Pretend Princesses

The girls were invited to their friend’s princess-themed birthday party.  Here are just a couple of the highlights.  The girls had a blast, and even the littlest one was into it.

K. and her friend, who realized their first names begin with the same letter.  Oh, the things that are exciting when you are 5!

K. leading her turn of “Simon Says.”  It was supposed to be “Princess Says,” but since K has played Simon Says before, she kept saying “Princess Simon Says…” and it was pretty funny.

Pebble Beach

A great feature of the place up north we stayed was the huge, rocky beach.  There was no shortage of digging and rock hunting, and even some brave splashing in the cool water.

Up North

We got to take a wonderful trip up north to spend some time with my dad’s side of the family.  It was beautiful, both in having nice scenery and in having great quality time with family.K. was particularly interested in her great aunts’ knitting (or “needling,” as she called it) and I can’t wait until she is old enough to learn some stitches!The weather was gorgeous (especially as I belatedly type this, when we’ve had weeks of weather being in the upper 90s).There was a great beach (very cold water, but fun if you are not swimming).  The kiddos spent a lot of time exploring.

We were also able to meet up with our cousins (my dad’s first cousin’s kids, who are my second cousins and whose kids are my daughters’ third cousins.  Confused?  We just call them cousins).  The girls were elated to have some other kids to play with, and their cousins were so sweet with them!The whole gang.K. and her cousin K., who are about 7 months apart in age.  Oh, how I wish we lived closer and could spend more time together!

The family!  Great-grandma is in the middle, surrounded by her family.  Such a fantastic time!