Sunday, August 3, 2008

July

Gretchen loves walking around with my Crocs on her hands. I have no idea why, but she's always so proud of herself!
I think Dada may be a tad color blind....
Our friend, Sean, decided to go to the local water park for his birthday (his 38th...). We all had a great time, although both kids were a little scared of the water splashes at the bottom of the toddler slides. Quin and Gretchen both enjoyed splashing in the water, and Quin adored playing on the pirate ship. Gretchen became tired rather quickly, and cuddled close as we went around the lazy river again and again and again and.... She went around with pretty much everyone, and got to the point of exhaustion (and being overwhelmed by the sounds and sights of the indoor water park) that she didn't even bother lifting her head to look around, but instead just laid her head on a shoulder and sucked her fingers.

Gretchen had her choice of bathing suits, and continued to chose this one, regardless of how many I showed her. Quin, on the other hand, immediately picked one out, and stayed with it, giving me looks of "Mama, I already have one, see?"
Quin and E at the bottom of the slide; a random child wanted to get splashed, and jumped in front of my two boys. Humph.
An unfortunate experience. Yes, she was stuck, but she wanted a particular toy so much that she continued to get stuck in her quest to reach that toy.
Gretchen's first puddle stomping experience. No rain boots in this shot, but she has some now. Due to the lack of availability, both kids have the same boots. It should be an interesting autumn for puddle stomping and getting boots mixed up.... Gretchen loves puddle stomping as much as her brother!!Spending time with Dada.

"Gretchen, you ride the ladybug and I'll ride the horse."
Art time!
Eating at the table like a big girl. (Ignore the phone book....)

2 comments:

Toki said...

Great update, Lirri!

That yellow horse looks familar. Hmmm.

Love the photo where Gretchen is stuck in the bin. I can't believe she's already walking around and getting in trouble.

*sigh*. Life is passing by too quickly.

Unknown said...

Gretchen is a cutie and we really love watching her grow, but we need photos of Quin so we can watch him too!