Evie's 1st Week at Preschool

The first week was full of ups and downs and lot of crying, but there were definitely moments of pure joy - as captured in this photo taken by one of the teachers.

Cousin Max's WeddingFun

A special late night for Josie at Lisa's cousin's wedding... we had a fun time in the photo booth!

Taking Care of Speedy

Speedy enjoys checking out the veggie beds

Speedy, the Russian Tortoise in Josie's preschool class, needed a place to stay during the summer break. We signed up to tortoise-sit for a few days. He was a good house-guest, though he spent a lot of his time sleeping...

During supervised outside time, Speedy's favorite destination was under the bushes

Rainbow Star Magic!

Bay Area Discovery Museum

The Girls at Tilden Park

Camping at Sanborn County Park

Yee-haw!

The Artist

Josie continues to be very interested in doing artwork and craft projects. We're working on plans for a better outdoor painting area to make it easier to set-up when the mood strikes her. 

Favorite motifs are butterflies and rainbows (still), people with crowns and sometimes wings and antennae, ballrooms (indicated by draped curtains, I think). hearts with faces, birds, bees, flowers and grass, and people she knows.

This is a drawing she did (with a little Mommy collaboration), showing Josie marrying her friend Ziggy (their crowns have their initial on them - Josie's "j" is always backwards) and also marrying Twilight Unicorn (from My Little Pony). The tent-like curved lines are the "ballroom" she says. The unicorn is wearing a cape and a crown on top of her rainbow striped horn. She also has wings, so technically, she is a pegasus, right? The girls' dresses have long trains and flowers printed on them and they have large flowers in their hair.

Putting Evie to Bed

Josie loves to pretend to put Evie down for a nap and will read to her, or sing or rub her back (like they do at her preschool). Evie, of course, just loves the attention so she does whatever Josie says. Check out the end of this video where Josie is acting so sweet to her sister, but then covers up her mouth when she starts to talk too loudly... !