My Birthday Weekend

I'm three!! I had a super duper weekend and the rain held off for the most part. It was chilly but we still got out and did some fun things with Grandma and Papa, as well as Auntie Joanie. First, we went raspberry picking. That sure was fun and I think we will be doing that again. Sam and I had fun doing a little taste testing but I really did pick some and covered the bottom of my bucket! After the farm I got to go on a special lunch date with my Grandma and Papa...yes, only me! We had pizza, my favorite and then they took me to pick out a Lilly for my birthday. I got to fly my kite at the park, and even rode my bike around!

Sunday was my birthday so after church dada made me a special breakfast. I had a fun barbecue and my best buddy Jude came to celebrate with me. I got to see a few fireworks, had a fire with smores, and even got to do some sparklers, however I didn't make it to the big fireworks, maybe next year! Here are a few pictures from my weekend...

See?

Taste test

I found some good ones!

See?

Hey, they are just as good out of the bucket

This is the Lily I picked out...thanks Grandma and Papa

Grandma always finds the best books

Flying my kite with dada

I think he was a little nervous to let go of the string

Auntie Joanie making my toes pretty

I got to open one present before church (It was a strawberry shortcake baseball bat and ball!)

Birthday girl!

Riding the seahorse down at the park on the 4th

These things are crazy!

Silly face...love it!

Running to stay awake

I think the singing is my favorite part!

All I requested for my birthday was chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting...MMMmmm they were delicious!

Grandma knows how much I love Dora, she even found a singing birthday card!

Jude helped me open my presents

Yeah, the sun finally came out around barbecue time!

Sitting around the fire patiently waiting for it to get dark

Sparklers were so much fun!

Hanging out with mama as we try to stay warm

More sparklers to make the time pass

Finally the coals are ready for marshmallows and smores! Yummy!
Yummy!

Getting Ready!

Getting ready for my birthday! Yeah, it is on Sunday and I can't wait! A whole 3 years old, going on 13. I told dada the other day that I was going to be a woman soon (No joke...LOL). Dada said...."Promise me not for a long, long time!" Anyway, Grandma Bonnie, Grandpa Jim, and Auntie Joanie are coming to celebrate with me and I told mom that I wanted chocolate cupcakes....MMMmmmm, chocolate!

Sunscreen!

I think I sang the Mr. Sun song enough! He decided to come out and play! Just wanted to stop in real quick and share with you the excitement that has been building up over these last few months of dark dreary weather!

Picnics and Portland

Last Saturday was a perfect summer day (yes, the only one we have had so far) so we had our friends come over and even got to run in the sprinkler -that was my favorite part! The mornings are usually gloomy and cloudy if not raining, but we are lucky and usually it clears up by the afternoon. One day last week we walked down at the park and I walked all the way from Boulevard Park to Fairhaven! Whew...I was tired but luckily the market was going on so I could rest in the Village Green and enjoy some fresh green snap peas and strawberries....Yummy!

Finally, we took a trip to Portland to see my Auntie over the weekend and I sure had fun. On the way down we stopped to see my mama's auntie and went out for delicious pizza, my favorite. My brother and I were so good in the car and wonderful sleepers during our visit. We are getting good at this traveling business ;) My Auntie has all the best toys since she works with little kiddos and has so much energy to play with me! We even went to the zoo!

BBQ hamburgers with my friends!

Catching some rare rays at grandma's house
My special flower from the market...too bad it didn't even make it home!

Fresh strawberries! Pretty soon we will be going in the backyard to pick these!

On the way down to Portland we stopped in Seattle for lunch (a crazy one of mom's ideas) but we got to see this really big penguin, which I loved!

Sam and I playing an intense game of Hungry Hungry Hippos

Auntie and I at the zoo

One of the coolest exhibits!

Riding the lion with mama

There was an elephant in there!
Another super duper neat toy....playing the stomp rocket in the rain!

Summer?

School is out, mom is done working, and yet where is the sun? It usually ends up coming out by the end of the day but this rain is getting really tiring! Oh well, soon I guess and another chance to practice patience. Wow, that is hard for a 2 year old! Actually, I'm almost 3 now! Can you believe it? Last weekend I got to meet my mom's good friend from teaching and her husband and little boy, Anthony. I sure liked him and have been talking about Seattle lately. Guess we'll have to go see him now.
Another really fun thing that happened this week was that I got to go to school with my mama. It was sooo fun! I warmed up to the kids quickly and had a blast playing with all the big kids on the playground. They taught me how to jump rope, and I showed them my gymnastics moves! Speaking of, I have to go get ready. Mama is taking me today!

Practicing my 3

Yummy! Eating watermelon...a rare photo of us both sitting still for a second ;)
Dada found me in the bathroom doing my hair just like mama! Cute!

This is our friend Yumin. She loved to play with me last year too!
I asked Julia if she would stand on one foot with me. She agreed!