Happy Birthday, Superstar!

Today is the Superstar's birthday. Today, he is 7!! Happy Birthday, Superstar! We love you!

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Party Weekend!

This was a party weekend for our family! Saturday was our friend the Pirate's birthday (7!!) and the Superstar and Daddy went to his Spongebob swimming party. The Princess and Mommy went to Herbie's baby party (Brody is coming in about 6 weeks! Whoa!) We all had fun. The Superstar got to spend the night with the Pirate too - yay!

Sunday, we went to the Princess' friends, Hunter & Hayden's, birthday party. They turned 3. It was a fun party.

7-11 = FREE SLURPEE DAY!!!

On July 11, 7-11 offered free 7.11 oz. Slurpees! YUM! The Superstar enjoyed his banana flavored one. Delicious!

The Superstar JUMPS!!

The Superstar had another swimming lesson today and he completed 3 firsts - swimming by himself, jumping in the pool without help, and jumping off the diving board! WONDERFUL!

Venice Beach

We took a trip up to Venice Beach - about an hour away from us. It was a beautiful day, hot but not too hot or humid. The Superstar and Daddy searched the water/sand for shells and sharks' teeth. The Princess played in the sand. UNTIL, she realized that she was getting dirty! She HATES to be dirty! She asked for a wipey to get clean. Poor girl! I took her down to the water to clean up and she screamed LOUDLY! "NO WATER!!" She screamed, cried, and carried on until it was time to leave. Then, we tried to rinse her off in the showers/rinsers at the end of the boardwalk. She did NOT want anything to do with that! Again, more screaming! And more "no beach!" The Superstar enjoyed himself at least. However, it will be awhile before we go on a family outing to the beach!

Independence Day

We had a great time on the Fourth of July this year! We joined our friends, The Pirate and the Mermaid, for swimming and dinner at their house:

No, she didn't nap! But she did enjoy the Mermaid's bed!

After playing at their house, we went with our friends to our annual "spot" to watch our city's fireworks display. It was fun! We played with bubbles and glow sticks while we waited.

Check out that American Spirit! Go, Mermaid! Show the Princess what it's all about!

Swimming Lessons...fun!

swimming with a kick board
There he goes with a noodle!

Here he comes with a noodle!

More swimming with a kick board.

Doing a back float - his instructor is only holding him with one finger!! Yay!