Como Town

We took a trip to Como Zoo in early August.  We were joined by some of my cousins and their kids!  Brynn got to go to Como Town for the first time and enjoy the rides.  It was a very fun day!   

This was Brynn's first choice to go on.  The taller kids were on another ride so Brynn was by herself but loved it!

 Second round on the cars, her cousin Jonah is in the car behind her and my cousin, Sarah's son is in the car behind Jonah.

 The teapots with Annika!  

 The train ride

 We had to wait for the fire truck ride to be filled up with water.  This is Jonah's favorite ride!  Brynn was pumped for it until she started getting water in her face...

 You can see in this picture she is refusing to look up!

 All the way to the top

I found this picture at the bottom of the post and feel it will ruin my whole post if I try to move it so it will stay here, but this was how excited she was to ride the cars!

Tub time

Cailin loves the tub!  I finally had her in the tub without her sister so I seized the oppurtunity to snap some pictures of the cutie!

Sorry there is a few like this, but  just can't resist the cuteness!

I think this pic looks like Brynn a lot, minus something with the nose

This one both Matt and I would say is Brynn but we know it is Cailin.  It makes us wonder how much they will look alike as they get older.

Hey Mom what were you doing with my hair???

A day at the Water park

Since our work party when we went to a splash pad I have been promising Brynn we would go back.  We had the perfect oppurtunity one hot August afternoon so off we went!  I have to say this trip Brynn became my braver girl.  She hates when her face gets wet, but today she was all about getting into every thing she could.  Cailin loves the splash pad and crawls right in.  She throws/crawls/walks herself right into the middle of the fountains without a care in the world if she will come out breathing on the other end, in other words she takes in tons of water because she has not a care in the world water is all over her face!!!  We have to watch her carefully!  But she LOVES WATER!

Both girls! 

Again both of them in a crowd of other kids

My brave girl has to walk through all this water to get into the center.  She was so proud of herself

How Cailin typically gets around at the water park, although she is walking at this time

Trying to keep Cailin from drowning herself  with her love of water

Probably after she has taken in a mouthful of water

See crawls right through because the excitement is just too much

The have a park too at the water park!  Brynn had an awesome time here.

Double fisting, typical for our baby

Here is a video of B at the park.  She has become obsessed with trying to do the Monkey bars.  This video is her mostly on her own going across.  She was pumped!

The Lake Part 2

Here are some more pictures of the Lake this year!  This year at the lake my oldest brother Pat, Cristy, and their daughter Eli came.  It was so nice to be able to see them and let Brynn and Cailin get to know their cousin who does not live by us.  

Matt's catch one day!

Big Sunfish

Brynn with Paul 

A senior picture type pose in Paul's hand.  Brynn seems to do the senior picture posing quite naturally.  We think it's hilarious when it comes out in photos.

Cailin

B and C with Tiernan's Wagon which was a big hit with every child at the lake.  Cailin's face is her cheese face that she brings out for the camera.  She does it all on her own whenever she sees a camera is pointed at her.

Another day... some more sunnies

The whole family

My cousin's Babies... all of them

A family boat ride

Sweaty hair makes for an awesome hair-do

Me and C

Cheese face

Cousin Eli

A tired out Brynn heading home from the lake

A tired out Cailin as well

The Lake 2011

The lake this year was so much fun with two girls to keep us busy!  Both girls love the water and we tried to be down there as much as possible!  Brynn learned how to doggie paddle with her new life jacket, and Cailin soaked up the sun in her float.  Both girls also enjoyed playing in the sand.  Brynn played  with water and sand while Cailin just made a mess of herself with the sand.  Thank goodness our resort has a nice beach to keep us occupied...

The kids in the water with Uncle Dave

Cailin in the sand

Uncle Dave taking Jonah and Brynn on a paddle boat ride

She may be trying to eat the sand here..

Brynn and Annika in the sand.. They spent a long time bringing water up onto the beach in buckets and pouring it out, as far as I could tell.  I'm sure in their minds it was much more complicated.

Here you can see Brynn's fancy lifejacket that let her swim more in the water and  allowed her to learn how to doggie paddle. I don't think she's quite ready to go without a lifejacket, but hey.. she's at least figuring it out.

Bathing beauty

Every year there is a craft day for the kids, here is Brynn working diligently on her project.