A Baby Pool!

Take a guess at when Baby will arrive, as well as her other vital statistics! We will send the winner a small prize after Baby is here:

http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyVolpe3Pool

Some hints:
Estimated Due Date is October 8, 2009
She's a GIRL (ultrasound at 20 weeks)
Mia was 9lbs, 3oz, 20.5 inches long, and 10 days overdue
Laney was 8lbs, 5oz, 20 inches long, and 2 days early

The Trip - a Recap

Whew! It was a quick trip by all accounts, one we would have love to have extended. But, we managed to fit in most of the things we wanted to do and still had a little time for R&R.

We left Friday after Laney's school morning and drove to Florence, SC, our halfway point and a place to spend the night. Saturday evening after a stop at the Outlet Malls we arrived at our condo in Orlando. How beautiful! And a working kitchen to boot! Hooray!

Sunday our friend Tim escorted us to the Magic Kingdom where we played the day away, and we left the park in time to make it to dinner in Downtown Disney at the House of Blues. Great food, and very kid-friendly!

Monday and Tuesday we spent with Patrick's parents in Lake Placid as well as with their son Dennis and his wife Diane, who Mia adored. It was a nice relaxing time and we enjoyed the company.

After a quick kids' pirate treasure hunt at the resort, we headed back to Downtown Disney on Wednesday for a lunch treat at TRex and to look at the Legoland sculptures we had eyed earlier in the week. Who knew that they would be closed for renovations! Oh well, it was nice to have an afternoon to do some more outlet shopping and just hang out at the resort and enjoy our place.

Thursday we ventured out to Disney again, this time to the Hollywood studios. We really loved seeing the Beauty and the Beast show, but the rest of the park lacked the interesting activities for the girls. However, while Laney napped in the stroller, Mia got to get out some of her extra energy in the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground. That was fun!

We left early and headed back to the Magic Kingdom just in time for dinner and parade watching, and completed the day watching and dancing to the fireworks. Patrick even caught a glimpse of Tinkerbell flying down from the castle!


Friday, our last day there, turned out to also be our warmest day, peaking at about 68 degrees. (Yes, it was historically cold in Florida last week. Seems we took the cold weather down with us, and brought it back here with us upon our return.) We swam in the pools in the morning, and had a fun playdate with our friends The Remleys in the afternoon. We had a big feast at Outback with our friends and then ended the night back at our condo full and sleepy.

Saturday and Sunday we again spent driving, and now here we are, back in our Little House (My Home! as Laney calls it) and we're a little road-weary, but happy we had our little adventure.

H is for Hats Off to the USA!

Just have to say Congratulations to Michael Phelps for Kicking Booty in the Olympics this week and being dubbed the "greatest Olympian ever" and to the Girls Gymnastics team for their silver team medal.

Today for H day we made paper hats, did our horse coloring pages, and did some tracing of the letters (well, Mia did anyway).

Happy H Day!







(Note: this is supposed to be an "H")



Books read today: Horton Hatches an Egg, Hokey Pokey Elmo, and My Little Pony Hide and Seek

Summer Pics

A few pics of the girls in the backyard...


















And, some mini ice cream sandwiches...














And, some fruit salad Mia made all by herself to help me get better...