the 4th of . . . yes, july

a little ridiculous, i know, but the pics are cute and it included a special visit from gran.

it started with a trip to the zoo and some pretty magnificent face painting.  anabelle usually hates getting very messy or having anything stuck on her.  when i had henna done after emilymae was born she kept making yucky sounds and telling me i needed to clean it.  to our surprise she took us up on the offer to have her face painted, looked over the options and made a selection with papa (a tiger!), added that request for a purple tiger, and agreed with the artist that finishing it off with a little glitter would be the perfect touch.

it was pretty amazing to watch come together.

 

 

 

she got a lot of compliments throughout the zoo

 

rawr!

 

so much fun but time to take our tired tiger home

 

holding hands with gran

and . . . she’s out!

  ok, now for the 4th.  we spent the day in coronado with chris’ brother and his family.  we saw the parade, swam at the pool, and bbq-d on the beach – standard holiday festivities, right?!

we even stopped at a neighborhood lemonade stand on the walk back from the parade.

 

the hat came from mr. jake’s (my bestie’s husband) going away party the week before. 
it’s still a big hit over here.

 

cheers to sweet families, cheers to our lives and freedoms, cheers to awesome face paint, and cheers to all of the armed forces – serving and supporting.

be safe mr. jake.  see you soon!