New Friend

Lola wanted to get a new cat so we let her spend her birthday money to get this cat- that is as close to a real cat as she can have at our apt. She loves it, “Jasper’s” eyes move and he meows and purrs..  The day was spent with cleaning up the cars, changing out the fish water, some shopping and swimming. The boys went out to see Knight&Day later with Dad.

Toystory 3

Did we mention that Lola went to see the new Toy Story3? She enjoyed it and so did mom and dad. She’s been playing with her Jessie doll too now. We just hung out at the house today and played and played. It’s still hard to believe that our girl is 4.ps- thanks Granny for the sweet blue dress.:)

Hiking with the bubbas and ice cream to top off the day

Hiking sounded like a good idea and we were wanting to try that Guy Fieri restaurant in Santa Rosa. So we headed north to hike and have dinner.We went to Annadel state park to do a little 1.5 mile hike up to see a little pond.  http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=480 It was the perfect distance to do with a four year old. Lola loved seeing all of the lizards. We must have seen 30 of those little guys. And she kept trying to catch them. There were also these huge dandelion looking things that she blew. We saw a rabbit to in the tall grass where Lola said, “there might be tigers in this tall grass.” We assured her there weren’t any, but she wanted to ride on Daddy’s shoulders just in case. The pond was very peaceful. It’s hard to believe that there’s a huge city outside when there was only the 5 of us hiking on the trail. We only passed a pair riding mt bikes. On the way out of the hike we saw a nice sized deer. That was kind of a treat. We headed over to Johnny Garlic to eat. It was not anything to brag about, but at least we’ve checked it off our list. We decided to go back via the Golden Gate Bridge. We caught the sunset just at dusk. It was so beautiful, not very much fog. Then we headed over to Ghiradelli to have our chocolate fix. Nice way to end our day.

Quick trip to the children’s museum

We went over to the children’s museum to listen to the live lunch time band. The girls had a great time exploring and we were able to meet up with some of our friends from dance. I sure had a fun time watching them be curious and dance when we went out to see the band.

4yr check up

Wanting to check out her new pottery toy from Grammy, Lola ate her breakfast. She made a cute little vase and then set it outside to dry. Her and Kiku played with all the new birthday toys after that. Lola pretended to take a nap and Kiku was curious to watch her pretend.  Our four year old had her yearly checkup. Lola weighed in at 34lbs and was 41inches tall. She had two shots. Brave little cookie.  Then Lola had some lunch. Lola is very into numbers lately. She was measuring her new lizard to see how long it was. After watching a little movie lola fell asleep too. I’m sure it was from her shots. After she woke up the girls had popscicles on the couch. Then we all headed to the pool for some sunshine.

The brothers package came in the mail so Lola opened to find a colorado pillow and very sweet little turtle necklace. Then  she went swimming with her brothers.

Sunshine and summer

Scootering to the park is Lola’s new goal. She’s actually pretty good for only having a scooter for a couple of days. The girls played in the sand and swings. Lola took her new lizard to the park too. The boys took Lola to the library and she showed them around. After lunch Eric played a little guitar for the girls. Kiku was a little nervous at first then she warmed up when she could play the guitar too. Later, Lola opened up her present from Aunt GiGi and Uncle Brian. She of course loved the new dresses and her new book.

Getting the Boat Ready

Lola slept in for church since she was up late partying her 4th birthday all the night. So after the Doll woke up she helped the bubbas scrub up the jet ski. Later we hung out at the pool. Lola is very fond of her new swim suit from her girl friend Brooklyn. For dinner the boys whipped up some homemade pizza.

Birthday Dinner Party

After opening a few presents we headed down to Kincaids to have dinner with Grammy. We were hoping that she would take a nap in the car, but she was so wound up from the afternoon fun that she gabbed all the way to San Mateo. After we ate we came home to open the rest of her presents. Then we took her new scooter out for a test drive down to the cold stone for a dessert. Do you think she was ready for bed at 10? NOO… she was ready to watch her new Fievel movie we had to order off Amazon. She watched her movie and didn’t go to bed until at least 11.- what a birthday! We love you girl.

Lola’s 4th Birthday!

Fun times. We had a pool full of kids. Lola had so much fun swimming she wouldn’t get out of the pool to do the games:) The kids liked making the ocean collage and the ocean bingo game I made. The cupcakes and cake were a delicious success, the kids really loved the fish candy toppers I made. (Even if they were a little melted from the sun. ) Lola swam and swam. All the kids loved the fish water squirters. Happy 4th Birthday Lola Doll!

One day until birthday!!! Let the preparations begin!

Lola helped me bake her cake for her party. She’s excited to being turning four. Recently she told me that “I know you want me to be your little girl, but I have to grow up mom.” We had so much to get done today. I had to make the candy toppers for the cupcakes, make the gift bags, go to costco for the food, & wrap her presents. Luckily, the boys made it to town to help because Daddy was not feeling well. We were up til 1 in the morning packing up the gift bags. Left to do On the morning of her birthday we whipped up a cute little fievel table for the kids to sit at and put the finishing touches on the Fievel Ocean cake, filled the water squirter party favors and cut up all the fruit and made a sandwich tray.