Sunday, July 17, 2011

Pool Time




Last summer, Nana was living in the apartment complex next door to us. Her apartment complex had a very nice pool.....and we took full advantage over the summer. This year - since Nana's gone - we decided to bite the bullet and join a pool nearby the house. Its been a good investment, because Katie loves going.



The place we joined has a nice sized Kiddie Pool - which I thought would be perfect. Unfortunately, Katie rarely plays in it. She always says "Get in big pool, mommy. Get in big pool!" Either way, its been so much fun for our whole family. Matt and I have enjoyed it probably as much as Katie has.


My mom says I was a complete dare devil at Katie's age. I would get a running start and jump into the pool. Katie's not quite that adventurous......she's a much more cautious personality than her mama. She will jump in, but it requires alot of encouragement and I have to be right there holding her.


Another funny little story......Yesterday while we were at the pool, the sun went behind the clouds. Right after it did, Katie looked at me and asked me to turn the lights back on. :-) Really wish I would have gotten that on video.



Monday, July 11, 2011

ABC's - Katie Style

Katie LOVES music, singing, and dancing. Now that her vocabulary is growing, she is making attempts at singing familar songs (i.e. Twinkle Twinkle Little Start, Wheels on The Bus). However, her vocabulary isn't quite to the point that she can sing the whole song. Its actually pretty cute to hear what she comes up with along the way. I got this video of her the other day singing her ABC's.....or at least part of her ABC's.

You may notice Katie's whining request to "watch it." She's referring to watching herself sing her ABC's on the camera. She's a fan of watching her own home videos! :-)


Saturday, July 2, 2011

Freedom Festival

July 4th is in full swing in Richmond. We normally travel over July 4th....either to Matt's family's river house or home to Patrick County. Unfortunately, I'm working most of the weekend on a server migration (NY to VA).....so we are staying in RIC this year.







The good news...there are a TON of July 4th events to keep us busy. Last night we attended the Freedom Festival by Genworth Financial. A few pictures from the evening....