Happy Father's Day!

I'll pretty much never get a perfect picture of babies/toddlers/preschoolers all looking at the camera and smiling during special occasions, will I? :D

Azucena's Fifth Birthday

Happy birthday, sweet child! You've done a lot of growing up this year. You've been doing OT for a few months and it's helped you manage your emotions a lot more. You love knowing that every Monday you have a special appointment. You love schedules in general: you always ask what day it is and what we do on that day. You spend all day playing with your sisters. You love including Adelaide. It's harder to include Aurora, just because she can't physically keep up with everything, but you certainly try to help her out! You are so excited for school to start this fall. I hope it's everything you want it to be and I'm so excited for you to make new friends and learn something new every day!

Favorite colors: blue (like Grandma, you always point out) and orange
Favorite foods: mashed potatoes
Birthday meal: pizza
Favorite TV show: Doc McStuffins, Magic School Bus, Signing Time
Favorite activity: climbing trees

  

  Edit: Forgot to take portraits for a couple of weeks. Here is your five year old picture!

Oregon Trip Day 6

On our way out of Portland, we tried to go to Multnomah Falls but, uh, so did everyone else! There was ZERO parking anywhere and cars everywhere. After a half hour of trying to find a space, we decided to bag the idea and just get to our next destination when we found an RV spot next to HorseTail Falls. We decided to risk it for ten minutes so the girls could see the waterfall (we'd been promising them that the entire drive) and to stretch our legs for a few minutes. Wish we'd had more time because there was a pool of cool water at the bottom and we even had our swimsuits fairly handy. Oh well, things we know for next time. :D

We needed to find dinner when we got into town and we passed a car show/steam engine show on our way to DQ, so I asked Clark to take us back to the park once we'd eaten. The girls enjoyed "rock climbing" while I checked out some of the displays (we got there at the end so there weren't a lot of people left to get info from).

  This bathtub was my favorite display. So many gorgeous faucets!