Circus

Last week we went to the Circus with some friends from Irvine. We saw the Barnum and Bailey's Funundrum at the Pond. It was exciting. I always watch thinking either a:) I wish I could do that or b:) wow they make that look easy. I especially want to try walking on the stilts. Tigers are boring, I much prefer the elephants.

California Adventure

We've found a new favorite spot in California Adventure. Its back out of the way in Bear Country.
Our family went out on a limb and tried the Turkey Leg. We called it a "meaty hock". It was really fun being silly and trying new things. Surprisingly we didn't have too many crowds where we were at.

Self Portrait

What artist's work is complete without a self portrait?

Career Training

Lil Sis is in training for a career in photography and Big Sis in modeling. Here goes their shoot, from somewhat normal to weird!

And the pièce de rèsistance.

Summer has started!

Well at least it finally felt like ours started this week. We didn't get out of school until June 23rd. That seemed so late to me. Then the very next week I went to girls camp with the young women from church and the following week was overcast and rained. This week was hot and we had our first major sunburn, me! You would think I would know better. I made sure the kids had sunscreen, but I got busy unloading and setting up, by the time I put some on it was to late. It made for one painful week.
The girls started their swim lessons. There is already such a huge improvement. Lil Sis is way more confident. I think it really helps that she and her best friend are in the same class. Although they really love to play around when the teacher isn't paying attention!
Big Sis is working on her strokes this summer. Her backstroke and freestyle are looking really good. I love to watch her doing the side breathing. She doesn't quite have the total confidence to just turn her head. She lifts it up a little in the water so as to have her mouth completely out of the water.

First Year of School

As this first year of school draws to a close I am amazed at the growth in Big Sis. She has learned so much. They have learned to read and are working on simple addition and subtraction. I remember playing house and taking naps in Kindergarten! Last night we went to the school's Open House and Big Sis took us on a tour of her classroom then showed her dad all the books she made. I love them.

The spelling was too cute.
wif = with, sol = saw, butrfli = butterfly, bref = breath

A trip to the ER

Big Sis had an accident today. She collided with a swing. This is what happens...
A trip to the ER and three stitches later, we are back to our happy self. Her biggest worry was that her play date was over and that she might not make it to the school's open house tonight.
We giggled like crazy in the ER. We joked around about the cotton ball on her lip. I said it looked like a spider's egg sack coming out her nose. Then we joked around about the stitches looking like a spider. The Novocaine they placed on her lip reduced the blood flow and her lips were a bit white when we left the hospital. As we left the room, she asked me, "mom, can you put some lipstick on me so that my lips will look normal?" The nurse chuckled and told me that I'm in for trouble!
It looks like she was miserable, but she really just wanted the camera. Okay who am I kidding, I think she was maybe a little miserable. But then we started having fun. After her anesthetic I thought for sure someone had slipped her a happy pill. She was giggling like mad. She did take some photos of the ER room and my mug.

Going for something serious!

We took this because she wanted to see what her face looked like. She was very worried that her friends would think she looked funny.