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Disneyland. |
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We enjoyed one last visit to Disneyland before the summer crowds. Abby had a good time visiting her favorite honey pots. |
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Splash Mountain soaked! |
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Eloise was thrilled Splash Mt was open again. Through the magic of child-switch passes, she got to go twice. Which worked out well, because Dad said she didn't get wet enough the first time. |
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Minnie's House. |
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The girls love visiting the character houses in Toontown, especially Minnie's house. |
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Mickey Mouse |
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Abby adores Mickey Mouse. Our Disney tip of the month... if you want a nice visit with Mickey, try to be last in line just before Toontown closes for the fireworks. |
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Abby and Mickey. |
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I never did get a picute with Abby looking at me. She was 100% focused on Mickey. |
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Sleeping bridge |
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I can't even remeber when I had the back -muscle strength to sleep like this. |
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Backyard games |
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Eloise is learning how to play badminton this summer. Usually, we make her use the slide as a net. This day we were indulgent and set it up. |
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Summer sprinklers. |
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We have several fun kid sprinklers, but the favorite is the cheap sprinkler I bought to help water while we completed some post-tree-removal repairs. |
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First day of summer. |
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Here are the shrieking, giggly girls of summer. |
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Sweet Abby. |
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We take pictures like this so we can pretend she is not 100% crazy destructo-girl. |
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Sghetti! |
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Abby has developed a love for all things tomato sauce. She will eat ketchup with a spoon, and now enjoys sauce on her spaghetti. We never got pictures like this with Eloise. She was much older before she liked any tomato product. |
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Beach day! |
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We enjoyed a family trip to the beach. It was lovely weather, just warm enough that the water was pleasant, but not at all hot. Abby worked on burying her legs with sand. |
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Fun out of the surf. |
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Abby's next favorite activity was sifting through the shell fragments on the beach. |
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In the waves. |
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While Abby played in the sand, Eloise headed straight for the water. |
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Sand castle. |
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Abby was impressed when the waves came up to our sand castle. |
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Picnic break. |
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We visited the Laguna Beach area this trip, and stopped at a couple different beaches. We had a nice picnic break in between. |
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Fun in the surf. |
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We visited our second beach just as high tide was peaking, and the waves were impressive. Eloise had a great time running from them as the breaked and dancing in them as they retreated. |
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Shoo waves! |
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Abby was wary of the big waves and stuck by Dad. She laughed as the waves came in and told them, "ha ha, waves, you can't catch me." |
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