Burt Lake!

For vacation, we went to Green lake and then Burt Lake. We had a great time at both places with our families. Mom didn't bring her camera to Green Lake b/c our cousin Colleen took lots of pictures. We'll ask if we can get a few to post. I had the best time meeting my cousins Olya and Landen- they are my only cousins so it was cool to play with them.
Here are a few pics from Burt...I still don't love my life jacket, but by the end of the week, I was tolerating it since I knew it would lead to a boat ride..

Here we are with my Grandpa Steve's cousin Sherry and her husband Brad. They live across the lake, so we usually see them every summer over at the north beach. This is the first time I met them and I liked them a lot.

Pigtails!

I know its been a while again since we posted. My mommy's work blocked all blogs, so our posts may not be as frequent. We know our family will be sad, but we just don't like to get on the computer at home since mommy is on it all day at work. We'll keep trying our best.

For those of you who haven't yet heard (probably no one!)... its a BOY! My little BROTHER is doing very well. Mom still feels good enough to do everything she normally does with me, which is all I care about. I have tons of new words- UP, apple, more, cat-cat, go, outside, car -and much more- we can't think of them right now b/c its late. I'm very good at names- I even say my teacher's name at school- Egbal. I also say the other kids names (brooke, evan, bella, emma). I know my dad's horse's name (Mosby- but I say "moe"). I also know "Dewey" and "Ellie" but I don't say "Bax" yet even though he's my favorite. I know "dora" because I watch her every morning in the car. I am getting very bossy now that I have so many words and mom and dad are trying hard not to give me everything I demand so as not to create a monster (they say). I'm doing really well with silverware and at school I sleep on a cot now instead of a crib, and I move to the toddler room next week. I can run and jump and I love to dance. My favorite activity is still reading, but I also LOVE to be outside. If mom or dad goes out to feed the horses without me, I throw a huge tantrum.

For a picture today, I wanted to show you my pigtails. Well, I know you can't see them both in these pictures, but you get the point. I'm a big girl now. Pretty cute, huh?

We have lots of pictures to post from our Michigan vacation, so keep looking at the blog and we'll be in touch!

Story Hour at the Library

On Tuesday Bia took me to story hour at the Purcellville Library for 2-4 year olds. I was very good and sat quietly but was a little overwhelmed by all the big kids I didn't know. I didn't pay much attention to the stories (which, coincidentally, were all about having a new baby in the family) until the end when there was a big dog in the story. That one I liked. My favorite part, though, was afterwards when we went to the book section for kids my age and I got to read so many new books. We stayed there for over an hour. I LOVE BOOKS!

Airplane Museum

So, my bia and pop pop are here and now that I'm a big girl they have been taking me to do really fun big girl things. I haven't been to school ALL week! My bia likes to dress me up and take me places. Her mission is to make sure I wear everything in my closet. On Monday we went to the Airplane Museum (my mommy is not really sure what it is called). I LOVED being out and about and visiting with all the people and even seeing some of the airplanes that weren't far away. I was VERY good.

Here I am getting ready for the trip to the museum.

Also, my new thing is to ride my pony every time I go in my bedroom. I rock him myself now and I love him. Maybe someday mom & daddy will buy me a REAL pony.

Big news next week.

Next week on Wednesday August 5th we find out if I am going to have a little brother or sister. I'll let you know!

Purcellville Pool

We have been going to the Purcellville pool a lot since we found it a few weeks ago. We don't have the best pictures b/c you can't tell how great this pool is- it has tons of waterslides (even one shaped like a duck that I can go down) and a mushroom waterfall and hippos and turtles to ride on. But here I am playing with the water sprouts: Me during lunch. I tried very hard to pick up this pole, which holds up a roof. My parents and bia and pop popo were cracking up.

Last Burt pics from July

These are the last pictures we have from our 4th of July trip. I outgrew my old backpack so my mom & daddy got me a new one. Do you like it? I love it and we went for a couple of long walks. Daddy even ran some with me in it and I thought that was really funny. This is my frog towel at the lake.

Me reading with my aunt Debbie.

Mom is bummed we didn't get a "Burt Lake Kids" picture this year... but we'll definitely make sure it gets arranged next year... next year with the new Nolan twins and my new baby brother or sister, there will be around 15 kids under the age of 8 on the Landing!