"One duck stuck in the muck...."

I think Laine will just stick to the book version.

"Yummy, Yummy"

"Yummy, Yummy" and a big cheesy grin= a big pot of candy.

This trooper walked the entire time carrying her "yummy, yummy."

Seal Beach and Stitches

Seal Beach: Fun for about 20 minutes. Then Smith whacked Lainey with a smash ball racket, and it was off to an urgent care.

The only pictures were on my cell and were really nasty...but this was a week or so after and if it was not for the glue that the doctor got all over her forehead, it really would not look so bad.
We also had Addie and her parents come out to go to Disneyland. This was the only pic I have....but it was a blast and hopefully they'll come out more often.

Off to Cali

Laine says her goodbye's to Davis

Lainey and Raquelle eating one last S'more up at Eldorado Canyon

Laine and "Kookie" (Brooklyn)

What the?

After the tub last night, Laine successfully tried out the potty.
And then read some books with Dad and Smith.

Little Trooper

Geeps II

Lainey loves her Geeps, and now has another (my Uncle Terry) that she has become quite attached to.

Mmmm....Summer

Oma Time

We had a great time at the Zoo with Oma.  Thank you for spending the day with us.  It was such a treat!

Wipe Out!

Smith has been having a few horse lessons this week at Sue's.  It has been heaven for Lainey because there are DOGS there (I think four) and horses.  She runs around waving and saying "Hi" to them all.  Well, until....

And I think we'll wait until next year to try lessons of her own.  

Pics For Adam

Since Adam is out-of-town, I promised him some pictures.

Looking out the window to see if Dad is home yet. (Or to see if Mason is outside).

See you tomorrow!

Just One of the Big Kids

Annual Marshall Lake Campout

On Your Mark. Get Set. GO!

Smith and Lainey did a little racing down the 'hill' in our backyard this evening.

Smith nearly wet his pants, he was laughing so hard watching Lainey try to make it to the finish line without falling over.

Eldorado Springs

Our favorite haunt in the summer time is always Eldorado Canyon. We head up for s'mores and hikes with the Kirkman's as often as possible.

And She's Off

Lainey LOVES speeding away in her rocket. She's the only kid in our cul-de-sac that is not content to stay in the circle so, we have to watch her like a hawk. Here, she is trying to make her get-away.

She's Saucy

By calling Laine saucy, I don't mean to say that Laine is sassy or cheeky. What I mean is that Lainey really likes . . . sauce. Today we ate lunch at Rumbi's. I had fish tacos and rice with teriyaki sauce. Whitley ate a salad with creamy vinaigrette, and we shared chips and mango salsa. Laine basically just ate all of our sauces.

We made a little plate for Laine with rice, chicken and chips. Lainey picked up a chip, dipped it in the mango salsa and put the chip in her mouth. I watched her suck off the salsa, and then take the whole chip back out of her mouth. Next, she dipped the chip into Whitley's salad dressing and sucked the dressing off the chip. Laine continued sucking sauces off of chips for the next several minutes. At one point, she even had a chip in each hand, alternating sucking salad dressing and mango salsa from each chip.

Whitley soon tried to make her eat something by forcing a piece of chicken into her mouth. Laine reached down her throat--gagged a little bit--pulled out the chicken and held it in front of her face for inspection. When she saw there wasn't any sauce on it, she grunted, dipped the chicken into the closest sauce, and sucked the sauce off of the chicken.

I then took the chips away from her in an attempt to get her to eat something else, like maybe the rice. With her dipping implements gone, Laine ignored the rice and stuck her hand right into the salsa bowl. She pulled out a handful of tomato-red, dripping, oozing salsa. She leaned her head back, dangled her hand over her mouth and methodically sucked the salsa off each chubby finger.

By the end of lunch, Laine looked extremely satisfied with her lunch . . . and was in need of a clean shirt.

The Anatomy of a Sandwich, by Laine Romney

Lately, Laine has been dissecting sandwiches before she eats them. As far as I can tell, here are the steps:
1- Disassemble bread, cheese and deli meat.
2- Eat cheese, preferably by fitting all cheese into mouth at once.
3- Hold deli meat in the air and admire.
4- Bite the meat in the middle of the slice.
5- With deli meat still clenched in teeth, drop meat from hands to allow slice of meat to dangle from mouth.
6- Violently shake head from side-to-side.
7- Laugh.
8- Find area of clean carpet and drop meat from mouth.
9- Pick up bread and lick mayonnaise.
10- With index finger, poke holes in bread.

This Is Where Lainey Spends Most of Her Day. . . .

Lainey Pics

Finally , it's Summer!

A tad Narcoleptic?

We've been having so much fun playing, that I keep forgetting that Lainey still needs a nap! This is how she has fallen asleep for the last three days. Yesterday, she found her bink and blanks , grabbed my finger and led me to her crib. She then took a 31/2 hour nap! Sweet little thing.

She's actually getting bigger!