Piper tells almost everyone she sees about her fishy pool, she likes it that much. Violet decided that she enjoyed it very much too and was being quite the little daredevil about getting her face/head wet. The weather is much cooler than it has been in the past few weeks so we are getting outside again. The girls and I have resumed our walks in the mornings. Summer is my favorite time of year!
Yesterday we rode the train into the city to see They Might Be Giants.
Piper loves her Daddy, in fact I think that she prefers him to me a lot of time but has to put up with me b/c I am home with her the most :) This past year Matt has taken her to their weekly date night at Rolly Pollies and then McD's afterwards, it was so much fun for the 2 of them b/c he works so much and they got that personal time together. One of these days I think that Violet will be the same way as Piper but for now she is pretty attached to her mama. It makes me smile though when I see her grab one of her books and head over to sit on her Daddy's lap and have him read it to her. You know Matt makes time to do it even if it is before work in the morning and he is running late. Since having Piper we have been making photo frames of the girls each year for their Daddy's desk at work. This year was tough to get those girls to cooperate - sheesh! Check out the 3rd picture on Piper's and see the drama that a 2 (almost 3) year old can have. Violet was only happy sitting in that tree thus 2 shots b/c they were the only ones that turned out :) Girls!
Last December Piper had one ear infection after another - 4 total. They sent us to ENT but the final medicine did the trick and she was infection free - until Wednesday night. Our poor little babe woke up screaming Wednesday night telling us that her ear hurt, that is just plain heart breaking when there is nothing that you can do for her. Thursday we took her in and sure enough she had another one. I pray that this medicine takes care of it and we don't have to go through 3 more before we are done. Thankfully though the medicine is making her feel a little better, she is really clingy but she still can manage a smile here and there :)
Let's hope that we don't screw this up:) We have heard that salt water tanks are hard work but we decided to buy a little used tank and see what creatures we could have live in our family room. Yesterday we got a few new pieces of live rock and some sand. So far we only have the 2 crabs in there and they came with the tank, I thought that we had killed them but it appears crabs are quite hearty little things. The rock has some pretty red sponge and purple coral on them - it is neat to watch b/c there is just so much alive in there. We are hoping to get our "clean up" crew (shrimp, crabs, snails, and maybe a cucumber) Sunday. The girls are having a ball so far with it and that makes the work so worth it.
The bakers
Don't look Beth!
The cake - decorated by yours truly (am I admitting to this???).
These are actually flames :)
Casualty of the job
Preparty Festivities
PARTY!!! (well sort of)
The dinner (Daddy's FAVORITE!!!)
The Mess (but I guess the cake was good??)
The "After" Party :)
Happy Birthday, we hope that you enjoyed your day! Love you!
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