Kathy & I took the kids to Morgan Hill Aquatic Center today. This is just one shot of the water park. There are several different areas.
Emily going down the slide
Christian wallowing in the shallow pool
Max heading to the ladder and up to the water slide area
Emily must’ve gone down the slide at least 25 times!
She was a little maniac
Emily snuggling with Kathy
Emily had her 3 year appointment today. NO shots! YEAH!
Here are her stats:
Weight: 31 lbs (55th percentile)
Height: 37.5 inches (65th percentile)
Her pediatrician is recommending we take her out of her crib and buy her a big girl bed and also says we should start potty training which we were planning on doing this upcoming week.
Papa Dave & I took the 4 cousins to Happy Hollow Park & Zoo on Sunday after Emily’s BD party for their last afternoon together. Uncle Wallace had to go to work.
Emily & watchful cousin, Brynn, on the lily pads
Kedryn on The Frog Hopper
having a blast!!!!!
Emily & Brynn on The Frog Hopper
Emily’s adorable outfit compliments of Christian & Olivia for her 3rd BD
Girls just wanna have fun!!
Princess Emily eating a pringle! Tiara compliments of Abby.
Brynn trying out a seated foot scooter
Princess Emily riding the police car
Keddie going nuts on the swings
Beautiful Brynn
Kedryn goes in for a hug
Kedryn & Brynn
Brynn & Kedryn argued over who would push Emily in the stroller so each of them were allowed to hold half
Brynn tried to give Em Em a kiss, but she would have no parts of it
Kedryn & Emily take a bath after a hot, dusty afternoon at Happy Hollow
Emily loves her cousin, Kedryn. She said, out of the blue, on numerous occassions, “I LOVE YOU, KEDDIE”
A parcel arrived from Australia this afternoon for Miss Emily from Miss Julia
Emily smiled when she opened up the purple necklace & bracelet from her friend
She wanted to put them on immediately
Here she is in her cool new blue jeans, pretty orange top with purple flowers & matching purple necklace & bracelet
Doing the splits and giving me a grin
Thanks Julia!!! I can’t wait to see you in December!!!
We celebrated Emily’s 3rd BD yesterday with friends & family
The main event for Emily’s 3rd BD was “Happy Birds”, a performing parrot show
Seven beautiful & friendly parrots entertained us all and Emily even got a kiss from pretty “Piper”
This particular bird is a trainee to the show. Emily is feeding him an almond.
The bird show consisted of various birds riding a bike, riding a scooter, singing songs, making other animal impersonations, skateboarding, opening water bottles, etc.
Max was an active participant in the audience with lots of questions for the “Bird Lady”. He loved it!
Piper wants to give Max a kiss,
but Max holds back …
Piper gives Max a kiss on his cheek
Piper riding a scooter
Max and his friend, Cameron, intently watching the bird show
Sean & Zack
Zac & Megan
Zac & Cameron
Zac & Max
Alex & Zac
Brennan & Zac
Riley & Forrest
Papa Dave, Brynn & Kedryn with Zac & Forrest
Kedryn (my nephew) & Zac
Brynn (my niece) & Forrest
Papa Dave, Brynn & Kedryn with Zac & Forrest
Forrest & Christian (Kathy had to bribe Christian to get near this bird!)
Michael, Kathy & Olivia with Zac & Forrest
Brynn flaunts her muscles by holding these two fairly heavy macaws
Sweet Samantha with Zac & Forrest
Max & beautiful Forrest
Max was totally enthused by the birds
Cute Keddie with Forrest
Emily with Forrest
Emily enjoyed watching & participating in the bird show
Emily & her friend, Megan, with Forrest
Ready to blow out her candles. Notice the pretty red fingernails! Brynn gave her a manicure before her party!
Princess Emily
Happy 3rd Birthday Emily!!
A sweet picture of Emily in her BD hat and her sweet little pony wearing her purple fluffy tiara compliments of Sarah Kensler (a.k.a. “Sarah K.”) from Emily’s BD party this morning! Thanks Sarah K!
Papa Dave & I took the 4 cousins to the Silver Creek Sportsplex for a morning of bouncing on the inflatables! Bounce house, inflatable slides and inflatable racing zones. They had a great time, but tired out rather quickly! Here they are having fun!!
Emily, Kedryn, Brynn & Max watching roller hockey & eating chicken strips! They were excited when the hockey puck would hit the plexiglass near them! 
Happy 3rd Birthday Emily!
Princess Emily with her tiara which she specifically requested for her birthday this year
Opening Princess Figurines from Grandpa Dale
Ohhhhhhhh!!! She is very excited about this gift!
She was nice enough to share a couple princesses with her brother
Happy Birthday to YOU! Happy Birthday to YOU! Happy Birthday Dear Emily!
Happy Birthday to YOU!
One of the BD guests — Kedryn (her cousin)
Another special BD guest — Brynn (her other cousin)
Emily received 4 pairs of cool Princess shoes from The Oma
Put your right foot in, take your right foot out, put your right foot in and shake it all about
Do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about!!
Brynn’s foot in Snow White shoe
Emily’s foot in Ariel shoe
Max’s foot in Cinderella shoe
Brynn gave Emily a beautiful colorful butterfly necklace for her birthday
She told me that she wanted to wear it every day
Call me crazy, but I thought I had this great idea of dressing up the cousins in matching outfits and getting a cool (admittedly slightly corny) cousin picture! It was pure ‘n utter chaos at the studio!!! Emily was refusing to be a part of the photo and raced out of the room about half dozen times! Max didn’t want to smile! I was shocked that the photographer got any photos!
This was the best we got of the 4 cousins!
Max, Kedryn & Brynn
Happy 3rd Birthday Emily!!
Papa Dave, Max, Kedryn, Brynn & Emily with Safari Sam outside of Happy Hollow Park & Zoo
Brynn riding a cheetah on the Merry Go Round
Kedryn riding a dolphin on the Merry Go Round
Emily playing “mama” to a baby goat
Emily running through the petting zoo
Brynn and her new friend
Surprisingly, Christian brushes a goat. He usually doesn’t have anything to do with them1
Papa Dave & Kedryn sit in the front of the rollercoaster
Papa Dave, Kedryn (1st seat) and Brynn, Emily (2nd row)
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Brynn in a Police car
Kedryn in a Fire Truck
Christian & his new red friend, Yoshu
The Frog Hopper
Max & Kedryn on The Frog Hopper
Kedryn was laughing and giggling the entire time
Cool new contraption
Max has got it down
Max & Papa Dave make fish faces
A wee bit closer up
Christian & Brynn became fast friends
Christian & Kedryn became fast friends too!
Emily & Brynn on the wooden horse
Relaxing after a busy morning at Happy Hollow
