Late summer fun

After at least a month of pleasant, beautiful weather, summer has returned with a vengeance.  Of course with the cooler weather we had already taken down the pool, so instead Tabitha found another way to beat the heat today! She even found a way to get James through as well.  What a fun afternoon for all! 

Crafting fun

Last Saturday we spent the day working on crafts.  Tabitha is really into making different things and using her creativity.  For her birthday she received several different craft kits and asks every day if we can make something.  I guess it's a good thing I saved my craft supplies for all of these years as it appears it will get some good use for awhile.

Lantern painting--before

During

Final product

Our afternoon craft

Happy Birthday Tabitha!

Last Sunday we celebrated Tabitha's birthday!  I can't believe how quickly that time has gone.  It only seems like yesterday we were bringing that tiny bundle home from the hospital.

This year Tabitha decided that she wanted to have a birthday party--I mean a "Princess Party".  So, after being informed of that I realized that I had a lot of work to do with about a two week time period.  In the end it turned out fantastically and I am confident that Tabitha had a great time at her party!

To see some other stunning photos of Tabitha on her birthday, visit James' blog site at:  Professional or James Photography

Princess party decorations

Do you know how it took me to find this?

The princess table

Trying to get a three year old to stand still is impossible!

Some of the kids getting all sugared up!

More princess party food

I did try to add some healthy things

On Monday we realized we hadn't sang happy birthday to Tabitha, so while a day late she still enjoyed it!

More summer fun!

I've fallen behind yet again in my blogging....I am not sure where the days go as I can say that it doesn't seem like get much else done either.

Anyways, here are some more pictures from Tabitha's summer.  She sure is enjoying every minute of it!

The joys of summer!

Tabs took out of busy schedule of playing and swimming yesterday to enjoy a few of summer's treats!

Yummy peas fresh from the garden. She would have ate the entire bowl if I would have let her.

Her first S'mores! She loved it as it proved to be messy!

No more diapers!

There will be no more diapers and no more pull ups at our house (well, at least until December).  While Tabs has been potty trained during the day for over six months now, we decided to take the big leap and go to underwear at night.  It wasn't really that hard of a decision considering how dry she has stayed at night since she was an infant.  I recall only once or twice did we end up changing sheets in the middle of the night.  Even as a baby, most mornings she had a dry diaper.

Way to go Tabs!  We are proud of you!

I came across this photo the other day on my computer's desktop as I was looking for a certain photo.  We were at the Conservatory at Como Park taking pictures of Tabitha back in late March.  She really wasn't in a picture-taking mood, so I believe I was trying to get her to pose by making her imitate what I was doing.  James caught her at the right moment!