Fun in the sun

Today was neither too hot, nor too smokey, so the girls and I spent some time outdoors. In fact, here is a photograph of Amelia and Diana modeling their new bathing suits.

Early in the morning, around eight a.m., I had the girls dressed and in the red wagon for a trip to Starbucks. Amelia kept insisting that she had no interest in Starbucks and that she just wanted to stop by the playground that lies between us and our coffee. Nonetheless, I managed to get the girls to the coffee shop where, despite the fact that they had sworn that they didn't want a thing, they asked for chocolate milk and a donut (that we split three ways).

The girls enjoyed the park very much, but Amelia insisted on playing at the nearby elementary school playground. I had told her, in the past, that playground was part of the school and not open for us to play in. Amelia said that since she was four yesterday, she was five today, and would soon be going to school anyway. I explained to her that she was still four and wouldn't be in school for another year to which she replied, "Yeah, but I can pretend to be five." I thought that was pretty clever thinking on her part. She loved the elementary school playground.

Lisa

By the way, welcome to July. Diana knows her birthday is just around the corner, and was singing "Happy Birthday to me!" while sitting on my lap this afternoon. Not much could be cuter than a two-year-old singing, "Happy Birthday."