Sleeping through softball

We started playing softball with the church so Lola happily tags along. One night Lola fell asleep on the way to the ball park and slept through the whole game wrapped up in our picnic blanket. Most nights she is an awesome cheerleader but not tonight.

Playing Princess

How time flies when one is wearing a fluffy princess dress,

the whole house becomes a castle with just a little mess.

I wonder what princesses dress up as when they play?

Do they twirl around in tutus and dance the day away?

Great America and bear cake

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While mommy was busy making a cake for her girlfriend who just had a baby, Lola and daddy went over to great america to ride some rides. The bear cake turned out perfect, however, it did not make the trip down to foster city so well. It ended up being a decapitated bear:( oh well, it still tasted good.

Happy Mother's Day

What a sweet girl/ husband I have. For Mother's Day, they had been working on a big surprise all week. They went to a pottery place and made me a sweet kitty and a vase. Lola even made me a card secretly. It was very adorable. And for dessert Virgil had made a homemade cheesecake with fresh raspberry sauce. tasty![slideshow]

Happy Hallow

Happy Hallow was a fun place to spend a day. We met one of Lola's girlfriends there for the day. Man, did they have fun! There are so many rides that are just the right size for them. And a bunch of animals to check out. All the girls had fun digging in the sand at the dinosaur hunt area. [slideshow]

Reading to Kiku

Lola and I have been sharing our days with a little girl named Viveka, but everyone calls her Kiku. Lola acts like she's her big sister. She lets her play with most of her toys, she reads stories to her, she shares her lunch with her and they wrestle around giving each other rasberries and giggling. How fun it is to see them play so well.

pretend ice skating

After going to see Disney on ice a few months ago, Lola has been reenacting the scenes on her "ice rink". She clears off her pink rug and puts on those roller skates. Then she pretends to get ready for the show. Once she's ready she'll zoom around telling the story and sometimes singing some of the songs. She makes new combinations of characters too. Recently they haven't even been from Disney, like Fivel comes to America. She is amazing at retelling the stories. Maybe we should sign her up for acting.