Paintings

One of the best parts of the museum was all of the art stations that they had. Riley had so much fun painting. As you can see in the pictures she only used her brush for the first half of the project. It soon became a finger painting. After she got her hands all messy she didn't think that was all that cool and wanted her hands clean. I don't know if that is just a girl thing or what, but she really doesn't like to have her hands dirty.

Children's Museum of Richmond

Last week we went to Richmond with our friends the Hamm's. We had a great time and went to a children's museum that was great. It had so many things for little ones. Some of Riley's favorites were the water table, pretend cave, painting and dinosaurs. At first she was a little scared of the dinosaurs, but she thought it was pretty fun to ride them.

New Bike

Riley got a new bike a couple of weeks ago and she seems to be loving it. She hasn't quite gotten the whole pedal thing down, but she is working on it. It is great that it has a push bar on it, so we can help her out while she is learning without breaking our backs. It is amazing how far bikes have come since we were kids. I feel like I sound like my parents saying that, but it is so true.

Swimming with Daddy

Riley has so much fun spending time with her daddy. They seem to have lots of fun together at the pool. She has gotten so brave this summer with her life jacket on that she really doesn't want much help at all. She loves to climb on Leon and have him do "Blast Off".

Riley and Reilly

We are learning that we thought we picked a unique name and everyone we meet at least knows a Riley. I got a chance to babysit for a new family and they have a little girl named Reilly who is 5. She is so adorable and played so great with my Riley. Of course Riley was so excited to get to play with other kids. They also had twin boys, and she thought they were pretty cool too. The girls were really into playing dress up and with their babies.

Chipwich

We had dinner with the Miller's and Ann exposed us to a new word, "Chipwich" She was so shocked that we didn't know what it was. Well, once she pulled them out, I was like yes I know what that is, my grandmother used to make them all the time for us. It was what I would call an icecream sandwich, but have learned that is not what they are called. It is chocolate chip cookies with ice cream in the middle. And, yes they were delicious. We had pizza and then the girls played outside and had a great time while we had our CHIPWICH! I love it and can't wait to continue with the name in our house and start a tradition that my grandmother had with me, but with a new and fun name.

Day with Ava and Luke

Last week we got to spend a day with Ava and Luke and which made Riley's day. She loves spending time with older kids and is Luke's little shadow when he is around. Luke got to go swimming with a friend, so Ava and Riley and I headed out for an adventure. We went to a story time, then had lunch at Chick-fil-a which is such a big thing to Riley. She knows that she can turn in her toy for ice cream, which she loves. And she also knows that there is a play space there which is a big treat to a 2 year old. Riley and Ava where into Riding bikes and of course Riley wanted to do everything that Ava was doing even though she wasn't big enough.

That night we got to go and watch Luke play tennis and went out to dinner and ice cream. So yes, the girls had ice cream twice that day. It is summer time, what bigger highlight is there than getting ice cream!