Adalyn's second summer is coming to a close, and since she's been hard at work learning new things, she's ready for an end of the summer bash. What new things has she learned already??
- Adalyn's using the potty like a big girl!! YAY!!! She's such a big girl that her belly is a poster board for all of the stickers she gets as rewards.
- After learning all of her letters, Adalyn has moved on to learning the sounds of each letter. ("B" says "buh"...I'll never get that out of my head, and apparently, neither will she.)
- Adalyn is putting words together, and occasionally tries to construct a garbled sentence. Things are "baby doll" this, and "Adalyn's hair" that...
- Adalyn is taking her counting skills to count flowers, and kitties, and hands, and shirts...we haven't quite gone to 11, but 10 is good enough for now.
For our summer bash, Adalyn, Mommy, and Daddy head on out to the Botanical Gardens and Aquarium!
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| Hat The Baby - The Morning Coffee Addition |
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| Mommy's barely holding on to an excited little girl ready to start her Botanical Garden adventure! |
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| Adalyn's giving a BI-I-I-IG ant a helping hand. |
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| Little did Adalyn know that a Mommy was peeking behind her... |
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| Adalyn and Mommy found a moat and a castle! |
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| You can lead a baby to water, but you can't make them not splash. |
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| The flowers all salute as Captain Babycakes makes the rounds. |
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| A turtle! |
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| Somewhere in this picture is a frog... |
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| Let's count the butterflies we see...one butterfly... |
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| Two butterflies... |
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| Three butter...ACK! IT'S MOTHRA!! RUN!! |
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| The geese were just minding their business, sitting quietly in the grass until... |
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| A little girl held up her snack, wafted the smell of homemade bread through the air, and proclaimed, "Behold! This is the most delicious bread I have ever tasted." The geese were not amused that Adalyn didn't share. |
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| Adalyn admires the natural beauty of the desert. |
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| Adalyn admires the flowers over here...and the flowers over there... |
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| Well, at least she left a rocking chair for Mommy... |
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| Adalyn reenacted her version of Godzilla at the Japanese Garden...OH NO! There goes Tokyo, oh no, Godzilla! Ooh ooh ooh! |
After romping around the Botanical Gardens, we head on down to the Aquarium to see sharks, fish, jellyfish, seahorses, and sting rays.
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| A sting ray prepares to put on a special show for a special audience. |
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| Adalyn's version of a big screen TV. |
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| Adalyn has never seen a starfish this BIG! |
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| Mr. Sting Ray makes an encore appearance. |
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| "Bye bye Mr. Sting Ray!" |
Adalyn LOVES the aquarium!
To round out our end of summer bash, Adalyn, Mommy, Anthony, and Anthony's Mom go to the local water park for more fun in the sun!
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| Adalyn hasn't mastered the "smile for the camera" smile. Neither has Anthony. |
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| Adalyn tries to get Anthony excited about playing in the water. |
