Valleyfair!!!

Our shy little girl broke out of her shell today and explored

Valleyfair to its fullest! By the end of the day, she was

jumping on and off rides like a pro. Considering she decided

to forego her nap this afternoon, we're hoping she sleeps well

tonight! Thanks to Ryan's family for coming up and spending the

day with us, Regan had so much fun going on rides with her cousin, Hunter!

We spent this weekend with some friends in Mahtowa (near Duluth) and headed down to Canal Park on Saturday night. It was freezing so we didn't spend much time outside. It was hard to get a decent picture of Regan because she was so busy pointing out the big rocks, the seagulls overhead and the lake. Mommy and daddy were busy making sure the seagulls didn't poop on our heads!

Cheese!!

Her curls really come out when it's humid!

Feeding baby

Mommy snatched this picture quickly on Friday as Regan fed her baby breakfast. It was adorable to listen to her chat with her baby, asking her if she wanted more, running back to her kitchen to fill up baby's dish with more breakfast before hurrying back to tend to her baby! What a great mommy!

Today as we prepared to put Regan's patch on her eye, she said her baby also needed a patch. Of course we had to let her put a patch on the baby too so she went to the box, picked out a patch, took off the backing and placed it right over the baby's eye! She was pretty proud and put her own patch on without so much as a whine! We may end up going through a lot of patches, but it will save everyone an argument!

In this picture, she is sitting in her big girl bed crafted just for Regan by Nana and Papa. She loves her bed and has already told everyone that the baby is going to sleep in her crib next to her in the room. I'm so proud of her for sharing instead of getting jealous that baby is going in the crib.

Daddy had a wonderful idea from our WI Dells trip and insisted Regan needed a slide (a BIG one) for her swimming pool! She absolutely loves it and is thrilled he bought the longest/tallest slide we could find!

I want to soft the buffalo!

We took Regan to the Como Zoo this morning and she so badly wanted to "soft" the buffalo (aka: pet him)! She just couldn't understand why we wouldn't let her pet him; some day she'll thank us for being so strict!

Sparklers under close supervision

Amazed at the noise she created with a "snapper"!

Watching the parade and having a Mr. Freeze!

We hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! Regan went to a parade in the morning, swimming and a BBQ in the afternoon and ended the night with fireworks (both at home and in Edina). Her favorite part of the day was probably swimming :) Much to our surprise, she wasn't real interested in the big fireworks at night and lost interest after about 2 minutes. She thought the sparklers at home were pretty cool and her face after throwing down a few of her own snappers was priceless!