Sweet Kiss

Riley had missed her friend, Blake as you can see from the picture. Blake had gone to visit family in Florida and was gone for 3 weeks, so needless to say Riley was missing him tons. We went to a story time at Pottery Barn and met Holly and Blake. When we got ready to leave, Riley laid a big one on him, which is not the first time. While of course we think it is so cute right now, that might come back to haunt us one day. She is pretty sweet on the boys.

Hot stuff in her new boots!

So I am in the bathroom getting ready and I hear this clank, clank, clank. Of course I am thinking what on earth is Riley doing. Her she comes around the corner into the bathroom in her cool boots and PJ's. She had gotten into her closet and gotten her boots of the shelf by herself. I was most impressed that she was able to get them on herself. I don't think they were on the right feet, but what can you ask for from a 2 year old. She did not want to take them off!

Fire Station Tour!

The whole gang!

Our adventure turned in to just that today. We were suppose to go to the fire station with the Durham Mother's Club today for a tour. We invited our friends Emma and Riley along. When I pulled into the parking lot, I thought it was funny that I didn't see very many cars, as there was suppose to be like 20+ moms there today. Needless to say, we were at the wrong fire station. Who knew there were 3 stations on the same road. Luck was running our way though today, as the fireman said he would be willing to give us our own private tour. We were not the only ones to show up at the wrong station, but all the other mom's went on to the right one as they were meeting other people. I would say all in all it worked out in our best interest. We didn't have to wait in line to get on the truck and we got to see everything up close. The girls really seemed to like it, until one of them had to leave and the noise was a little loud.


Riely Kay

Riley Rae

Emma Sue


They even found the pool table and got to throw some balls around!

Who knew pulling weeds could be so much fun!

Who ever knew that pulling weeds could be so much fun to a 2 year old. Needless to say you can see from the pictures that our front bed needs way more help than just pulling weeds. But, we have to start somewhere so Riley and daddy got to it tonight. She loves getting involved with anything that Leon is doing. Of course you all know that he thinks that she is sooooo much help, HA! She was having fun throwing the weeds and hit Leon in the head with one. He said he had dirt all over him by the time they got done.

Gotta love the MIZZOU outfit. Had to get a picture of her butt with "Missouri" on it.

Another day at the Museum

We have been busy this summer with going to the museum. Riley loves it so much, that I think she is on a name to name basis with the animals. I would have to say that her favorite is the donkey. When she knows that we are going to the museum she talks non stop about all of the animals in the barnyard. We have a playgroup that meets once a month on Saturday and this month it was my turn to host. It was a small crowd due to lots of people traveling, so we decided to hit the museum. It was lots of fun and they had a blast on the train.

She's a FISH!

Ava going down the slide ~ by the end of the day she was a pro!

Monkey see ~ Monkey do!



Riley's love for the water just continues to grow! She is getting so brave, now that she loves the life jacket and can swim on her own. Friday we went swimming with Luke and Ava and she of course loved that. She loves hanging out with the "older" kids and thinks she is just one of them. She is all into being in the deep now and does not want you to help her at all. She is becoming very independent. It was a big day for Ava. She went down the slide for the first time all by herself and loved it. I think she must have gone down that slide at least 20 times in an hour. I was tired just watching her climb the stairs each time. Riley has the biggest crush on Luke and loves hanging out with him. He is very sweet to her and played with her in the shallow water, which made Riley's day. It was monkey see ~ monkey do! She would try to do everything Luke did and it was so cute. She was even trying to help Luke and I got the cutest picture of her lifting his head up.

Catch the Reading Bug

This week we went to the library in downtown Durham and got to see a really neat play. This was Riley's first play and she did great. Our friends, Emma and Riley went with us and I think they all loved it. The story line was about a Caterpillar who was heading off to school and had some experiences with some not so nice bugs. Riley loved the lady bug and the butterfly. The Roche was the mean bug and he was pretty funny.

After the play we went and had lunch with Leon and it of course made his day to get to see Riley.