Summer, Summer, Summertime means...

that Ella and I went to Parky's farm today and had the absolute best time. She LOVED it. The two lambs and two baby calves are not pictured but she had to look at them over and over and over again. She didn't even seem to mind that the temp was scalding!

She loved riding the pony and did a great job sitting on the pony! This pony's name was Rosie...


Very interested in the roosters...

And surprisingly the roosters even let her pet them...


She enjoyed hanging out with the goats and watching the baby goats nurse..




Then there was this guy...

And this guy...(she actually ran away from the alpacas)

She had to ride Rosie a second time...




She loved the inside, two story play area...


Then it was time to head over to Parky's Ark spray park for some lunch and to cool down...
















We both had a blast this am/afternoon. Ella was exhausted when we got home for nap!

Edit: So Ive decided to try to make the pictures a little bigger in the blog so that you can see them better. But by doing that, it makes the quality of them look a little worse. If you click on each picture individually though it takes it back to the quality it originally was. Trying to decide bigger picture vs better quality? hmmmm

And Summertime means....

Walking to the neighborhood pool with Grandma Joanne...







giving Grandma Joanne some water...

And giving hippo some water...

Summertime also means....

Wonderful, fun filled, summer days at home with my family.

And today Ella was ready to tackle this heat...



by breaking out the hose...

and
filling up her baby pool and since its too small this year, taking it to the next level by sliding into the pool..


she couldnt get enough of it....

and kept going...

and going...

and going...

She obviously didnt get enough of the pool because after nap and playing indoors, she had to take in some more pool time while mommy grilled...


and played catch with daddy...

after dinner we finished off the evening with some icecream from Whipty Do's...

Summertime means.....

hanging out in the backyard in your underwear eating popsicles while mommy grills..
















Even though I told her it was a popsicle (which she repeated a few times) she chose to sing lollipop, lollipop, oh lolli lolli pop the entire time she ate it. Yes, she knows the words to that song. She also told me tonight, word for word, after looking at the laundry spin in the dryer that "it was real cool". Where she heard that I have no idea, but man my baby is growing up!