Around the House

Kelly and Grampa

Alyssa and her bib that she puts on herself while she's playing... she also play eats with Kelly's kitchen utensils, but the bib generally goes on at different times.

Alyssa wearing the apron that she was trying to put on herself with limited success.  Daddy finally helped her.

Belated Blogging

We've been very busy around here lately, without many pictures or blog posts. Here are a bunch of photos from earlier this month...

Scrunchy Face

Alyssa has started expounding on her smile with a scrunched up face. Daddy caught it on camera a couple times the other day... It cracks me up when she does it. Kinda ridiculous!

Alyssa and the Doll

Alyssa seems to enjoy playing with one of Kelly's dolls. Here she is showing off her mommy skills...

...helping the baby play the piano...

...and just being cute.

Party at the Park

Our neighbor April threw a party to celebrate her birthday.  We enjoyed some delicious food and a beautiful day at the park.

Bloom Car

I love these shopping cart cars. :) The one at Bloom is more parent friendly because it isn't 10 feet long.

Kelly's New Do

Kelly got a trim to even out the uneven pieces from when we did the big cut a couple months ago. It was her first haircut that included a shampoo and blowdry! She's getting so grown up!

Hiking in the Park

On the 4th of July we went hiking in Prince William Forest Park with our friends Staci, Danny, Anthony, Evan, and Audrey. 

Kelly was a champ and did the entire hike on her own, even running with the boys for part of the way. 

The destination was a stream that runs through the park. 

Staci, Audrey, Alyssa, and I sat on a blanket.

You wouldn't know it by looking at them, but Audrey is only 8 weeks old to Alyssa's 10 months!

Holding hands.

Alyssa was a little bit apprehensive about the whole experience.

Meanwhile, Danny and the boys played in the water...

and Kelly watched because she didn't want to get her hands dirty. She did give me some good hugs though, and I wasn't complaining about her clean hands :).

"King Kelly"

Whenever Kelly plays, she is the king. I try not to make any assumptions. She's cute regardless!

The Third of July

On the third of July we went to an Independence Day parade in our town. We made it to the festivities a little bit late, but the girls didn't mind.

Kelly loved "waving bye" to the people on the fire truck (including Sparky the fire dog).

Enjoying the festivities.  It was pretty easy to get a great spot to watch, probably because people didn't realize the parade was a day before the holiday this year.

Alyssa and me.