Philly visit

We got to Ha dah buh gee's place on Tuesday afternoon.

We had dinner at a Korean restaurant called Gaya with some of his friends. It was just ok.
On Wednesday, we took a short trip to my old high school because I heard it was going to be torn down (it will be in a couple of years). Then a trip to a Korean grocery store where Laura picked up some treats for Zoe and Aaron.

Zoe gave this Polly Pocket's cruise ship to Laura.

That dog in the background is Walter. He's 3 years old and an old soul. Very sweet dog. After about an hour, Laura really liked the dogs (they have 2).

We played a little tennis.

Then Rita's!

On Thursday, we drove to Ocean City, NJ with my dad and his friends. Laura had a blast.

Korean people don't wear bathing suits and don't swim in the ocean.

I know, this is cheesy. Click on the photo and you can see Laura peeping through the sandal strap.

We took a stroll on the board walk and got some ice cream and boardwalk fries.

Friday, we went bowling with my dad and his friends. Laura had a great time bowling.

Then we had dinner with Jackson and his parents at their new home. Laura regresses when she's with Jackson.

On Saturday, we vegged out and didn't do much. Don't ask me what's going on in this picture. We left on Saturday night.

Thanks, Ha da buh gee for a terrific visit.

Visit

Here's the vampire photo of Laura eating cherries.

My friend came down for a quick visit before going to a conference in NH.

Cherries

I bought cherries for the first time this season and Laura went crazy for it. I had to stop her from eating the whole bag.
A little OCD.

I thought high heels were bad but this may be worse.

Colors of the rainbow

After her swimming lesson on Sunday, I noticed that she had a fever (I should have known since she was all clingy and did not do well in her class and kept shivering even though the water was warm (I know, I'm a bad mom)). Anyway, her dad stayed home with her today but had to go to a meeting at 11am so he dropped her off at my work for about an hour then he picked her back up and took her to her pediatrician (who found nothing). Probably just a virus.

Anyway, this morning, when I was checking her temperature, I looked in her ear and she had lodged a small pink bead in it. Ugh. I had to get some tools to get that out but essentially, she was pretending to put some earrings on her unpierced ears.

She must not be feeling that bad because she rode her bicycle around the block twice and then sang this little song just before bed.

July 4

During the day, Laura picked these yellow weeds, I mean, flowers for me from the lawn.

We went to Leila and her new brother, Alex's house for an informal bbq. Leila's almost 2 years younger than Laura and likes to say "Dah". She was entralled with Laura.

I took some photos of all the flowers in their yard. It makes me love summer.

Laura wanted to swim but it was too cold so she just dipped her feet in their pool.

They also have a mulberry tree in the back yard and we harvested a ton of berries that Laura gobbled up. Leila didn't care for them. They were yummy.

Then the girls had dinner together and a little bit of activity afterwards.

We got home in time to watch a little bit of the fireworks on tv.

Past week

Here are some random photos. I put Laura to bed last week and when I came in to check on her, I found her like this.
A couple of hours later, I found her like this.

Today was windy so we flew her kite. We're still waiting for Laura's Ymo to cut the grass.

I took her swimming, again. She really improves every time I take her. She can tread water by herself even though she looks like she's about to drown.

Sunday

We did the usual Sunday routine: 2hrs of tennis, Laura had her swim lesson, late lunch at Panera's.
Later that afternoon, Laura and I decided to walk to Sugar Bakery for some Woopie Pies. I called Thomas to see if he would like to join us for a walk with his dad. It was nice and sunny and in the 80's. Thomas was looking for some ants to eat.

When we got to the bakery, it was closed so we went to the ice cream place next door. As soon as we left, there was a downpour. We (Thomas' dad and I) kept dry under the T station platform. The kids, however, went crazy in the rain.

They were having a great time until Laura tripped and scraped her knee. Look at that face.

Thomas' mom picked us up.

Laura was asking Thomas to stop screaming. Why do boys scream so much?