Monday, July 02, 2007

Dress Shopping & Pool Hopping

My sister, Heidi, is getting married in October! She's busy doing EFY this summer so we took the opportunity while she was around a couple of weeks ago to do some dress shopping. My mom and almost all of my sisters and sisters-in-laws and kids went.
I couldn't resist the urge to put Ava in a "princess" dress. She thought it was just great. As soon as we finished in the dressing room, she hurried over to the pedestal that the brides stand on in front of the mirrors and checked herself out!

After the dress shopping, we headed over to my sister, Gina's, pool for some summertime fun.

Here's Ava wearing her lifevest for the very first time. She kept saying, "I do it myself!" Yeah, right little girl.
Covered UP! I'm loving the swimsuit that I got Ava this year from Old Navy because it has sleeves. She also likes to wear her hat so that makes for great sun protection. (Of course, she's wearing sunblock too).
Beep Beep! We bought some inflatables for the nieces and nephews to use. Ava liked the car - it even beeped when you pushed the horn.
Elise got to dip in for her first swimming experience -EVER. She didn't scream and seemed to tolerate it okay. It was kind of lame for me because I stood there with an umbrella to shade her while my mom held her. Don't feel sorry for me though - Elise took a nap shortly thereafter so I got a chance to jump in too.
Here's Elise before getting into the water too much...What a big smile!

5 comments:

Camie said...

What a beautiful princess you have! It sounds like a fun outing for all the girls to go dress shopping together!! Can't wait to see you guys NEXT WEEK!!

Anne Marie said...

Love that picture of Ava in the dress. You're making me truly jealous (a mom of 4 boys does not get such a treat). Looks like a fun time in the pool.

Anonymous said...

I love the first picture with Ava.
Just beautiful!!!

Michelle said...

these pictures are great! good times. where did you get that car floatie? i must have one.

Lori said...

The car foatie was purchased at Target.