Yes Mom - I Let Her Play in the Sprinklers

Summer Fun

Sorry for the long absence. Mostly I have no excuse except that with the warmer weather, we've been busier having fun! We took a great trip to Dallas in June and Lauren enjoyed a few hot days in the pool. She is becoming quite a water bug and has no fear in the pool. Her 18mos Dr. appt went well. She has a huge vocabulary and is starting to use 2 and 3 word phrases which I guess is pretty good. Her favorite is "Hush Zoe!" Here's a few pics from our summer so far.

Playing in her backyard fountain.

Hanging in the fountain at Nana's pool.

Too cool in Joanne's sunglasses. She is becoming quite a ham for the camera.

Riding Clifford at the mall (she just kept calling him Zoe! Abby!).

Riding the carousel at Stonebriar - a carousel in a mall - PERFECT!

Zoo!

We officially became Denver Zoo members today and hope to visit several times this year. Lauren really loved the elephants, bears, and most of all the carousel. She rode the lion and did not want to get off. The train ride was fun, but she was definitely way more in love with the carousel. Next time we tackle the reptile house!

She loved the elephants!

Hanging with the monkeys.

Her ultimate favorite - the carousel.

The Moss Family squished into a teeny tiny train :)

Fun at the Fountains

With the weather finally starting to warm up, we headed to Civic Green park and the fountains that kids can run through. Lauren was a little hesitant, but by the end she was having a blast. Note: We can do ponytails now!

Children's Museum

Today we went to the Children's Museum with Lauren's new friend Amber. We had never been before, but boy did we find a new favorite place.

Wearing a fireman's hat after crawling all over the fire truck.

Sitting at the grocery bar. She really liked pushing the carts around.

All smocked up and ready to paint (but mom chickened out and we just colored instead).

Playing with the model trains.

Her favorite part was sitting on all the benches and chairs made for people her size :)

Future Flight Nurse?

Our New Backyard

We recently decided that with the weather in CO being as cold as it is, having a pool taking up half the backyard just wasn't worth all the trouble. Plus, trying to keep Lauren from falling on the cover was too much stress. So James finally got his long time wish and we filled in the pool. It should have only taken two days, but because of some poorly timed rain it took more like two weeks! We love the final product though.

The final product! Abby, Zoe and Lauren love their new yard.

Lauren Update

Well summer is almost here and we are ready for it! Lauren's been playing outside alot more lately and is really starting to enjoy going to the park. We're also enjoying our newly expanded back yard (see Backyard post).  For Mother's Day we went on a lovely picnic to Hudson Gardens, one of our favorite places. Lauren loves to just roam free and has no problem venturing far away from mom and dad. Here are some pics from her adventures that day and a few other random shots.

McDonalds picnic - our favorite!

Climbing on the rocks - this girl has no fear.

Forced pic with mom - note mouth full of french fry :)

Playing in the sand box at the park.

Toilet paper fun - she was totally caught in the act on this one. It is actually dark in the bathroom and I snuck up on her with the flash

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Getting ready for our first dip in the indoor pool.

Random Lauren Pics

"I can crawl on chairs now!"

Taking a nap on the fireplace.

Ready for school :)

"How do I put on Wonder Pets?"

Big Breakfast Items

Apparently nothing's more fun to Lauren than a big bacon slide or a huge waffle to climb on. This last weekend, after many days of rain and snow, we headed to the mall for some indoor fun. I think every other parent in Colorado had the same thought as we all converged on the breakfast play area at the same time. Id on't know what Lauren loved more, the breakfast items or the huge group of kids running and screaming around her.

"I'll just sit on this banana for a minute."

Gotta love a bacon slide!

Over-easy please.

Wow - dad would love to eat this!

The mayhem from above.