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We picked blackberries in Grannie & Grampy’s neighbor’s back yard.  Not sure if this is a thumbs up for berries, or if she’s showing me a thorn!  She loves berries.

Daphne is carrying her berry purse.

Grannie made a blackberry pie, and Amelia got to lick the whipped cream from the spatula!

Grannie & Grampy had a party for Daphne’s birthday while we were there, and surprised her with a giant ELMO cake made from cupcakes connected together by frosting.

Daphne loved ringing the porch bell for dinner time (Or anytime)!

Ding ding ding ding ding!  (One of Daphne’s favorite songs)

These are lucky girls, and pushing them in Grampy’s heavy wheel barrow is very good exercise.

We had a great time.  Here are the girls on the tire swing.

When Daphne sees these pictures she says “I rode the tire and I said Woo-Hoo!”

Here’s Amelia trying to not hold on, and Daph knowing to not let go.

Aunt Cheri played Happy Birthday on the ukulele!

She also brought Amelia this great art set.  Amelia did this in 10 minutes while I took Daphne upstairs for her nap.

Ethan got Daphne this bike for her birthday.  No pedals, no training wheels.  It will make her work at balance.

Daphne wants to be a firefighter when she grows up.  Amelia gave her this awesome dress up for her birthday.

She even got to wear it to her friend’s birthday party at Fire Station #22 the next day!!!  Ding, ding, ding, ding ding!

It’s been a while since a full-fledged bubble bath with the jets on…

I think Daphne looks like her cousin Jackson here.

Washing off the hand-foot-mouth disease virus.  We’re looking at that one in the rear view mirror now.  Daphne didn’t really notice it but Amelia wasn’t having any fun for the past couple of days.

We went to the lake with Bebe and Grandpa for July 4th, fireworks and all.  I enjoyed taking both girls out in the pedal-boat!  Amelia and I went all the way around a little island nearby.  Too bad their legs are too short to help with the pedaling.

They had a picnic outside…

and (uncaptured on film, unfortunately) waffles topped with ice cream cake for breakfast!  It is a treat only grandmas are allowed to give to grandkids.

Daphne and I went to her classmate’s birthday party at a really cool pool at a country club.  She, and all the kids, had a blast!!

They have a neat spray park next to the pool.

She is really brave!  And really wet.

She interrogated this boy “What’s your name?  pause  I said what’s your name?”, intimidated him, and he let her have the steering wheel to turn off the water.  Tough stuff!

Happy Father’s Day!!

Amelia has a pretty great cannon ball.

It makes a big splash.

Now she’s working on her hand stand and somersaults.

Daphne is super cute in her goggles.  She loves to dunk herself over and over under the water.

See, she’s pretty cute.

Spinning in the morning.

Dinner at Five Guys:

Amelia reads to Daphne.