Parks, Playdates and Parties!

It's been a great week!  We spent the weekend playing outside, visiting our old playground and bouncing around at a friend's birthday party.  Our week was filled with playdates and lots of celebrating!  Daddy turned 33 this week and Bug turns 3 tomorrow (how did that happen?!!)

Lulu's crazy post-bath hair!

Happy to be back on her old stomping grounds!

Hanging around!

She loved the slide!

And so did Daddy!

Doug and his Bug. 

Swinging "like a big girl!"

She loves getting pushed by Daddy!

"Look!  Airplane!"

Look how high she climbed!

Putting on her "Hailey show."  Singing her one hit wonder, "Twinkle twinkle little star."

Daddy and Lulu, watching the Hailey show. 

She spent a good 10 minutes chasing this bird around the park!

Bug and Lulu, outside their first house.  Still makes me sad. 

Enjoying some Chick Fil A after lots of park playing. 

I think she liked the icecream!

Sliding down the bouncy house slide with Daddy and her friend Keith's birthday party. 

She sure likes to climb!

Dominating the baby section!

Time for pizza!

Lulu loved the balloons!

Bug loved the worm cupcakes!

Playing with her friend Virginia. 

Posing in her (very large) St. Stephen's shirt. 

Sweet hugs after a fun playdate with her classmate (and neighbor!) Owen!

On her way to wake Daddy up on his birthday!

She was on a mission!

"Daddy!  Time to wake up!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

Waiting for Daddy to come downstairs to see what she made for his birthday.  (A handprint picture frame, lots of cards and a very large flower cupcake-she picked it out!)

Singing "Happy Birthday."  Could Lulu be any more mesmerized by that ginormous cupcake?!

Lulu, posing with the birthday boy. 

Checking each other out. 

Crazy girls!

Hugs. 

Tickles!

Playing with Maddie.

Raiding the candy jar!

The girls outside our Portland house. 

Bug was very proud of herself for pulling the toilet paper roll from the bathroom, down the stairs, to the kitchen and then back again!  I wasn't nearly as impressed. 

Mommy and Daddy, getting ready to celebrate Doug's 33rd over dinner and wine!

Gigi and Babu were on duty. 

Lulu loves her baby fishies.  And apparently also loves dumping them out!

And eating the bag. 

Bug's latest obsession is Squinkies.  She was very excited to get some for her birthday from her friend Owen!

Grandma and Grandpa got Bug a playhouse for her birthday!  Babu came over to help put it together (thank goodness!)  Fortunately, he had a "helper!"

Water table play quickly turned into...

"Pool" play.

Enjoying the finished product!

I think she likes it! 

Kisses for Babu. 

This was her fourth mini cupcake!  I guess they passed the taste test for preschool tomorrow!