Summer Playdates!

This week was a whirlwind. From a weekend away with our favorite family to returning home to not one but TWO play dates. First, we hung out with Aunt Chelle and Nick for a fun filled morning of pool time, playset, lunch and more pool time. The next day, we had Aunt Stacey and Emma over for some pool and playtime as well.

Claire LOVED the pool and promptly said:

"Mommy, maybe we can get a pool like Nick Nick!"

Pretending to sleep.

Caught her as she was about to say:

"MOMMY"

Climbing and sliding!

The duties of the day :-)

Swinging was on the schedule too!

Refueling for.....

More swinging :)

Baby Emma and Claire hanging out.

Dancing to the fresh beat band.

Claire suggested her "baby" pool cause "its good for baby Emma"

Such a CUTIE!

Emma after a ride down the slide.

Silly lady :P

Emma was DETERMINED to make it up the slide on her own!

She MADE it!!

Fourth of July with the Defreece Family :)

What a GREAT weekend! Even though earlier this week it was in jeopardy of being rescheduled due to a lil princess and a bout with strep throat. BUT through the miracle of antibiotics she recovered quite quickly and we only had to shave one day off of our visit.

I must say, Claire is quite the daredevil!! She LOVES rides. At first, we did not think it was going well. She looks so stoic on them but as soon as she gets off one, she was literally racing to the next line. There was only ONE ride, a roller coaster that she was not a fan of BUT to be fair it was a ROLLER COASTER!!

Bella and Claire playing dress up

On a tour of Chocolate World!

My baby is a Hershey Kiss!

Her first ride, a Balloon!

Waiting in line for the Starship.

She wasn't a total fan of this one as well.

She told her father that it went too fast.

Thankfully Daddy knew how to control the height!!

Unlike Derek and Devin who were WAY up HIGH!!

Bella and Dom getting ready for their space adventure.

That was one TASTY pretzel!

Merry Go Round!!

Dinosaur ride!

The "intro" coaster.

This one was a winner.

A leisurely ride on a train.

Car rides

Motorcycle Boys!

This Helicopter was also a WINNER in Claire's book!

They got pretty HIGH too!

Another rocket ship!

SWINGS!

Amusing themselves in line for the bumble bee ride.

Kiddie Log Flume.

We went on a MUCH BIGGER one later,

Claire LOVED both of them!

The boys after their ride!

The Pirate Ship!

Claire LOVED this one!!

Spinning Tea Cups!

Another HUGE hit :)

Chillin' with Daddy!

Waiting for the Reece's Ride

The fab four right before the un-liked roller coaster.

FIREWORKS!!

Unfortunately, poor Claire was SOOOO tired by this point that all she wanted to do was snuggle and fall asleep. But I will post the Hershey fireworks finale as well! It was GREAT!