Monday, July 16, 2012

Happy 5th Birthday, Camille!




Turning 5 is a very big deal.  Camille has been the most patient young lady.  She went to preschool this year and witnessed every single one of her classmates turn 5 before her.  As she left the house very early this AM for her day at Grandma and Grandpa’s house, she had the most enormous smile on her face.  This little girl had won the biggest lottery of all.  At last she was five!  Camille had a very busy year.

She wore make-up.
She gained the poise of a ballerina.
She held hands with famous people…err characters.

She rode turtles…and visited the zoo several times.
She had a Smurfin’ Halloween.
She made new friends.



She did a LOT of arts and crafts.
She hung out with princesses.
She showed off her wacky side.
…and her other wacky side.
She was a fantastic big sister to her “best buddy”.
She embraced living closer to her cousins.
She lovingly welcomed her newest cousin.
She completed an entire year of preschool in spite of being almost completely deaf for 3 months.
She danced like no one was watching.
She loved with all her heart.
She embarked on adventure after adventure.
We love you so much, Camille.  You are the princess of our tower.
You are beautiful inside and out!
Happy 5th Birthday!




Sunday, June 10, 2012

Four cuties out on the town


Camille and Meghan were lucky to have two of their cousins visiting from Fargo this weekend. We decided to take them on a little adventure.


We rode the city bus to the Children's Museum downtown.



 We visited Snoopy.
 At the museum, we made a rain storm.
 We explored the land of Curious George.
 We presented a pupped show.  (These girls love puppet shows.)

We pet a turtle.


We played with bubbles.



We created and danced to our own light show.


We went grocery shopping.

We ate snacks and made silly faces.




(From silly oaks, goofy acorns do fall.)

We held hands.

On the way to the bus stop, we visited a couple of St. Paul landmarks.

Mickey's Diner

 The Landmark Center
The bus stop!


After filling up with food and taking a good nap, we ventured off to watch Camille's dance recital. Camille is on the far right.



 Be assured, Camille and the other cuties in her class garnered the biggest cheers of the evening!

Afterwards, we stopped at Culver's for ice cream. (Sorry, no pictures of the ice cream because I had one very tired two-year-old sleeping in my lap.)

A private note to my sister, Catie, and brother-in-law, Marcus:  if your kids seem a little tired this week, it's because they had one heck of a good time in St. Paul!