's actual 2nd birthday. Tom and I took her to the zoo this afternoon and we let her open up her presents from us when we got home. She got all Sesame Street themed gifts from us as she is really into Elmo, Abby Cadabby, & everything Sesame Street. Here's some more pictures of our baby girl, who's looking more and more like a little girl every day...

Andrina with some new toys

Me & Andrina in our matching Elmo shirts again (I washed them yesterday)
Trying to put on a birthday hat decoration!

Hmm...I'm not sure if she's done being a baby yet...

Andrina still looks so much like a baby in this picture

Happy Birthday My Love!

Andrina's 2nd Birthday Party!

...was a huge success! We all had so much fun yesterday! The weather was warm & sunny which was needed for the outdoor jumper and swimming fun. Everyone had a great time-especially Andrina! All the months of planning and organizing paid off! Andrina got to jump in her rented Sesame Street Playground moonwalk by herself in the morning before her nap and the afternoon party time. She absolutely loved it! She spent at least 2 hours over the courses of the day actively playing in there. In fact, when she woke up this morning, she asked for a "jumper". I told her it was gone, that we only got to borrow it so other kids could play with it too. So she asked for "jumper please"! Oh how precious that was!

I am so happy the party worked out and the weather was perfect for it. I had been worried that it would rain as the forecast said it might. This is 2 for 2 where there has been a threat of bad weather on the day Andrina's birthday party has been scheduled. So I've decided that next year we will have an indoor party, prehaps at a gymnastics school like Anne's, so that way it won't matter if the weather is bad. Then it will be less stressful for me and less work for me too. And it will be a guaranteed good time for the kids, regardless of the weather!

Here's a samping of some of the many pictures from Andrina's 2nd birthday party!

Playing in the "jumper"

going down the slide in the "jumper"
Andrina really loved this moonwalk!

Anne

Becca & Ryan

Birthday cake

Happy Birthday!!!

Opening presents

Opening presents with help from Anne & Ryan

Andrina wanted the big bucket of bubbles right away!

Towards the end of the party. Andrina is tired from all the fun

& excitement. Notice our matching shirts?

Summer Reading

Andrina and I completed her summer reading program from our library. And it's not even July yet! We read the required 30 books and other language activites that they wanted. Andrina got a small plush zebra and coupon for free ice cream and admission to the children's museum after the 1st set of 15 books. After completing the rest, she got coupons for free kids meals and for the local independent toy store and to pick out her own book to keep. We chose the classic title, "Where's Spot", which we read yesterday night and she loved it!

Today it's "Tookie"

Andrina has been hanging on to different stuffed toys almost each day. Somedays it's her bear, her mouse or Ernie. Today, it's "Tookie" or how she says Cookie Monster. I've found this interesting so I'm posting it. I wonder who she'll want to have with her on upcoming days?

My Own Bucket!

We made our second trip to the splash park and this time, I remembered Andrina's bucket. I'm so glad I did because that simple piece of plastic made all the difference for her. She really enjoyed filling it up with water and dumping it out on herself. It was also very hot, over 90 degrees so between the very hot weather and the cold water, it was perfect for her to play. If it was any cooler out, the water would have been too cold instead of fun and refreshing for her. I've decicided that we'll only go on days that are really hot like it was this afternoon.

Tomato Plants, Part 2

Here's some more of growth of our tomato plants, which Andrina helps me water everyday. And of course, here she is in the picture too just because it's yet another reason to take another picture of her and to see how much they've grown.