Two Peas in a Pod

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Another Day on the Farm

Now that we're back in Morgan Hill, we can once again enjoy the finer things... like farms! The girls and I visited Pony Up in Gilroy with a couple of girlfriends and their kids. It's a regular running farm that opens up their home on Wednesdays during the summer for the public. They have a large backyard with motorized toy cars, swing set, sand, petting zoo and of course pony rides. The girls had a great time playing and taking in all the country. We certainly wouldn't be doing this in Long Beach! Yee-haw everyone!

Gracie getting ready for the "real deal"

Here we go! And yes, that is a tu-tu that Gracie decided to wear to a farm!

"Ride'm cowgirl!"

Is that Gracie driving already??

A little help here...

Gracie holding onto a little chick, which lasted about 2 seconds before the chick wanted to go somewhere else!

Emily's turn to drive!

That's all folks!

Friday, July 9, 2010

Gracie's 3rd Birthday Bash!

I'm almost a month late on this, but for those of you who know what we've been up to, you'd understand! Gracie turned the big 3 on June 18th. I can't believe my baby is already 3! Gracie had a wonderful year! She is speaking much better (in more complete sentences), about 85% potty trained and really becoming her own person. We had a nice birthday party for our little princess. Below are some pictures from this wonderful event!

We had Fancy Nancy join us!

Gracie and her buddy Finn

Our beautiful butterfly!

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

The Happiest Place on Earth

Yes, we finally made it to Disneyland! With us moving to Northern California, I feel like I need to squeeze as much of So Cal in as I can. So Gracie and I made the journey to Anaheim and faced Disneyland head on! We really had a great time (although we did miss daddy and Emily!) Gracie did a fantastic job and held up great. We went on a few rides and most important met some characters. I haven't been here in about 13 or so years and things have changed. They have an area where they have princesses that you can meet and take pictures with. I thought this might be a 15, maybe 20 minute line. Oh no! It was the slowest moving line ever! It took us at least an hour and 15 minutes to get through. But oh my, it was so worth it! Gracie is so into princesses right now and she absolutely LOVED meeting some of them! We got to meet Cinderella, Jazmine and Belle. Belle was really sweet and talked to Gracie for a few minutes before taking pictures. It was really great! Below are some pictures from our fun filled day!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

The Next Betty Crocker

Ever since Gracie has gotten a little older I try to cook or bake something together every so often. I really enjoy it and I think she does too. Although, her interpretation of "cooking" is licking the spoon and bowl! Which is fine because that means it's less for me! I hope to some day get matching aprons for me and my girls (hint hint to anyone reading this! haha!) Here are a couple more pictures from our apple turnovers!

And what was Emily doing during this time???

Friday, May 7, 2010

The Next Big Step!

About one month ago we started the next big thing in parenthood.... POTTY TRAINING! Gracie began by potty training her dolly (Charlie, named after her cousin!). When Charlie had mastered this skill we moved onto Gracie. We are so very proud of Gracie! She did such a good job! Her first accident wasn't until 4 days after the original training. At this point she hasn't had an accident in almost 3 weeks! We're still having issues going poo-poo in the potty, but that will come soon enough! Way to go Gracie, we're so proud of you!!