Maggie LOVES taking baths – it’s probably her favorite activity. I’m really looking forward to her being able to sit up in the bath, so she can join her sisters in a formal bath, instead of requiring a whole extra apparatus. But for now, we use good ole whale tub and she splish splashes around for as long as I let her.

Tommy had to work one night this week, and Angelica had class, so the girls and I had a dance party to the Trolls soundtrack and then read the Wizard of Oz. Maggie even got in on the action. Twas a pretty fun girls night AND I had them in bed by 7:30.

A very happy 5th birthday to Kaya – I can’t believe my baby girl is already five. Watch out world, this kindergartner is coming at you.

I needed to pick Kaya up from camp at 2:30 one day since no one else was available to give her a ride. Her camp is right near the hospital, so taking her all the way home and going back to work would take almost an extra hour. So instead, I brought her back to work, bought her some ice cream, and set her up with some headphones and Trolls, which she watched while I finished my work for the day. I’m pretty sure she thinks I just sit in my office and watch Trolls all day now, though.

Maggie is finally feeling a little bit better and has been all smiles lately. She is playing with lots of toys and occasionally rolling over by mistake – I think she’s close to rolling over deliberately but not quite there. Here’s a nice morning smile to ring in August!

Laney is finally tall enough to reach the pedals on her bike and has been super excited to ride with Kaya around the neighborhood. So far she only has the hang of it on flat ground or downhill, so Kaya rides up behind her and gives her a push from behind on the uphill parts. Pretty good teamwork.

One highlight (and perhaps the only highlight) of our trip to Boston was that Maggie and Angelica got to meet Lynn, Edward, and Audrey, my dear freshman college roommate(s) and their two year old. Despite my best efforts, I never really got Audrey warm up to me. But, I did get to witness the kind of food she gets to eat. This is a picture of the lobster dinner she was ordered at Legal Seafoods. Granted, Lynn ate the lobster, but my kids are lucky if I order them anything but water. She lives in luxury! She is also quite cute and very well dressed. And you know, it was good to see Lynn and Edward too.

Laney has hit the age where all of her friends are turning 3  – which means the era of birthday parties has really just started for her. Last weekend we went to Evanito’s birthday party at the Children’s Museum in Alamance County, which was quite fun and nice for the 3 year old crowd (very Kidzu-esque). She had a great time, although still prefers to play with her parents over her friends. And nothing gets her more excited than wearing a party dress!

Once a month through the springtime, our local baby goat farm opens its doors to the locals and lets them in to play with the baby goats. It’s become so popular they started selling tickets, and with the fierce competition, we were only able to snag July tickets, which turned out to be more like adolescent goats who were extremely hot in the 100 degree July heat. But, the kids still liked petting the goats and Maggie even went for a ride! Photo credit to Yoya.

Sandwiched in between our beach trip and our trip to Boston, we managed to take a 4 month picture of Maggie. Poor thing was sniffly (she still is) but she managed to keep her head up long enough to strike the pose. Happy 4 months Maggie!