Bubbles and Beaches

Happy half-birthday to me! I finally hit the 2.5 year old mark. I'm so big. The month of June was filled with days upon days of rain and cold weather, so we snuck in all the outdoor fun times whenever we could. I am saying really complicated sentences now, but sometimes I get all the words really mixed up. The other day, I wanted to know what everybody's favorite candy is, so I asked "What your favorite candy is you like." I always wanna know who's gonna be where, "Is momma go be dere? Is daddy go be dere? Is Kaya go be dere, etc" and I go through every single person I know. I'm getting some attitude, as frequent phrases around my house are "No! I don't want to. Not right now! Soon! Do it self!" I love, love reading my nighttime books and my favorites are Green Eggs and Ham and Cat and the Hat. I know almost every word by heart.

I love my Daddy! I also love cake, so I wanted to make a blue cake for daddy on Father's Day. Mommy didn't know how to make a blue cake, or have any food coloring, so I settled for some carrot cake with blue icing. Yummy!

We celebrated the fourth of July with a visit from Mimi and Papaw.

Mimi celebrated the big 60 birthday. We sang to her over and over and bought her a really big cake!

Mimi and Papaw brought me a bubble gun. I LOVE bubbles so this was right up my alley. I wanted to play this all day every day.

Look! I made bubbles myself.

We took Mimi and Papaw to the Rainforest Cafe again to eat with the gorillas and elephants. There is a big gorilla behind me, but I'm not scared!

Nana and Papa Bolton sent me a bubble machine a while back, so we broke it out again in the back yard. Did I mention how much I love bubbles?

Daddy also was trying to teach me how to play baseball.

I was better at chasing and hitting daddy than I was at hitting the ball.

Daddy had to work the fourth of July and it was one of the few pretty days we'd had in a while, so Mimi, Papaw, and Mommy took an impromptu trip to the Singing Beach at Manchester by the Sea, site of our beach trip about a year ago. We drove up there, nearly all the way, but were stopped by the town parade and couldn't get to a closer parking spot. Determined as we were, we walked the entire 2.5 miles remaining to the beach. Of course, I refused to walk, so Mommy carried me. Boy we were glad to see that beach. Papaw didn't see the sign that said the water temperature was 55-61 degrees, and he ran right for it. So did I. Boy it was cold!

I am a huge fan of the beach! I love the sand as much as the water.

I always love to pretend to cook a variety of food in my oven (oben), and I even found a pretend oven at the beach to prepare some sandy yummy foods for Mommy.

I'm not sure why I do this.

But it makes a funny and gross picture!

Another day when Daddy was at work, Mimi, Papaw and Mommy braved a rainy day and headed out to the zoo. Look, I'm a chicken.

I love riding the carousel (carouself). I picked out a fast bunny rabbit to ride with Mommy. I yelled "Hi!!!" every time I passed Mimi and Papaw.

I'm really not afraid of gorillas anymore. Look at us!

Hello gorilla!

Standing under this ostrich, I exclaimed "That birdie poopin' on your head Mommy!"

More poop on Mimi and Papaw's heads.

We were sad to see Mimi and Papaw go back on their airplane. This month, we went to see the Tall Ships come into the Boston Harbor, but I was not on my best behavior, so the pictures were bad. We also had some CHOP parties with friends who recently moved up here from Philly. We hope the weather stays sunny and that everyone is well!