One day while Grandma and Grandpa Whitlow were vising us, Connor got to go to a Dodgers game with both of his grandpas and his Daddy. It was a special day and a lot of fun! Connor loved the game and of course enjoyed eating peanuts and all of the other junk food! What did the girls do? We went shopping of course!
This post is titled "2 Grandmas and 2 Papas" because Abby kept saying that over and over when we went to my parent's house for dinner with all the grandparents. It was so cute because she kept counting them and she seemed very excited to find out there were two of each! Uncle Gary, Aunt Jessica, Gage, and Caitlin were there too, so it was a lot of fun. We ate outside under my parents new gazebo and the food was great of course. Connor thought the gazebo was really cool. The kids had fun playing with everyone. We all enjoyed the red velvet cupcakes again and Caitlin taught Abby the proper way to lick the icing off of the top. It was a great night!
This is just a cute picture of Rich and his mom. We wish we could see his parents more often!
One day we woke up and found a family of ducks swimming in our pool. It was very cute and the kids were of course very excited. The little babies just swam along behind Mommy duck all around the pool. Abby and Connor were highly entertained. Obviously, we could not have a family of ducks live in our pool permanently, much to the disappointment of Connor and Abby. (Yes, kids we spent all that money on a pond for some ducks NOT in fact a pool for humans!) Well, Mommy duck could climb out but the babies could not get over the lip of the pool. I tried to help them but I got a lot of loud quacking from Mommy Duck and then she fluttered off. Then I thought, great now I not only have a very expensive duck pond in my backyard but I am now going to have to raise six baby ducks! Well, when I went back in the house Mommy reappeared. I ended up putting a bit of styrofoam we had out there, like a ramp. It worked! And that is how I rescued a family of ducks, saved a swimming pool, and trampled on the hopes of a 4 year old and 2 year old that were sure a family of ducks would make great pets!
For Father's Day we went to an Angel's Game and we all had a great time. Connor and his Daddy love baseball! It is their "special thing." Connor loves to watch a little bit of a baseball game with his daddy every night just before bed. It is really cute. So, it was a perfect thing to do for Father's Day.
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Abby's birthday was a great day! In the morning she had her Musical Munchkins class with Ms. Cindy. She absolutely loves this class. She was very excited to show Ms. Cindy her birthday dress and her new shoes. She even had to check out her ensemble in the classroom mirror! After class, we met Makena, Brody, and Melanie at this super fun kids place called Kidzoo. It is basically an indoor playground with all sorts of bouncy houses and slides for the toddler set, Little Tikes play houses and cars, a train table, dress up area, ball pit...basically a kid's heaven. The kids had so much fun!!! After our naps, Connor and Abby had swim school. Then we opened presents. Abby was so excited about every present. She had to keep her hands on the previous gift as she opened the next gift. When she opened the present with the dress up clothes, we of course had to dress up right away! Finally, we all watched the Little Mermaid (still in dress up clothes of course!). Abby was so excited! When the mermaids came on she said, "There they are! Mermaids." And when Ariel came on she said, "There she is! Ariel!" She had all of her Ariel dolls right there and she was just so cute! It was a perfect 2nd birthday!
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Ok Disneyland was awesome! When I look at this picture I think of just a perfect day. However, I also think of invisible, horrible germs. Look at those smiling, happy faces! Who knew just 36 hours later Abby and Makena would come down with a horrible illness, followed shortly by Connor...and then me!!!! High fevers, throwing up, fun times! What do you think Mel, does that just about sum it up?
Our passes were not good on Abby's actual birthday, so we went to Disneyland the day before. Melanie, Ryan, Makena, and Brody went as well. (It was actually a double celebration as Melanie and Abby have the same birthday! How cool is that?) We had such a great time! Abby really loved all of the princesses! Of course she can name all of them and she is so excited every time she sees them. She LOVED the Princess Fair (show). I brought clothes for Abby and Connor to dress up at the Princess Fair and that was very exciting for both of them! Actually, I had a hard time getting Abby's outfit off. She wore the skirt around with her regular shirt and on top of her jeans for quite awhile. That got a few stares... Anyway, the look on Abby's face when those princesses walked out on stage was priceless! She was so excited! It was a wonderful day and we were glad to share it with such great friends!
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On our last day in Santa Barabara we met up with our good friends Jim, Sara, and Colin Peters. We had so much fun at our lunch at the harbor and then at the zoo. It was so great to spend the day with them!
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