Charlotte History Museum

Today Jenna & I took Treyton and Ansley to the Charlotte Museum of History. They have a really neat exhibit "Toy Time". It is an interactive exhibit of giant-size folk toys. Ansley and Treyton were able to play with large-scale handcrafted wood versions of popular kinetic Folk Toys throughout history... It was really neat, and they had a great time! Plus it was free for them, so you can't get better then that :)

old version of the bopper (I would prefer this one over the annoying ball popper)

Hello Kitty

The above picture was from last week, we were in Target and I found these "Hello Kitty" sunglasses for Ansley. I thought it was hysterical how you had to try them on, you couldn't get the glasses off of the "Hello Kitty face", so your only option was to put the whole thing on. I couldn't believe she actually enjoyed wearing it :)

sporting our new shades

Happy Father's Day!

We want to wish Pop-Pop & Pop's a Happy Father's Day! We are sorry we can't be with you today to show you how much you mean to us, but please know we love you and are thinking about you.

And for Rob "daddy or dada",

Ansley and I hope you had a wonderful father's day. We love you very much and couldn't imagine our life without you. You are great father to Ansley, and I just love watching you play with her, teach her new things, read to her, and just being a GREAT dad. Ansley just adores you!Her eyes light up when you get home from work each day... Thank you for being the man/father that you are. We love you! For Father's Day, we just had a nice relaxing day. Rob just wanted to spend it with us... we went to church, Ansley took a nap afterwards, and then we headed to the park. Ansley had a great time at the park. Ansley has been in the best mood most lately, which has been great. She has such a silly personality and this afternoon she was the same way! Here are some pictures from this afternoon (the above picture is from today after church).

what a fun pool ...

Our friends, Jenna & Richard & Treyton, invited us to meet them out at the Pointe (a nice club a couple of towns over) to swim and have dinner. The Pointe has the best pool setup. They have 3 pools: one pool which was a zero-entry pool with waterslides, the baby pool which had lots of spray fountains, and then the third pool was a lap pool. We ofcourse enjoyed the zero-entry pool and the baby pool. Ansley had a BLAST! She loved being able to walk in and out of the pool without worrying about falling in. Unfortunately, our neighborhood pool doesn't have a baby pool so it is hard to just sit in the water with Ansley....

Thanks Jenna, Richard, and Treyton, we had a great time!

Here are some pictures Jenna took of Ansley & Treyton

Where's Ansley?

Oh, there she is, in her closet riding her rocking horse!!! This is where I found her the other day, I just died laughing :)

Goodbye Highchair

Well for now, we can say goodbye to the highchair, and hello booster seat. Ansley has become a not-so-good eater lately. She really has never been a good eater, she has her favorites, but is very hesitant on trying new foods (I wonder where she gets that from?) ... One day I wondered if she would eat better in a chair with the booster seat instead at the highchair. This didn't solve her eating problems but she definitely loves to be sitting at the table with us like a big girl! Needless to say, she doesn't want to have anything to do with her highchair anymore.... I guess we will see how long this lasts.

I had to use phone books to put under the booster seat so Ansley would be high enough to reach the table.... I knew they were good for something!

saying cheese with a mouth full of food

Trying to stay cool

Since it has been so hot here, in the high 90's, we have either been at the pool or have been playing in the sprinkler or with our water table. We are definitely ready for it to cool down some.

helping me water my flowers :)

chalk time!