A relaxing Saturday....

It's finally summer weather! The great thing about that? Aunt Tracy and Uncle Eduardo have a swimming pool right across from their condo! As predicted, Miss Poppy still loved the water as much as last year, but all she wanted to do was sit on the top step leading into the pool, and refused to let us swim around the pool with her. Hopefully, this doesn't last too long. But, it was still fun.
Other things Poppy is up to? Let's see....right now, she is obsessed with a Care Bears movie we own, and we end up watching it everyday, which is awesome. She still loves to play with her dolls and teddy bears, and calls them "sweetie pie", a term she learned from Grandma. She talks in complete sentences, but is still slightly hard to understand, so most people ask her questions, and then just smile and nod at her responses. But, she is definitely getting better! Paul wanted to see if she could say her last name the other day, so he said, "Poppy, can you say Leggett?", to which she responded, "Poppy Leggett!". We were surprised that she knows her full name!
No big plans for the summer yet, but for the 4th of July weekend, we have a parade, fireworks, a barbecue, swimming, and a trip up the canyon planned. We're ready for the weekend to start!!

Poppy and her Poppy

So, this year, after 2 Springs' worth of attempts at planting poppies, we finally had some grow in our garden and blossom. Thus the impromptu photo shoot of Poppy with one of the bright red poppies from our garden. I should probably add here that she adores flowers...it's actually surprising that we have any flowers left in our beds, because Poppy has to pick one every single time she is outside. We managed to keep her away from the poppies for the most part, but some of the rest of the flowers have not fared so well...

Poppy loved putting water in her play bathtub that she got from Nannie Sue at Christmas. Only thing is, she thinks the shower head is a phone, and didn't want me to shower the baby, because she wanted to talk into it.

Poppy pointing at the sky after I said to her numerous times, "Poppy, look up!"

Sunday Afternoon at Wheeler Farm

A few Sundays ago, we had a picnic at one of Poppy's favorite places, Wheeler Farm. What's better than eating outdoors, running around, playing with the cousins, and seeing the animals?? Maia and Cullen weren't there, and you may also notice that Edison is missing...he was sleeping through most of dinner. But Luke, Poppy and Gaby had a blast! Poppy can say the names of all of her VanDenBerghe cousins (I guess we better get her working on learning her English cousins' names!) Here is how she pronounces them: My (Maia), Ed-son (Edison), Cu-wen (Cullen), Wuke-y (Lukey), and Gobby (Gaby).