Most of the pictures are from Philly...in Texas it was beyond hot...simply-put, we played inside and went swimming.
One of the highlights of the Texas-trip was a visit to the American Girl Store in Dallas. Lucy got her American Girl, Kit, from Andy and Lauren for her birthday two years ago and she has recently realized this world of doll-fashion-craziness! The lunch at the American Girl store was just for us girls...Dad and Eli spent their time wandering around the Galleria...there was a play area and Dad treated Eli to lunch and chocolate milk! Then, they joined us at the American Girl bistro in time for cake and ice-cream. Our waitress at the bistro asked if we were celebrating anything when we were seated...she explained that the "celebration package" included a cake and gift bag...how could we turn that down? So, Lucy had an early birthday celebration! She's such a rule-follower that she told anyone who would listen that her birthday isn't until August and she asked them to sing "Happy Birthday" to her quietly...but she ate that cake and ice-cream like it was her job!
On our adventure, we...
- Loved visiting with our family!
- Toured the "Please Touch" museum in Philly with Aunt Chris...we would still be there if we could, so much to do and see!
- Ate more than our fair-share of Aunt Chris' delicious cupcakes!
- Met Sullivan! What a cutie he is...and it was wonderful to catch up with Casey and David too!
- Laughed as Lucy, Eli and Cammi enjoyed the slip-&-slide during our July 3rd celebration!
- Devoured hamburgers, hotdogs, chips and more cupcakes and the Brady family's cook-out!
- Sang "Happy Birthday" to Uncle Phil!
- Relaxed with Grandma in her apartment and enjoyed hearing about her travels!
- Listened to storytime at Mom's library and the many books she brought home for us...some of our favorites were "Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site", "Duck on a Bike" and "Folly Beach" (for me!)
- Talked about all sorts of baby-stuff with Stacy since she's an excited mother-to-be!
- Introduced Lucy and Eli to some Freeman-family favorites...the Madame Alexander dolls Amy and I collected and Legos! The Lego set Lucy picked out has 435 pieces...no lie...thankfully, Eli's has 38 pieces.
- Wondered how the days can go so quickly? Mom and I always brainstorm a million more things we could do during our time and also joke that we need to stay for "about five weeks"...we so enjoy being together!
