Hot Hot Hot

Victoria woke up from a recent afternoon nap to warm homemade chocolate chip cookies as a snack. Talk about a treat - she kept saying "MMMMM" and kicking her legs. And of course she asked for "MORE! MORE!" but I thought a cookie and a half was plenty! Notice the chocolate all over her lips!

With all that sugar in her system, we went for a neighborhood stroll. Victoria pushed her "BABY" in her stroller all the way down the street and back . It was a really long walk! Could she be my future running partner - mom and daughter marathon team :) ?

The Zavala's took a trip to Charleston over the past weekend. It was so hot! So hot that JZ and Victoria would burst into sweat once they walked outside and out of the AC. Thanks to Mandy, we stayed at The Charleston Place! We visited the Market, went on a carriage ride and visited a plantation.

Victoria's hair is wet from all the sweat! But when it dried it was SOOO curly!!!

Never leave home without a snack or a meal if it is close to meal time. Our carriage ride went long into Victoria's dinner time, so we packed her dinner. Here she is munching on some brocolli.

Victoria loved seeing all the horses pulling the many carriages of tourists. We've known for a while she is a tactile girl - she does better when she can see and feel an object rather than just look at a picture. After she saw the horse in real life she was saying "Horse" and pointing to them on the street and then later in her books.

"THE SWEAT BOX!" AKA The Middleton Plantation. It was so hot Victoria had a melt down - literally!

Happy Father's Day

Victoria loved seeing her Daddy on Father's Day after he was away for 4 days at a conference. We are so lucky to have JZ for such a wonderful father! We love you!

Victoria painted a cute sign for her daddy for dad's day and to welcome him back home. She was covered in red paint and completely dump all the yellow paint out of the container.

So she took a dip in her aligator pool to wash all that paint off... and to cool off.

Dad and daughter on Father's Day 2010.

And Mama and Victoria.

On the drive home Victoria crashed. It was sooo hot outside and she did alot of walking and hard playing. And she had the best manners at lunch - she is such a lil lady!

But she rallied after her nap and was ready for some more! Off the pool...

Just your average Sunday

We spent today just relaxing at home and I got a little carried away with the camera. We didn't have any playdates, run any errands or swim at the pool - just a day spent in the good ole Air Conditioning!

One of the Super Moms in our playgroup told us about using vanilla pudding with food coloring to make finger paints. It was going great until Victoria tasted the pudding paint - then there was suddenly no paint left.

Sporting her Master's apparel given to her by Papa, Victoria practiced her golf swing. Victoria finds golf clubs all over the house - in closets and corners - and loves to show them to us and bang them on the floor.

Victoria disappears every so often and we usually find her in her room reading to herself and pointing at the pictures. Her sweet babbles are the best sounds in the world!

Miss Priss was in full affect this afternoon! The tutu made an appearance and then the attitude followed. She loves her little purse and we find the oddest items in there - like a hippo, calculator and sound machine.

Victoria hasn't really attached herself to baby dolls yet - but she loved strolling the baby, giving baby doll pats and kisses and even a kiss from her favorite pink bear. She feed the baby dinner with a pretend bottle, bowl and spoon.

After a hard and hot day of play this kid was in need of some relaxation. She was a little sweaty after pushing baby dolls and such so I just stripped her naked before we had ravioli for dinner. Anyway, she climbed in her chair and turned on the vibrating switch and just leaned back and rested. Oh what a life :)

What's Happ'nen Hot Stuff

For the Memorial Day weekend we had a good family weekend. We stayed in town and kept our activities low key. And John didn't have to work at all! Yay! We went on a hike to Table Rock, had a nice picnic and then Victoria went wild on the playground. And of course we went swimming - my little water baby!

Those legs are getting thinner! Since she's been walking she is getting some muscle definition and those rolls are getting smaller.

My little climber! All that Gymboree has given her the confidence that she can climb anything and go anywhere.

Tah-Dah!

She was playing peek-a-boo with us while I took this picture. She would hide behind this little green half wall and then pop up and say "boo!" She is so funny!

Beautiful butterflies!

Geese and their gosslings.

Having some lunch after our hike.

We have a few "flowers" in our back yard (some might call them weeds) and Victoria liked to stomp all over the grass. In the past month she has gotten over her fear of walking on grass and mulch.

Victoria and her friend Lily went to hear Roger Day; he is a fun musician that plays the cutest original kid songs. She was a little overwhelmed at first but then the rhythm got her and she was dancing!

Dance girl!

Get Down!

Clap your hands!

John had to cover the Greenville Drive game (a Single A Minor League Baseball team) a few weeks ago and we took a family outing. It was soooo hot and Victoria had the pinkest cheeks and was really sweaty - until I gave her a lemon chill. That pretty much made her the coolest and happiest kid ever! Here she is feeding dad a little snack: 1 for Dada and 2 for V.