Happy Birthday Tia KT

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you -

You look like a monkey, but we st-ill LOVE you.

March 4: Smokey Mts Part 2

Mari is ready to swim (all except her swimsuit and some inflation)

Mari and Grandpa at the restaurant

KT and Julie LOVE Black Bear Jamboree!!

Calli and Grandma

It's hard to eat corn on the cob and hold Baby Jaguar!

Tia KT scores big with the pudding!

The wonder toy!!

More Hiking - the girls are starting to like it!

The "whole" family!

Tia Julie and Calli - peeking through a tree!

March 1: Smokey Mountains

Driving down to Tennesse - one of our stops to play at McDonald's Playland!!

Playing at "Tia Julie's Park".

Calli's favorite toy at Tia Julie's Park - the unicyle-go-round!

Hiking - Day 1: Mari is not happy to have Tia KT carrying her :(

The Hiking was amazing!

Calli and Mamma

Uncle Shad teaches Calli what moss is, and how it feels.
Tia Julie and Calli make muffins!

Reading with Tia Julie

Reading with Uncle Shad

Mac Attack!

So Tia KT is a Mac girl - but I still love her. Look at those cool pics she took with her laptop and Mac photo program. FYI - another way to get Calli to smile is when she can see herself. But Mari doesn't think the whole thing is too thrilling.

Whatever it takes

If you've followed this blog very long - you know that it can be hard to get good pictures of Calli smiling. She doesn't like to look at the camera - or hold still - or smile for her picture. So how did this great picture come about?? See below . . .


Thanks for the silly face, Grandpa!

Another good picture (well, good of Calli at least), see below . . .


Thanks Tia KT!

Swimming

Another perk of a "vacation hotel" is the pool. Calli and Dadda spent at least an hour there this morning.
With the assistance of her floaties, Calli quickly started "swimming" on her own. Look at the distance between her and Rich in this picture as compared to the first one.


Tia KT chose to stick to the "warm pool". LOL!

Vacation Hotel

In honor of Fathers' Day (and the outlet malls) we planned a family excursion to Michigan City, IN this weekend. We planned to shop, stay in a rental home, visit the beach, spend the night, and have a leisurely morning with the girls' Grandparents and Tia KT.

Unfortunately, the house, in addition to being too small for our 7 person group, had a very strong odor and we had to make other arrangements. Oh, how Calli cried. She was SO looking forward to the "vacation house". So Rich had to explain how the vacation house was too small, but we would look for a "vacation hotel" instead.

Some fun things to do in hotels:

Play peek-a-boo in the cupboards!




Play with Daddy on the King-sized bed!

Long Weekend in Michigan

We went to Zeeland/Holland to spend the holiday weekend with friends and family. Hopefully, I'll have some pictures later. But here are the best quotes from the weekend.

Calli goes downstairs to check on Tia KT who isn't feeling well. Calli comes back and reports "Tia KT has a stomach, like the caterpillar". Translation: Tia KT has a stomachache, like "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" in the story who eats too much.

Calli, Mari, Grandma, Grandpa and I are eating breakfast together. Out of nowhere, Calli turns to Grandpa and asks "Grandpa, where did all you hair go?" LOL!