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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Time to go camping

Someone made a beeline for the display tents at REI. Although judging by the way she jumped in I think she thought it was a bouncy house.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Molly's latest obsession has been horsies! This started when we saw Toy Story 3 and she fell in love with Woody and his trusted steed Bullseye. Everything became a horsie. EVERYTHING. The spine of a book. A small pillow. A rubber duckie. Bath toys. Regular toys. Tupperware lids. You get the idea. I picked up a Woody, Jessie, and Bullseye toy set and Molly was in love. Sure, she'll play with Jessie and Woody, but her main thing is to have every single toy she owns ride Bullseye. Oh, and she insists on bringing him EVERYWHERE.

As a result Molly has turned whatever she can into a horsie of her own to ride. Here are some of the results.

I also pulled her old horsie toy down from the attic and everyone has been getting a ride.

Monterey Bay Aquarium

On Friday July 9th Molly and I went down to the Monterey Bay Aquarium with Auntie Amy and Leo. The kids had a blast. Leo was mesmerized by the penguins and kept batting Amy's hand down when she tried to get him to say bye-bye as he did NOT want to leave. Molly was into the sea horse exhibit as her latest obsession has been with horsies and the sea kind suited her just fine. I didn't bring my camera, but got a few shots off on my phone.

Chillin' at the sea otter exhibit:

Checkin' out the sea horses:

Sea Dragon:

Amy's pictures can be found here.

Mail call

When Aunt Tracey was down for a visit over the 4th of July weekend she arrived with a little something special for Miss Molly. Aunt Tracey made Molly her very own mailbox out of felt with some homemade post cards. Each post card was addressed to Molly and they were from Aunt Tracey, Granny, and Grandpa Marsh. Molly LOVES it. Aunt Tracey wanted to have a way to send Molly little gifts and cards when she was not around. Granny sent the first piece of mail for Molly's new mail box.

Pulling out the post cards.

Realizing there's something else in the mail box.

Trying to get the big white envelope out.

Success!

STICKERS!!!

For the rest of the pics click here.

Pool time

The Jodoins were gracious enough to have us over for some pool time last Friday. The weather had been warm and with their new pool cover the water temps were nearing 90! The Chouns and the Connally/Shipmans were also there. The kids all had a blast in the pool as did the adults. Afterwards we grabbed some dinner and let the kids tire themselves out playing before we put them all down. We had 7 kids spread across 4 rooms and it WORKED! The dads played a game while the moms caught up chatting. Auntie Bree also made some homemade ice cream and a delicious rum cake for dessert.