Padre Island 2011

This is Alice's 5th trip to Padre, the 4th to the SHW condo. We love coming here although daddy was unable to come this time. Didi and Pop were dad's substitute for this trip.

Waiting for Halloween

Alice has been waiting for Halloween for months now. She has been waffling between Belle, Briar Rose, Daphine or a puppy! We took her to the Disney store and she finally settled on Briar Rose... Aka Aurora...aka... Sleeping Beauty. What a cutie :-)

Bergie's Party

Alice is becoming a pro at birthday parties.  At first, she doesn't want to go because its not HER birthday, but once she realizes that she is going to get to have fun too....she is ready to roll.

The last party we attended was for Bergie at Chuck E Cheese.  We spent 3 hours there and Alice earned 150 tickets which she spent all on small plastic hearts and stars.  She also played air hockey for the first time.  They have a pint sized table perfect for her age and she had fun even when she hit the puck into her own goal a few times.

Mustard

Alice in curlers

Alice has been trying new things lately.... Like a new haircut with bangs, and rolling her hair in curlers

First day in room 12

Alice is excited about her new class.

Easter 2011

Alice and Mommy dunking Easter eggs.  Also, this is Alice's favorite dress lately, and since we do laundry on the weekend its almost always worn on Monday.

Alice shows daddy the progress she's making.

Even her Easter eggs get princess crowns!  She was very proud of her eggs and was being extra careful placing the crowns.  

Both of these princess eggs have been deposed and she wears their crowns and holds their fate, and that of their people in her hands.  

Alice finding her Easter eggs.  This is a rite of passage for kids and parents alike :-)  We all had fun, Alice found them all, and then we pushed her in the swings for a couple hours.  We spend a lot of family time standing around the swing set.

This is the rocket slide.  It is bright yellow, when not covered in leaves, and Alice's mom and dad rub it down with wax paper to make it extra fast.  Alice has often went down so fast that she lands a couple feet from the end on her bottom.  Her first words, "That was fast", as she gets up and heads back, usually cajoling her mom to go down next.