Paige turned 6 years old!

July 15 was Paige's 6th birthday.  Curtis' sister, Heidi, was here for the week and for the third year in a row we went to Silverwood for Paige's actual birthday.  Paige's favorite ride this year wase the Umbrella's.  Not so much "my" favorite!  We spent most our time over at Boulder Beach since it was so hot that day.  Later that evening we took Paige to Red Robin for her birthday dinner.  Red Robin was actually there but Paige would have nothing to do with him.  She was constantly watching for him out of the corner of her eye.

A couple days later, we had a birthday party for Paige at 360 Gymnastics.  A great group of kids came to the party and fun was had by all.  The theme of the party this year was iCarly.  We still can't get over how fast she is growing.  These six years seem to have flown by!

Rock Wall Climbing

This rock climbing wall is 35 ft tall and Paige climbed to the top 4 times. She has such strong arms and legs for a five year old. This wall is man made by Curtis' boss and family. It is amazing! They also have an adult zip line and a kids zip line but Paige came right back to the rock climbing wall. I thought the zip line looked safer but she prefers more of a challenge just like her daddy!

4th of July-McCall

We spent the 4th of July in McCall. The weather was a little cool for this time of year but we still spent lots of time swimming and laying by the pool. Paige was a fish this year! No fear of the water and she learned how to swim and dive with her goggles. Quite an achievement for her! The fireworks show over the Payette Lake was awesome. The last few years we have visited "our" spot, or so we call it, on the end of a dock to watch the show.

Paige took this picture of Curtis and I down by the lake.  I thought she did a great job!

Paige lost her 1st tooth!

On June 30th, Paige lost her 1st tooth! We had a feeling that it would come out while we were on vacation and it did. It had been super wiggly for a couple of days. Her daddy offered to just pull it real quick and she said, "no, I can do it". It wasn't too much longer and she pulled it out all by herself. So much excitement! Paige's next concern was the tooth fairy. How was the tooth fairy going to find her in "McCall"??? Paige decided she didn't want the tooth fairy to take her tooth away so we wrote a letter to the tooth fairy asking her not to take it. When morning came, Paige woke up crying because there was no $ from the tooth fairy. I was a little concerned because I left this job up to Curtis. In the end, we found $ at the bottom of her sleeping bag. Phew!!!

Father's Day Weekend

We had a great time at Dworshak Lake on Papa's boat.  Paige reeled in lots of Coconuts (she was calling the Kokanee, Coconuts).  Silly girl!  Our day of fishing and sun bathing was cut a little short due to the wind, but it was a fun day of celebrating the daddy's!

Summer Fun!

It is slowly beginning to feel like summer, s l o w l y!!!  We are doing a pretty good job at marking fun things off our to do list.  Paige and I took a road trip to Coeur d Alene to get the car worked on.  It was a beautiful day so we stopped by the lake and played in the water and layed on the beach.  That was a great start to our summer!

Curtis, Paige and I took a long weekend and drove to Portland to visit family. Paige had so much fun with her cousins.  Keeley and I ventured out just the two of us and went to IKEA.  I loved that store and actually saw celebrities, the mom and one of the son's from Little People, Big World.  Exciting moment for me!

Paige is finishing up her first year of t-ball.  She has really enjoyed it.  It is so much fun to watch her play.  She can really hit that ball!  She is enjoying the Summer Reading Program at the library.  Next week, Paige will be going to Vacation Bible School with some friends.  She is going through friend/playdate withdrawal so it will be great to get her back with her friends again. 

We have taken several walks to the park and today we actually layed out in the sun. I took along the camera and Paige thought it was so funny to make silly faces. Frustrating for this mom who is a scrapbooker, but I will take what I can get!

Last Days of Kindergarten

This week has been rough for Paige.  She loves school so very much and it has come to an end for the Summer.  In preparation for the Summer, Paige and I made a list of all the fun things we are going to do this Summer.  She reads this list everyday and is excited to get going on all our little adventures.  So far, the weather is not cooperating.  It has been very rainy and windy which is very hard for busy little bodies.  As a mom, I have been trying to take more time to do the little things with Paige.  Sure I will snuggle and watch a "whole" movie with you.  Sure I will stop everytime you say mom watch me.  Sure I will go down the slide.  These little things add up to lots of attention which is what she is needing and craving right now.  We are looking forward to the warm weather and getting to go to the pool.  That is when Summer seems to officially

start!