Happy 4th Birthday, Reagan!!

Reagan turned 4 over the weekend.  She had a birthday party at school and we held her one at an indoor playground.  So super easy and very little work.  She had a great birthday weekend!!    Thankfully the new baby didn't interrupt any plans and she stayed content in my belly.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, REAGAN!!

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Summer and Coast Guard 2012

We had an action packed summer.  Unfortunately my camera skills took a backseat and I didn't take too many pictures (I blame the pregnancy).  So enjoy the pictures I did take.=)

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I found this rocket launcher - BIG hit even with Daddy

Unfortunately for Daddy the girls wouldn't let him do it

Waiting in line at the County Fair to ride the ponies

The only ride they would go on was the swings - they round about 6 times

As far as we got to the 4th of July parade - Reagan did NOT like Ronald McDonald who we ran into right before the parade route and she then refused to go any further.  She could have sucked it up because we parked really far away and we didn't bring the stroller.  UGH - you can tell Daddy wasn't very happy

Harper made the best of it though

Daddy got great seats at a Padres game - Reagan entertaining herself with the camera

Free bowling this summer - Harper very proud of her bowling skills

At the County Fair in Michigan - Reagan got to pet the snake with Aunt Michelle.  I had zero interest on getting too close.

Harper and her cousin McKenna rode tons of rides together.  Thankfully the power came back on otherwise we would have had too many unhappy and hot kids.

They found the splash park

They LOVED it

Reagan on the Trolley ride - it ended up putting her to sleep twice.  Once when I took her and another time when Daddy took her

Big cousin Carson and Harper at Kids Day

Afterwards getting ice cream cones

Reagan making silly faces for the camera

Harper ready for the Coast Guard Parade

Ready for the parade

Watching the parade

Harper being patriotic waving to all the floats

Reagan back at home after a long 3 weeks away

Hawaii

We finally made it to Hawaii.  We went to the Big Island and stayed at the Waikoloa area.  It was a very interesting island - black lava was everywhere.  We didn't get to the  east side of the island where it is more tropical.  We just stayed on the west side.  Long story but we stayed at time share condos (we do not own a time share) that the Hilton owns which means we were able to use the condos pool and the huge Hilton resort pools.  Both places had great kiddy pools and the resort had a sand area (plus dolphins and turtles).  We did ZERO sightseeing - I would have loved to see a volcano but having 2 kids with an abundant amount of energy we thought it would be a happier vacation if we just did what they wanted - SWIM.  I will go back to Hawaii and do the sightseeing one day.  It was a very relaxing trip and I actually read a book.  Wow that never happens.  I didn't take too many pictures b/c we did the same thing everyday and I didn't want to risk my camera getting wet so I don't have any pool shots.  I did buy a waterproof camera and haven't gotten those developed yet.

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Reagan sporting her sunglasses - upside down

Harper ready for some sun

watching the dolphins

 

Harper showing me the pretty flower

Reagan watching the koi

I was concerned for Harper going overboard

Harper chasing Reagan and pausing to say "hi"

Reagan caught Harper

Reagan ready to go out for dinner

Keeping up with the girls

The girls seem to have limitless energy or I am just losing energy. We had a busy couple of months.  I had to squeeze one more Legoland visit in before our membership expired, we went to Disneyland & then off we went to Hawaii.  Plus in between all of that I held my first garage sale.  I was surprised how much money I made - too bad it is already all gone.  It just burned a hole in my pocket.

I dragged Phil to a timeshare presentation over Thanksgiving weekend because I was offered tickets to Disneyland if I went.  It was a fiasco trying to get the tickets - it only took 6 months.  I think their ploy was to have people give up but not me.  I was a pain in their butt until they gave them to me.  We ended up going on Mother's Day and I thought it was perfect.  Very little wait time for the rides.  The longest we waited was 20 minutes and that was to see Pooh.  Unfortunately after the first 10 minutes of waiting Pooh needed a rest and they changed out characters and Tigger wasn't good enough for Reagan.  She only wanted to meet Pooh.  Harper enjoyed hugs from both Eeyore and Tigger while Reagan just help take pictures.  Obviously the Princesses were the big hit and we really luck out in waiting in line for them.  When we got in line and the Princess show started so everyone got out of line to go see that and we figured the girls would rather meet princesses than see them in a show so we stayed.  It was a painless day at Disneyland - YEAH!!

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We also made princess crowns

The girls met a turtle at Sea World

I LOVED Reagan's outfit she decided to wear. 

 

Making faces for the camera

Harper falls asleep in the most uncomfortable positions

Posing on the rhino at the Safari Park

Princess Harper

Reagan liked jumping on the bed at the hotel we stayed at for Disneyland

Harper decided to make a call on the hotel phone

 

They both won't look at the camera when meeting the characters

They seemed so scared to meet the princesses but they were super excited afterwards