Lily attacks!

I think Kady lost another life tonight. Lily got her in such a strong hold that Kady just waited, without moving, until I came to her rescue. If you look at Lily's face you can almost see the growl she was making at the time. Lily is very interested in Kady and lunges to try to touch her. Poor Kady is so neglected that she'll put her life on the line just to get some attention:)

Houston pics

One more pic

I couldn't pass up putting this picture on the blog! Lily has 6 teeth now, but only 2 on the bottom.

More Galveston pictures

You can see Camille's sandcastle, complete with a moat. In the photo you can also see the storm coming in. We had to pack up when we started to see lightening. The reason there is so much debris on the beach is that it was storming before we got there, thus stirring up all the gunk in the water.

Lily couldn't say awake any longer.

Camille and Papa digging a hole in the sand.


Camille loved playing in the waves.

Galveston pictures

Lily had lots of fun on her first trip to the beach. True, Galveston is not the most beautiful beach, but the kids couldn't have had more fun. Lily first experienced playing in the sand. Unfortunately Lily also ate a little mud. In that first picture you can see my hand coming in to stop her taste testing but just a second too late. In the last picture you can see the remnants of Lily's mud pie.

cuties!

Lily loves to stand up! I help her to her feet and then she has a big time!

We went to Houston for the weekend and Galveston on Saturday. Camille was excited to try out the DVD player in Papa's new truck. Here you can see Camille enthralled in a Disney movie. She's wearing the headphones even though the sound was on for everyone to hear. She's holding a ball of yarn while Nana knits in the seat next to her. Camille requires Nana to ask, saying please, whenever she wants Camille to unroll some more yarn.

Pat-a-Cake

Lily and Mom playing pat-a-cake. We call Lily "fruit loop" these days because of these PJs.
Last night Lily and Camille had a great time shaking their baby teething rattles, which Camille insists is a bell. I got out Lily's for her to chew on and Camille wanted hers too. These are rattles given by their Smith great grandparents. It was so cute because Camille would start shaking and Lily would shake hers too.



Yesterday while Matt was not home Camille played independently outside in the sprinkler as I fed Lily inside. Here she is washing the window. She would repeatedly go to the sprinkler and get her hands wet and then come back over to the window.

Camille's got style!

3 year olds can have an interesting sense of style! Note the orange swimsuit coverup with the green hat, blue sunglasses, and silver flipflops. I think she looks adorable. I guess it's my fault because I'm responsible for buying all but the sunglasses.

Here's a photo capturing the reason Camille may be soon asking for a bigger bed. Yes, there in the bed with Camille are Sunshine Rabbit, Sterling Bear, Mr. Moose, Chicken-Duck (we can't decide what it is), Pinkie the pig, Goldie the dog, 4 lovie blankies, and Priscilla the doll complete with her bassinet and diaper bag.


Camille had fun on Grandpa's boat with Grandpa and Daddy, and then she had fun playing in the waterspouts. She apparently had several near misses with the surprise water spray up from the ground. The funny part is that Matt and Dad saw it all unfolding and Camille was oblivious, having a marvelous time.

Summer time fun

Camille is having a wonderful time playing outside since the weather has warmed up. Every evening I set up the sprinkler and Camille has a blast. She bought a squirt gun at the Dollar store and squirts everything she can find--the tree, the fence, the windows. It's harmless and lots of fun.


This photo doesn't capture it, but Camille has a black eye from falling into the bricks outside at school. Camille is always on the move and gets lots of boo boos.