Princesses and Goats

Charlie's wish when she blew out her candles was to go to Disneywand as she calls it. (She doesn't have the "l" sound yet.) Since it's summer for me now (HOOORRAAAYYY) we woke up and went to visit all the princesses of course. First, she wanted to see the princesses, dance with the princesses and listen to Cinderella tell her story. During the story the prince guy even tried the glass slipper on her foot. Wow! After a morning with the princesses we rode It's a Small World which she loved and acted like it was her first time on the ride. Who knows how many times she has actually riden it? She was asking me what everything was and singing along. Then, she wanted to eat lunch so we got some noodles at the chicken place. She even got a free pink Minnie balloon at the restaurant. I still can't figure that one out. After lunch she wanted to ride the Buzz Lightyear ride. She has been wanting to go to a farm lately so I took her over to where the reindeer live in the winter and they had the goats out today. I'm positive Charlie is going to get bit by a goat in the near future. She was telling the goats all about her dogs Smokey and Bandit as if they cared. When we left the Disneyland farm she proceeded to tell me "Mama, now can we go to the zoo?" As if spending the morning and afternoon at Disneyland was not enough!
Hugging the goat like she hugs her dogs. She was actually being very gentle.

She wanted the goat to see her when she was talking to him...see what I mean about getting bit! It is SO going to happen.

We had such a fun morning. This summer is going to be AMAZING!

Just for the record...Charlie also just got her first ear infection this week. The goat will probably have an ear infection next...

Daddy Where Are You?

Everyday Jimmy goes to work we are sure to call him MANY times. Charlie enjoys talking to him on the phone when he is gone. I think this helps her not miss him so much. Sometimes he is away for many days and I know she starts to wonder when he is going to come home. She always starts off her conversation with "Daddy, where are you?" and it always ends with a kiss. She tells him she is holding him and sometimes she drops the phone and tells him she dropped him. She points the phone to show him things (like he can see through the phone) and they always call eachother to say good night. The love connection between these two cannot be put into words!




The other day she missed him so much she started asking anyone and everyone if they knew her daddy. She would then begin to tell them he is a fireman, that he helps people and that he is at the fire station. To end the conversation she would always ask the person "Do you want to go see my daddy with me at the fire station?" On these particular days we are sure to go visit him so she can get her daddy fix! Thanks Jimmy for being an amazing daddy and for being a hero and helping the world!





Happy Father's Day!

Our Plans for the Summer

As a kid I always had the best summers. (THANKS MOM!) My mom would take us everywhere and do everything with us. I want Charlie to think summers are the best just like I used to think they were when I was little. I came along this article titled Savor the Last Drops of Summer in a magazine I was reading and found a list all the things I LOVED to do as a kid in it. So this summer (and every summer) I will be trying to accomplish as many as I can.

So here it is...All the things I plan to do with Charlie this summer:

Be one with nature
Get lost in an adventure

Hold my breath under water and smile

Build a sand castle

Learn to do a cartwheel

Pick wild flowers

Do the hula

Pet a caterpillar

Go on a scavenger hunt

Build something

Eat ice cream sandwiches

Float away

Catch a sunset

Swing the day away

Watch the waves roll in

Take the plunge

Connect with a creature

Taste something sweet

Feel the sand in your toes

Make like a bird

Visit the seashore

Ride a bike

Sleep in a tent

Listen for the ocean in a seashell

Have a picnic

Pick berries

Ride in a hammock

Plant a garden

Fly a kite

Blow dandelions

Catch fireflies
Run through a sprinkler

Play in the rain

Watch fireworks

Take in a baseball game

Throw a frisbee

Chalk up the sidewalk

Roast marshmallows

Jump off a diving board

Go on a hike

Make a fort

Find a rainbow

Stargaze

Play your heart out

Have a water balloon fight

Look for cloud formations

Take a nap on the lawn

Search for sea glass

Skip rocks

Play hide and seek

Dig for worms

Smell the flowers

Set up a lemonade stand

Go fishing

Put on a play

Cozy up to a fire

Run barefoot

Goof off in the park

Make mud pies

Blow bubbles

We'll see how many I get to before September gets here! Maybe I can capture each moment with a photo and make them into a digital book...that would be awesome!

Smashing of the Cake

There are two things Charlie wishes for when wishes need to be made. The first one is to always go to Disneyland and the second one is to eat chocolate cake. Now if you are a Little Bear fan you would know that this is what Little Bear always wishes for. So when it came to ordering cupcakes for her party I thought I should get her that chocolate cake she has been wishing for as well. At her party she really didn't want to ruin it. She ate some bites of frosting and let her friend Logan have a few bites as well, but that was it. So when we got home we let her GO FOR IT!

It sure is a good thing Charlie didn't understand the meaning of a "smash cake" at her party. Pump It Up would not have been happy with us!

Presents, Presents, Presents

Charlie was so excited to see all of her presents when she woke up from her nap. She wanted to open them all at the same. She was so happy to see so many princess toys!
She stopped to dress up in the new Rapunzel dress and play with Cinderella's horses and carriage.

Then she discovered another princess dress...off went the Rapunzel dress and on went the Belle dress. She accessorized it with pretty pink wings and some slippers from a pajamas set.

She received many princess books. She loves them all and amazingly there were no duplicates. There sure is a lot of princess items in the world today. She has spent any moment she can in her new princess chair.

Her favorite thing to do in the whole world is to play "dress up." Her life revolves around princesses (and Little Bear). Thank you very much everyone for all the wonderful presents that have already brought so many smiles. She has played with everything and even has to sleep with most of it every night.