We had an amazing summer filled with travel, crafts, pools, family, friends and so much more. Hope you enjoy watching! https://vimeo.com/179605813
Today was Charlotte's first day of Kindergarten. Two decades of education...here we come! Insert cliche about how fast time flies. This girl loved preschool and I don't think this is going to be any different. Watch out world. Charlotte is excited about learning how to read this year. We love you!
Mommy getting Charlotte all gussied up this morning.
And we had to add a new line to the growth chart.
A couple of poses that Charlotte made up herself.
And our LL Bean advertisement of course.
Hands on hips outside by the school sign.
Waiting for the doors to be unlocked so she can go inside to her class.
And for surviving her first day of kindergarten...Sweet Frog.
And we couldn't leave her chocolate ice cream faced little brother out without a shot.
California here we come...
We began the summer with a family beach trip to North Carolina including some of the grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Then we took a long weekend trip to Virginia to attend a friend's wedding. Our final trip of the summer took us to sunny Southern California and we've got some pictures to prove it. The picture below pretty much sums up the trip. Even though its a cheesy backdrop, our kids soaked up the sun every day and had a blast meeting new friends from all over the world.
Both kids are old enough to kind of do their own thing in the pool. They still like to be near mommy and daddy, but can hold their own...as long as they are wearing their floaties of course.
Boys love to shoot, don't they?
Even mommy and daddy got on some of the slides.
It was so cute watching them play together. They really are best friends.
They were promised m&m's and pudding to capture this cute shot.
We were lucky to spend a day at Disneyland. This was our kids first experience doing anything like this and they loved it. We were at the park from 8am-5pm and while everyone was exhausted at the end of the day, it was an experience we'll never forget.
Look at this cool blonde boy (thanks to the California sun)!
We even got to visit Pixie Hollow and Charlotte got to meet one of her heroes...Tinkerbell, complete with the white pom poms on her shoes and all.
Oggie Doggie really enjoyed sitting on Pluto's dog bed inside of Mickey's house.
We had to do the tea cups.
At about 3pm, Ollie took a short cat nap while Charlotte and daddy rode Hyperspace Mountain and Thunder Mountain Railroad. Charlotte is my little thrill seeker and I love it!
When Melissa and I were in Los Angeles last summer, someone suggested we visit the big orange balloon at the Orange County Great Park. It didn't work out for us to go last summer so we made it happen this time around. As you can see its a big orange balloon that has a tether and goes up 400 feet in the sky. We got there early because reservations fill up quickly and we got to go up on the first ride of the evening.
Here is a view from up top looking down.
And a selfie from 400 feet above the ground.
They even had an old time carousel that we got to ride afterwards.
On our final day we headed to Laguna Beach to play. But before we put swim suits on the kids, we snapped a few pictures.
Ollie was obsessed with the seaweed and made all sorts of creations with it.
We had a great time in California and can't wait to plan next summer's fun.
we love rva
We have been in Cincy now for about three years, but either way 3/4 of the family was born in Va and we have so many friends and loved ones in Richmond that going back is exciting for the whole family. We took our first trip back this past weekend and we had a great time seeing so many people! We took two days to travel stopping often and watching lots of movies in the car, but the kids did great and really enjoyed seeing the mountains and water falls (from the flooding in West Virginia).
We also stopped by both of the kids first houses. C was super excited and O not so much!
The main purpose of our trip was to go to a wedding of a close family friend. It was a beautiful night and the wedding was one of the best we have been to, it was also nice that we got to hang out with some great friends at the wedding.
Of course the kids loved meeting all of their Va friends again. Charlotte and Connor really hit it off and C wants to know when they are coming to Cincinnati!
Trip #2 was a success, trip #3 here we come!