California State Fair

I had not been to the California State Fair since I was 15 years old. Vickie was in town and Zach was working, so we took the girls on a weekday. There weren't many people there and we arrived when it opened, so everything was pretty calm and clean. The girls did great and it was a fun day.





In the van on the way to the fair, the girls said that they wanted to drive a pink car. Vickie assured them there would be a pink car for them to drive. "Vickie," I warned, "they will remember that. What if there is no pink car?"

"It's the fair! I'm sure there will be a pink car!" came the reply.

Touche.

Audrey

The girls are so in love with their cousin, "Baby Audrey." They love to see her and play with her, and who wouldn't? She is probably the cutest baby I've ever seen. Really.

Play Kitchen

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Originally uploaded by katiesgirls

My sister's Mother-in-law bought a wooden play kitchen at a garage sale. It is so cute, and I am so thankful that it lives at my house for the time being.

Sometimes the girls use it as a kitchen, but mostly it is just another fort/ hiding place/ climbing apparatus.

Constance is paci-free!

OK, so this actually happened awhile ago (38 days, but who's counting?) but I am so proud of my Constance, I must post the photos. At two and a half, I thought I'd have the paci gone by this point, but I have to admit that I was really the one holding things up. Of course, Constance was attached to it, but when we cut back the paci use to only nap time or bed time a little after her 2nd birthday, she was like a drug addict when she wanted it! We're talking hysterical screaming, thrashing around on the floor, throwing herself into walls. It was SO hard, I was not looking forward to doing it at night.

I decided to try the whole, "Baby Audrey needs the pacifiers now; we should give them to her," bit. I had read that it can work. So, after a day of really building it up, we packed them up in a special gold box with tissue paper and drove them over to baby Audrey.

Constance was so good about it, so proud of herself. It was adorable. There was one tough night, and one more night of whining, but thankfully no thrashing hysterics. Now we have two big girls! Good job, Constance!loading the box of pacifiers

In the car with the special box"Baby Audrey, I have pacis for you."What a big girl!

I should be packing...

... or cleaning, or I dunno, sleeping. Instead I am catching up on my blog. We leave Wednesday for another week in LA, and as I shot this photo of Constance and "Ketchup face" (Victoria) I noticed that my card was full. I need it empty if we're going on a trip! Lots more photos are coming for sure!

I really need to take some photos of my sister and brother-in-law's new house. Everyone has been super busy the last 2 weeks getting it ready for move-in. The boys laid hardwood, they got new carpet installed, and we all did a LOT of painting. My mom, dad and sister more than I, though I definitely put in my time. The girls are thrilled with "Baby Audrey's new house." They love to ride there in the wagon (only .8 miles!) and they adore the stairs!