Giggles, Cuts, & Dancing, oh my!

17 June 2010

Giggles

With some of Kennedy's Birthday money, she bought a 'Dora The Explorer' fold away tent. It's a perfect little hideaway for her to pretend in & it folds up flat for easy/small storage.

On Thursday, Amelie joined in the tent fun. Amelie absolutely ADORES Kennedy & can't wait to be big enough to run around & play like a big girl with her big sister.

Cuts

I took Kennedy for a long bike ride later in the day. I experienced some lovely cuts & chunks taken out of my skin, thanks to an invisible rope near some construction on our bike ride [gotta love construction..EVERYWHERE in the valley it seems]

Colin also experienced a beating from the very same rope while riding his bike on the same day within an hour or so of when I did. Can you say 'idiot construction worker that didn't think that planning through very well!' ?

It was kind of funny though when Colin & I realized that we had both gotten attacked by the same rope while riding our bikes separately. Comparing our battle wounds:

this is what my left arm looks like today (2 days later,19 June 2010)

Dancing

My sister, Rachael's little girl, Jordi had a dance performance that night:

(Jordi is in the front, farthest to the left, with the tan skirt and purple tank top)

Receiving her Certificate of Excellence:

Rachael's adorable Zaven:

Amelie chewing Domanik's face off. She sometimes gives other people 'kisses' & 'loves' by sucking on their face a little, but only Domanik ever gets such intense 'loves' from Amelie. It's hilarious. Whenever she sees him she gets all excited & leans for him til she can suck & chew on his face.

My gorgeous sista pullin a cheeser:

Jordi coming to say hi to all of us that watched her perform:

Besties:

glued to each other all the time

They really didn't want to have to say goodbye when we were leaving. Jordi was spinning Kennedy around. How cute is that!?:

check back for videos of Jordi's performance.. as soon as I can figure out where the video uploader on here went...?

Rewind to 5-8 June 2010

Fact: I'm not much of a 'blogger'. I've never really been good with words in any form, speaking or otherwise. I pretty much just use this blog to share photos, with a touch of comments. So, here's some more photos...

5 June 2010

Every June, we get together with Kodi's Stepdad's family to have a yummy breakfast & hang out. This year we enjoyed Eggs, pancakes, sausage, tons of delicious fruit & fruit dip, donuts, orange juice & milk. Can you say YUM!? After breakfast everyone hung out and chatted and the kids played and enjoyed being outside on such a pretty, sunny day. I didn't get a chance to take many pics, but I did get a couple cute ones of Angelita & Kennedy together playing with bubbles:

6 June 2010

I hadn't been able to go swimming when we went to Kodi's cousin's little boy Braxton's Birthday pool party because I didn't have a swimming suit that fit. I had a worn out old suit that had seen better days & was very loose & unattractive [NOT gonna happen!] and my maternity suit (no explanation necessary). Then, the day after the party, while cleaning & de-junking, I found a suit I bought last spring in celebration of (FINALLY) losing all my baby weight. I never got a chance to wear it on account of gaining 50+ lbs being pregnant with Amelie. I didn't think there was any way it was going to fit. To my surprise, it fit just right (all but the cups being a little small for my Breastfeeding boobs ;) 

I had to, of course, immediately take the girls swimming at our pool:

Nice hair, Kennedy!

8 June 2010

My mom had been reading Kennedy stories before bed.. Kodi (while laughing) brought this to my attention:

I'd say they were both a little tired, wouldn't you?

phone pics 11-16 June 2010

Today -16 June 2010

I have been taking Kennedy for bike rides on my bike with the child bike seat I bought last summer (which was super cheap off of craigslist.. BRAND NEW!! woohoo). Amelie wanted to take a test ride. How cute is that helmet on her?!? I just went up and down the sidewalk by our apartment building once & she seemed to really enjoy it. Unfortunately, she's still too young to go for a real ride in the bike seat, but next summer we'll have a blast =)

This afternoon we played at Nana's apartment with her awesome Hot Wheels car track

Yesterday we let Kennedy pick out a kiddie swimming pool with some of her Birthday money. She picked out a small princess pool (that fits just right on our deck =)

Amelie REALLY wanted to join her in the pool.. Maybe next time.. but she still had fun trying to throw the Curious George bath toy in the pool

Kennedy LOVES her new pool

I told her to smile...

yesterday -15 June 2010

I thought these clouds looked kind of neat with the light shining on them

Groupon had a deal going for 'Top It Frozen Yogurt'. I couldn't resist indulging in that yummy deal. It's a pretty cute little shop near Cottonwood. You fill your own cup with the flavor(s) of frozen yogurt you want & add your own toppings & then it is weighed and costs 38 cents an oz. They have quite the selection of yogurt & toppings, including mango, vanilla, peach, cookies n cream, & chocolate frozen yogurt, to name a few. Fresh kiwi, raspberries, strawberries, cookie dough, snickers, and brownie bites are just a few of the many toppings.Yum! It's normally a little pricey, but with my sweet Groupon it was perfectly priced for me.

Enjoying the yumminess

looks funky, but oh my, it was delicious!

melted cookies n cream frozen yogurt with cookie dough & reese's pieces resembles sewage?

some of the cute decorations on the walls

14 June 2010

Kennedy made her silly putty into an ice cream cone. It looked amazingly close to a delicious swirled ice cream come.

This is what my counter looks like on a not so good day for me. When I'm down, I bake...

Banana bread, white bread, rolls, & (not pictured) homemade pizza.

12 June 2010

My sister's little guy Zaven turned 1 on Saturday & she had a little party for him. Kodi & Amelie were not feeling very well.. They took a little snooze on the futon in Zaven's bedroom.

Zaven really enjoyed his cute little cake

Friday -11 June 2010

I'm absolutely in love with Indian food the past couple months. I've found a couple great little restaurants in the valley. I happened to find a GREAT discount for a little Indian place last Friday...

MMM.. my mouth is salivating. I want more. right now.

earlier in the day Kennedy & Amelie were having fun playing this little baby computer game I bought at the library.