Lemonade Stand Success

Cambrie always wants to have a lemonade stand, whether there is snow on the ground, a fierce wind blowing, or in the blazing heat.  I don't like selling things and have always had an excuse ready to postpone her lemonade stand to another day.  On Thursday when she asked I had originally said no, then realized that it truly was a perfect day for her to have her stand out front.  Our neighborhood has food trucks come in every couple of weeks in an effort to get the neighborhood together for a party.  As luck would have it, they park right outside our house so we can participate in the fun without much effort at all.  As soon as Cambrie set up her lemonade stand we knew it was going to be a profitable night since most of the neighborhood was walking by with the intent of buying food.  The evening began well with a couple of customers and Cambrie was so thrilled with the success of her stand....until it started to rain.  It was a quick passing storm but it was enough to dampen her spirits and cut back on her business.  The sun came back, the customers returned, and Cambrie cheered right up when more people came to buy her delicious strawberry lemonade.  She sat outside for an hour and half selling lemonade and otter pops for a quarter and made $13.26.  I couldn't believe how much she made.  She also benefited from the fact that many people paid with dollar bills and didn't ask for change.  I'm just glad that she had such a great time and that it was such a huge success.  I told her that next time the food trucks are out she should set up her stand again and make it a permanent part of the party. 

Bunnies in spring

One surprise about living here in Colorado has been the amount of bunnies running around.  My girls love chasing them and watching them hop around.  I like watching them as long as they aren't spending time in our garden.  Today when we came home from swimming lessons we were surprised to find a baby bunny in our garage.  We ob
viously couldn't leave it there but I didn't want to return it to the nearest burrow....because we just found one in our garden.  So we moved it to some tall grass nearby and are hoping that it will be okay.  The girls have already named it Cottontail, taken some carrots over, and have colored a dozen pictures of the cute little bunny.  I admit, it is a cutie...  Good luck little guy.

Bike Park

We made some new friends last month who told us about a bike park out in Superior that enjoy going to as a family.  Their kids are exactly the same age as ours so we decided it was worth checking out.  We found the park and I wasn't sure what the girls were going to think about it.  There was a dirt track with a lot of little hills for them to ride up and down.  It looked like fun, if the girls were feeling adventurous. 

McKenzie climbed to the top of the first hill and before she realized what she was doing, started zooming around the track.  Her face looked very nervous, but before long she was all smiles.  That girl just kept cruising around and around that track.  I didn't know how well her strider could handle the terrain, but it worked great.  She ran up each hill and zipped down the back side without fear. 

Cambrie had a little tougher of a time at first simply because her legs have never had to push herself up such a steep hill before.  Each time she fell it was when she lost momentum on the uphill instead of cruising too fast on a downhill.  But towards the end she figured out that speed is important and was flying around the track.

Jeremy was thoroughly enjoying himself too.  There was a larger track next to the one the girls were riding on and he was determined to catch air on the jumps.  He couldn't get the speed he needed but still enjoyed the track.  There was a small pump track in the middle of the larger trail and he spent a lot of time on that. 

When he came back over all three of the bike riders were all tuckered out.  I was able to sit and enjoy them enjoying themselves.  It will be a perfect daddy-daughter outing when I need to catch up on some inevitable post-baby zzzz's. 

 

Butterfly Pavilion

My brother, Ryan, was sweet enough to drive out from Utah with me after I picked up the girls.  Once he was here we tried to keep things interesting and decided to go to the Butterfly Pavilion so he could hole Rosie the tarantula.  For some reason we didn't get to hold her for very long but I think he still thought it was kind of cool.  I have never taken McKenzie to the Butterfly Pavilion and it was neat to see how totally entranced she was by everything; the bees, the spiders, the centipedes, the beetles, and of course...the butterflies.  I absolutely love butterfly pavilions.  I think it is so cool watching them float around completely trusting you. 

We hadn't been in the butterfly room long when Cambrie and Ryan came running back to find McKenzie and me, saying that a butterfly had landing on her hip!  Shoot!  Where was I with the camera?  After that piece of news the girls tried walking around very slowly and standing still for long periods of time hoping that another butterfly would land on them.  Geesh, I was hoping for the same thing. 

 

Once they felt satisfied looking at the butterflies we wandered into the hands-on exhibits.  The girls ran through a maze, climbed the spiderweb, and watched a movie about how spiders eat their prey and mate....that was interesting to watch with two young girls.  All in all we had fun and I have to say that it was a pretty successful outing. 

Memorial Day Pool Party

True to tradition my mom's family had a BBQ/pool party at my Uncle Bruce & Aunt Barbara's house.  It sounds like Cambrie and McKenzie had fun learning how to jump off the diving board and generally had fun splashing around with all the cousins.  Oh it looks like fun!

Lundstrom Park

I envy my Higham cousins in that they are able to get together all the time.  Luckily for us, every time they get together they invite my girls to tag along.  This particular day they all went to play at Lundstrom Park.  Cambrie and her cousin Ruby were born the same day, however you wouldn't be able to guess that since Ruby towers above her cousin.  I guess that's what happens when her parents are both over six feet tall huh? 

 

 

Kindergarten graduation

One of the bummers about the timing of our China trip was that I missed Cambrie Kindergarten graduation program.  I had been looking forward to seeing her on the last day of school to celebrate with her, but unfortunately it just couldn't happen.  So I left my mom with strict instructions to take pictures and record the performance so I didn't feel like I had missed too much.  After looking through all of the pictures and video, it looks like they had a successful performance. 

McKenzie waiting for the program to start.

I was surprised to see how many songs the kids performed, and I was glad to see that Cambrie knew them all pretty well.  It was so cute watching her sing up there with all of her friends! 

I can't believe she it going to be in first grade next year!  That means early mornings, packing lunches, and being gone all day.  Wow....how crazy!