American Girl trip #2

Brooke had received some money for her birthday and was dying to buy her first American Girl doll. Knowing how indecisive she is, I had her go online the night before and pick one out. This really did not work out well. After an hour of browsing online, we narrowed it down to four dolls. 

After walking through the entire store for an hour, Brooke narrowed it down to McKenna and a doll that looked like Brooke. Then became the internal turmoil of having to choose. Now she was not asking for both, just very torn over which doll to choose. Soon she was in tears sobbing on the floor of the store.  Luckily, a very nice man who worked there came over and talked to Brooke about each of her choices and what the differences were, etc.  Then once she said what she chose, he quickly took the other doll away and out of her sight.  This man was good.  I am guessing she is not the first child to have a meltdown inside the store LOL! 

Here we are on the LIRR heading into the city. 

First subway ride!

Standing in front of the McKenna display

Here we are narrowed down to two dolls.  She sat here for a good 30 minutes trying to decide on her favorite.

Soon she was crying.  Devastated that she could not choose. 

Here she is!  Finally happy with McKenna out of the box!

Tea Collection's 10th anniversary!

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Happy 4th of July!!!

Happy 4th of July everyone!  We had a lazy day and then had a BBQ at the Burns' house.  The girls had two desserts so they thought it was the best night ever!

Trying to make silly faces. 

An attempt at a kiss. 

Silly faces finally!  They thought this was HILARIOUS.

Madeline of course kept her tongue out for the rest of the day practically.  We didn't see any fireworks this year but it was still a great day overall! 

Fathers Day gifts

Now that the gifts have been given, I can post this :). I took the girls to a local pottery place to choose something to make for Curtis. We got there before the store opened and they were so excited they were knocking on the door to get in! Brooke chose to paint a coffee mug and Madeline chose a piggy bank. They both had a blast and Madeline only ate the paint a few times....

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Dance pictures!

Here are Brooke's dance pictures for this year.  How did she get this old???? I think they turned out pretty well if I do say so myself!  She just loves dance and I hope she continues with it!

May Happenings

I can't believe May is almost over.  Time is flying!  Here are a few things we have done this May.

We went to the Merrick Fair this month.  The kids love it and we can walk to it so its an easy outing for everyone!

The kids loved the carousel of course!

We all went on the Ferris Wheel together and then Brooke rode the roller coaster alone.

Brooke got her face painted too!  She was devastated when we had to wipe it off.  

This is a random pic from JC Penney.  We went to pic up our birthday photos and Brooke spotted this comforter and declared her love for it.  NOT going to happen but she begged to have her picture taken with it so we would remember it....

Since its warmer out now we are able to go for walks at night to get ice cream.  Having an ice cream place (two actually) within walking distance is both awesome and terrible at the same time LOL.  I must say this picture was a mild success!  Now we just need to work on Madeline actually looking and smiling at the camera at the same time!