Happy Birthday Chris!

Chris turned 31 August 3rd. We took a trip up to the cabin to celebrate.






We had a picnic at a beautiful lake. The only real swimming anyone did was when Claire accidentally fell in.

Penny Turns One!

Penny's first birthday was July 16th. We didn't do a real party for her, so she got lots of mini-celebrations.

The first was the morning of her birthday at Cracker Barrel. She got a new sippy cup from the Disney Store, and her lucky sisters did too.




That night was Happy Meals. As usual, Penny liked the box more more than its contents, and the box was probably healthier!



On Sunday we had a birthday dinner at my parent's house. Penny got some new squeaky shoes, which she loves!








She also loved her birthday cake!








We usually do a traditional Krispy Kreme run for the birthday breakfast. Since we decided to do Cracker Barrel instead, they got a bonus Krispy Kreme trip.

Dance Classes

Over the summer Molly and Claire took dance classes through the city - Molly in ballet and Claire in tap. Molly loved every minute of it, but Claire struggled (putting it lightly). Claire is a little clingy right now so the thought of being closed off in a separate room with me out in the hallway was too much for her.

For the last day of each of their classes parents were invited in to watch. That was good news for Claire and she would actually do some dancing since we were in the room with her. Molly was a pretty serious ham and loved the audience!

Penny

Penny turns one next month and time has flown! She is crawling around like crazy right now and getting into everything. She is pulling herself up on everything too, so hopefully she'll be walking soon. I'm tired of the tiny human vacuum and dirty knees! She's also been refusing baby food for a couple of months now, so mealtime has been interesting. At least she's got almost six teeth, so she doesn't have any trouble with most foods. She also does a lot of communication by growling, and I managed to get a little on video.

Recently...

Up at the cabin. They love to play hide-and-seek and they found a new spot inside a giant cabinet. That actually ended the game of hide-and-seek when they decided to stay inside to read and play with toys.




Bathing in Grandma's tub.



Trip to Rain Forest Cafe. Terrible food but it was really fun!


Slumber party and Grandma and Papa's.




We found this beauty crossing the road on my parent's street.




Claire is hilarious. The egg-nose was her brainchild.

Dress Up

Molly found my wedding dress bag in the back of the closet so we had no choice...

Payson Trip

Some friends of ours have a cabin up in Payson so a few weeks ago we went up with them for the day. We did some hiking and tree climbing in the morning then went swimming in a creek in the afternoon. Molly was the only one brave enough to do a full swim in the creek, but she regretted it as soon as she did. She was pretty upset about the weight of the shoes on her feet, and that she couldn't see anything when she opened her eyes. Besides that, we had a great time!