Christmas

Toy Story on Ice

Been meaning to post this for a while...Caroline and I went to see Toy Story On Ice last month which she LOVED!! Here she is dancing along during the show.

And sitting with one of her best pals, carl.

It's Fall Y'all!

We've been trying to get out and enjoy the nice fall weather as much as possible the past few weeks.

We spent a weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's last month, and Caroline got to help Grandpa make her favorite breakfast that she always looks forward to at their house - blueberry pancakes. Last weekend she went back all by herself for some one on one time with them (and a chance for Mommy and Daddy to get some things done around our house.)
We welcomed our friend and neighbor's new baby, Zachary. Caroline loves him and can't keep her hands off of him any time he's around. She's going to be a BIG helper when her little sister arrives.

Wilmington's Riverfest was a couple of weeks ago, and they had a big area set up for the kids. Caroline sat still long enough for a clown to paint this butterfly on her face.

She rode a little train with Caitlin who had her whole face painted like a princess kitty.

And she enjoyed the inflatables. We had to wait in line a while to go on this inflatable slide and then she wanted to go again right away. After waiting in line the second time, she went up and took her time jumping around for a while before sliding down...guess she wanted to make it worth the waiting.

Yesterday we participated in a breast cancer awareness walk downtown and then went out to get some pumpkins and mums.

It was hard to get her to sit still for a picture. She immediately wanted to start picking up pumpkins and flowers for us to take home.

I think she was most proud of this tiny pumpkin she picked out. As soon as we got home she wanted to wash it so it would be clean, then played with it for a while before finally putting it on the porch with the others.

Our summer so far...

May - our first boat outing of the season, it started drizzling when we got the boat in the water but we decided to ride around a little at least. And we were so glad we did, we got to follow a group of 3 dolphins around the intracoastal for a while, it was great to see them so up close.
We started a Friday night cards tradition with some friends in the neighborhood. Caroline, Caitlin, and Samantha enjoy themselves while mommies and daddys have fun too.

We began June with what turned out to be a family trip to Camp Don Lee. This was our first time camping with Caroline and she enjoyed it.

Got to take her sailing for the first time.

Our attempt at a group shot of the 5 grandkids (no one knew at the time that #6 is on the way!)

Relaxing in the CDL pool (glorified pond.)

The whole family.

Travis' mom and step dad came down the week of Caroline's birthday. Doug along with some help from Travis built Caroline a swing set in time for her birthday party.

Grandma and Grandpa Grimes came down on Caroline's birthday and brought her birthday gift..a big girl bicycle. She's gotten very good at riding it now.

We had a princess and pirate themed birthday party at the house for her.

Couldn't get her to stop playing to come eat pizza, but she finally slowed down long enough for some birthday cake.

After cake everyone headed inside to open presents, Caroline's 2 best helpers were right by her side as ususal!

Caroline as Buzz Lightyear.

I visited her daycare for their July 4th parade. Caroline were her "Big Sister to be" shirt to announce that we're expecting #2. We surprised my family the next day at their local July 4th parade too where caroline shared the exiting new with them too.