We like to swim

We're a bunch of fish here.

As long as it'snot too cold  or close to nap time Claire loves the water.

Korrali has to wear her floaty, which rankles her. Especially when we go swimming with kids who can swim. She is learning to hold her breath under water and is about 60% of her tries. I'm just super impressed she keeps on trying. 

"jump to me! Jump!" 

Sharknado is real. And it's eating Korrali. This is maybe my favorite pool toy.

Sisters and Cousins

My amazing sister Debbie came to visit us with their daughter Corina. It was so sweet to have them here.

It was hot so we played with water. Debbie was cold though, because they live in North Carolina.

How cute!

The girls are about 18 months apart so it is so fun to watch them play.

I have a similar shot to this of Korrali and her other similar age girl cousin from last year.

We are so glad they came!

Rock and Roll

It seems to be becoming a yearly tradition for us to go to the Renaissance Fair here in Larkspur. This year we planned ahead a little better for the intense dry heat. Prepped with plenty of cash, water, and sports drinks we entered the fun, and almost immediately crashed at the skychair store. It was just that hot.

Super uber comfy. Korrali is drinking her powerade zero-water combo which she nursed for the entire first half an hour, until it was all gone and we had to refill with plain water.

Claire wasn't so lucky. She was hot and tired and hates nursing anywhere but right next to her crib. We stressed a little about heatstroke on her behalf but thanks to our sprayfan she survived

And fell asleep sucking the nursing cover (I forgot to sunscreen the bottoms of her feet so she was covered with this light cover to protect from sun.) It was so so so hot. Poor girl.

We visited all the shops and watched this really cool show on Raku pottery. Korrali was fascinated by it, and blew my mind to pieces when she sat still for a 10 minute lecture on the guys life while he waited for his pots to heat to the right temperature in the kiln. I could almost hear her brain explode when the paper caught fire and he covered the pot with a metal trashcan. I think she would have stayed all day if he had done them in quick succession.

She also chased the pretzel seller down for a rather dry pretzel off of his huge stick, danced a fun sword dance while her new idol drummed, and tried to follow him to the ends of the earth. This followed, charming the masses.

 We also were suckered in to buying this simple yet effective fairy costume. The lady was a marketing genius, calling out directly to her "Princess! Come and see! Here.. try this.. and this.. and this..." Yes.. well played fairy lady.. well played.. They gave out a free baggie of "fairy dust" (glitter) which was promptly thrown all over J as he carried her out of the Fair. This made me giggle. The dress also sheds glitter everywhere, and will fit her for years. Voila. Years. Of. Glitter. Bwahaha.. again I say: Well played, fairy lady.

This outfit is so simple to sew, that I can see us with more of them (for way cheaper than Fair price) in future.

As we left a man dressed as a Rock'n'Roll monk held out a rock and a dinner roll to her and said "Rock, and, Roll" over and over. She still says that from time to time and giggles.

She remembers the oddest things for ever.

Dressed to kill

This is her rockstar dress. And if she goes zombie hunting, this is her dress up of choice. Note the heels and sword. Zombies beware, she will find you,and will defeat you in style.

Twin dresses

We all look goofy in this pic but the dresses are adorable! My mom had them sent from her sorority sister's company, TAJ of Honolulu. Twin dresses are so fun, A little tricky to coordinate with a small for her age 5 mo old and a tall for her age 3 yr old, but so worth it. 😊

My friends!

Lately we have made some really fun friends. One of the families in our ward lives in our complex and their son and Korrali have become friends. We took him with us to jump in puddles and ran around  for a couple hours just having fun.

Korrali will hear them playing outside and yell "my friends are outside! Can I go? I want to go outside outside!" (twice, because one outside means the patio). Its so fun for her to have friends who love her enough to come get her (they are all boys) and teach her to play baseball and collect rocks, help her climb trees and whom she teaches to rescue worms.

Rain dancer

In keeping with my childhood obsession that has never grown up, I took Korrali out to splash in puddles. It was good fun, and my phone managed to focus on the stinky flowers we picked, of all things. It was one of the rare opportunities she and I had to hang out just the 2 of us. Good times!