Sisters...

How do people make it through life without a sister? ~Sara Corpening

I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.

~Author unknown, attributed to a 4-year-old named Lauren

The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend.

~Cali Rae Turner

Busch Gardens....

Whitney: We got to go to Busch Gardens this last week with Uncle Arlen and his family. I was even big enough to go on some of the rides. I really liked going on the "slow" rides. We even got to see some animals while we were there. Maren liked petting the Budweiser horse.

Solid Food....

Maren: In the last few weeks Mom has started to give me some solid foods. Some are better than others and some of just gross (peas and green beans- notice the face!) The other day Mom and Whitney were having ice cream cones and weren't sharing. However Mom made the mistake of getting hers to close to me while feeding me something nasty like green beans so I stole it from her. I liked that much better than anything else I've had so far. I sure let Mom know I wasn't happy when she took the ice cream cone away. It was good while it lasted!

Swimming...

It's starting to get quite warm and humid here so we've been talking Mom into taking us to the beach and pool a lot lately. Here's some pictures of us cooling off and building a sand castle.

Cowbell Challenge...

We went on a little road trip to Charlotte, NC this weekend. Dad and Mom were riding in a 12 hour mountain bike race and we got to be the pit crew. Mainly we just rolled around in the dirt and rocks all day and would cheer on Dad and Mom when they would come in. It was a hot and humid day but we still had fun and Dad and Mom did well in their race.

Little princesses...

Whitney: For my birthday I got a lot of fun dress-up clothes. I enjoy changing into new outfits all day long and much to mom's chagrin leaving the previous outfits strewn around the house. It's fun to pretend being a pretty princess or fairy. I also like to pretend to go in my magic pink and purple airplane to visit my friends.

Maren: I don't know about all this pretend stuff but I like to put on the pretty sparkly dresses. When Whitney leaves them on the floor close to me, I like to scoot over and dress myself up in them.

Happy Birthday to me!

Whitney: Well it's been a few weeks since the celebrations all happened but we finally have the pictures downloaded from the camera. I had a great time celebrating my third birthday! My Nana and Papa flew out from AZ to be here for a few days and I loved having them around. We also celebrated by having a play date in the park with some of my friends.