Bike Riding Girl

After so much bribing, convincing, pressuring and good old fashion forcing - I finally got Greta to ride her 2 wheeler... all by herself!

It was so fun to watch her progression.  I decided end of spring she could do it... well maybe that was too soon, but I had confidence in her and we kept practicing.  She finally got it a few times on the porch (short track) and then at dad's - did it a bit more... and finally up north.  She mastered it!  Can start and stop on her own and only occasionally need a little push to get started.

https://youtu.be/6o69tsaTJDk

The best part was that she was so proud of herself!  Maybe more than I was of her.  So we rode our bikes to church, camp, and all over town.  Then when we came home we went on our first bike ride - well I ran to keep up with Greta, and Ryan walked to help Lola on her bike.

So much fun we're going to have now going on bike rides!

Birthday Fun for Lola

A fun day for Lola's big 3.

Greta and Ryan decorated the house with Paw Patrol - Lola's choice

Donut breakfast with a candle



Presents - her first question when she woke up was where's my bike - that's the one thing she kept asking for.

Lunch with grandma and mommy at IHOP - special birthday pancakes

Trip to target to pick out a special birthday gift - a horse but not picture.

Cake and ice cream at home with everyone

I think this is 1 happy 3 year old!


Then the day after - Miss Sophie took the girls to Chuck E Cheese for a special birthday trip.  More fun!

Lola's 3!

Oh boy! Oh boy!  Where has the time gone that my baby is 3?!  Lola brings so much joy, silliness, and happiness to our lives.  She keeps me on my toes and will definitely be the child to give me gray hair.  But regardless, I love her more than words can say!

My interview with Lola

• My favorite food is:  chicken nuggets
• My favorite show is: Paw Patrol
• The toy I like to play with the most is: Paw Patrol
• My favorite color is: Purple and Pink
• When I grow up, I want to be a:  Dog
• My favorite song is:  Peanut Butter
• The book I love right now is: Pinkalicious
• My favorite movie: Cinderella 
• The snack I like best is:  Bars
• One food I really don't like is:  Peppers
• My favorite friend is: Heidi, Emelia 

Lola's Accomplishments at 2

1. Went to Disney World 
2. Potty Trained
3. Writes her name
4. Loves to color and does a great job staying in the lines
5. Loves playing with Greta
6. Has a certain twinkle in her eyes
7. Can swim by herself - when she wants to
8. Is stubborn and firey, daring and adventurous, silly and sweet, and kind and gentle
9. Got a bunny from Karle and Kahle and named her Sniffles

Weight: 34.6 pounds
Height: 37 1/4 inches

Boston

I don't post much about work but this time I just had too... my boss invited the entire team to Boston for a team meeting and summer party at his house with lobster.  Now I don't normally eat much lobster but decided it's won't get any fresher than this and it's my boss... so I tried it.  Well the lobster was bigger than my head and I ate more than I thought I would - but no way I was ever going to finish it.  I was surprised that a couple of the guys did finish their about 2 pound  lobster! Woah!













But had a great time handing out with my new team and getting to know them!

Arcadia Daze

Great time up-north for Arcadia Daze.

Highlights of the Long Weekend

1. Running the 5K with Karle and Lola - well starting with Karle and Lola and finishing with just Lola.  Karle did great!

2.  Watching the amazing fireworks!  Girls both stayed awake and loved them!

3. Ryan entering his car in the car show - next year maybe the Chevelle will make it's debut

4.  Craft show, face painting, beer selling oh my!

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5.  Family Pictures







6.  And candy fun at the parade.

Another great weekend in Arcadia!

Let's go camping

The girls have been asking to go camping for a while so I decided let's get the Delaney family today and plan a camping trip.  I also knew that there was no way I was going to sleep in a tent all weekend so I also started investigating camper rentals.  And score for both!

We picked a weekend and got campsites... found a camper rental on outdoorsy.com - excellent site!  And the fun began.



The girls had their countdown on.

We arrived on Thursday afternoon and let Sunday around noon and had a great time despite a little rain a few days.  But nothing that ruined our trip.

A few highlights...

 Canoe Trip

Fishing

Hikes

Cousin Fun

Potential tornado -

Good food and campfire chats

I think we might just have started a new Delaney tradition... annual camping trip!

Lola’s first hair cut

Well I decided it was time for Lola’s first hair cut - just shy of her 3rd birthday. It just needed some taming. 

And the night before we went I discovered that Greta had cut a chunk out of the back. This was also a funny and interesting discovery. I’m still not sure when it happened or how but it did. And Greta finally confessed after Lola blamed everyone else - even daddy. 😂 i so wish I had filmed that conversation. Greta said that Lola wanted her to do it. Oh boy. 

But anyway - the final result was super cute and Lola did so good. She never moved an inch the entire time. 

The before - if you look close you can see where Greta cut it. 

The during.

The after - my little Lola Bug!