More summer fun.

Bubble blowing! Oh my dear Riley thinks she can blow bubbles. She really does try, facial expression, sound effects and all...but mostly she eats the wand and dumps the soap! It' s pretty hard to get good shots of blowing bubbles when you are the photographer, the watchful keeper of the giant soap jug and the best bubble blower in town. Oh well, this is what we got. ;)


The girls playing in the sand box. Cailen wearing a hat to sheild her eyes from the sun....It USED to fit properly.



Don't all road trips start like this...
and then you get stuck in traffic...and then the occasional fender bender. As Keila pointed out, Cailen drives like my neighbors, if not into the fence, into her own house!

I absolutely love the chipmunky grin on Riley's face as Cailen is informing her that she is about to impound the car as this is her second warning...apparently Riley was not driving fast enough, or recklessly enough for Cailen's likes.

This whole adventure in trying, learning and sharing such great toys has been challenging and occasionally (if I'm being honest: ALWAYS) ends in tears. Once Cailen gets down the fair slope of the driveway she thinks she cannot get back up it. She doesn't even try. We have to rescue her. We can't just enjoy our swing in the backyard. She gets fairly frustrated with steering...but overall she loves the new driving toys. I just wish they came with a bottle of spray on "Patience for kids and parents" the new perfume found in your local Macy's cosmetic's counter (or so I wish!) Ah well, it's all part of growing up. But it is really fun too.

Riley has been able to say "Choo Choo" for some time now. Every time she hears the train, her face lights up. She cranes her head upward as if to try to see out the back window and repeats "choo choo" until I lift her up to see it. The other day, she heard the train but I did not bring her to the window, she just stood in the living room door way saying "choo choo." Waiting for it to pass. Honoring the fact that she knew it was coming by. It was cute. Here she is outside watching it go by, staring very intently. Lately, she has also been waving to the train.