OBX

Here are some of my favorite candid shots from OBX. We really had a wonderful time and I will eventually come back to caption them, I promise!

Dinner by Chef Claire!

Tonight, our darling daughter made us dinner!! Supervised OF COURSE ;-) She helped with every step from beginning to end and LOVED it! Her Baked Ziti was SCRUMPTIOUS!!

Prepping the ingredients!

Spreading the sauce.

Adding some cheese :-)

The cheese was her favorite part :-)

Her finished product.

She did a WONDERFUL job!

Tasting her masterpiece!

YUMMY!

More PLAYDATES!

I realize the updates have not been, well frequent....its amazing how free time seems to disappear even when you are playing at being a stay at home mom... Anyway, even in the midst of our "busy" schedule we have been keeping Claire entertained with plenty of playdates!! Here are just a few. I promise there will be some OBX pictures soon but I took over 600 pictures so weeding them down is kinda tough. See FB for most of my favorites :-)

Emma and Claire relaxing at the pool.

A super game(that lasted all of 5 seconds) of hockey with Nick.

Blowing Bubbles :-)

Chalk Art (Notice her chicken....we may have an artist in our midst)

Claire and Mason having a LONG overdue visit :-)

Relaxing in the midst of the mess they created.

Our architect. She will even tell you that when she is an architect that she will knock down building and build new ones.....like Walgreens or Target :-)

Proud of her masterpiece

She even used a "hammer" or a snowman's pipe....whichever :-)

Best Friends Forever :-)

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!!