Jamison at gym

Last weekend, Jamison had a great time at gym.  She loves the ball pit with all the balls.  Of course, when you ask her, every ball is blue.

She also was really excited to climb the rock wall and wanted to do more, more, and more.

Brave

We took Jessica and Jamison to see Brave on opening night.  They were excited to see Merida.

Jamison and her meow

Jamison loves her meow Squishy.  Generally I would say it is debatable if Squishy feels the same, but he certainly did not get up an leave!

cooling down on a 90 degree day

The weather warmed up this weekend with 90 degreee temperatures today.  Jamison has been under the weather all week with 2 highly contagious rashes.  We finally let her outside today to cool down and play with her sister now that she is looking better.  The girls had a blast playing with the big ball sprinkler.

Disneyland June 2012 Day 2

On our second day at Disneyland, the girls were excited to meet Chip and Dale.

We spent a bit of time at California Adventure seeing the 3D shows.  This is our happy father's day photo. Jamison told her Daddy no when we asked her to pose for a photo.  No!

She did smile for me though.

Because of all the spots on her face, we cut the day short and visited the doctor.  Despite being sick, she was a happy girl on the way home.  And, someone is now a big girl sitting forward in the car.

Disneyland June 2012 Day 1

For Father's Day, Jim decided that he wanted to go to Disneyland.  This decision was made at noon on the Friday after I got back from Russia and we were in the car by 7pm that night. Let's just say that it was a last minute trip.  When we got to the park on Saturday morning, Jim and Jessica rushed over to ride Space Mountain.  Jamison was super thrilled to go on the rockets.

While we waited for their ride to finish, Jamison had fun playing with the water ball.

Later that morning, we went and visited Tinkerbell.

Merida, from Brave, was visiting.  While Dad stayed in line, the girls colored Brave pictures.

Jamison decided that she did not want to pose with Merida.

Toontown was a big hit as usual. Jessica posed with Pluto.

Both girls drove the car, but Jamison is so small that you cannot even see her.

Pictures with Minnie and Mickey were a must.

Then, it was on to riding Big Thunder Mountain.

And, later that night, Jamison made it very clear to us that she wanted to ride the neigh neighs.

this is what happens when Mom is away

This is what happened while I was in Russia.

a quick trip to Moscow

At the beginning of June, I did a quick trip to Moscow.  We had one afternoon for sightseeing of Red Square, the Kremlin, and surrounding areas.

Jessica's piano recital

Even though Jessica has only been playing piano for 4 weeks or so, Jessica's piano teacher invited her to play in the year end recital because she has been doing so well.  Unfortunately, because it was so last minute, I had already committed to a business trip.

Here is Jessica before the recital.

Jessica was impressed that her name and songs were in the book.

Here is Jessica's performance.

a trip to Pump It Up on Memorial Day

Jim and I took the girls to Pump It Up on Memorial Day.  Both girls had fun going down the slides.

They also had fun going down the slide together.

Bouncing is fun!

Jessica loves her Malificient dress

Jessica was home from school a while ago to go see some specialists.  She wanted to get dressed up to go see the doctor and chose this Malificient dress.  It was quite the conversation starter with the doctors and nurses.

another trip to the amusement park

Last month, we went to the amusement park a second time because the girls just love it so much.  Both girls love riding the carousel, but it is impossible to get a picture of both of them where they are both smiling.

While Jessica rode the big rollercoasters with her dad, Jamison spent the afternoon on the rides for little kids and loved them.  I think one of the best parts was that she could choose all the rides.  She did not have to defer to her older sister at all.

She also had a blast riding the rides with her friends.

After lunch, we took the girls over to the water play area.  They both had a great time splashing around.

Jessica was a good big sister and watched out for Jamison amongst all the bigger kids.

Jamison around the house

Jamison is quite a goofball these days. Here she is sporting an Elmo basket on her head as a hat and I'm sure she was wondering why we were taking her picture.

And, she just kept wearing it all throughout the afternoon.

And, this is her version of lounging on the couch.

Jessica loves Merida

Jessica is already very much into Merida, from the upcoming Brave movie. Here she is modeling a Brave dress her Mimi sent her.