Goodbye

Hello

oh, and Happy Independence Day

We had a really great 4th of July. Ryan's parents were here, so you know we ate well (we had barbecue twice that weekend; you know, for the troops, haha). Also, Coronado throws a nice 50's style celebration with a parade, concerts in the park and fireworks at night over the bay set to music. Made for quite the festive atmosphere around here.

Lots of pictures were taken, but I think that there was a fingerprint on my camera lens or something because they all have a weird, blurry glow.

We watched the parade in true white trash form: on our sheet-covered couch, parked at the curb.

Gwen found some cool big girls to hang around with who taught her to yell (somewhat obnoxiously) "honk your horn!" at every car and truck that passed by.
The fireworks didn't start until nine, which may as well be 2 in the morning for our kids who normally go to sleep at 7:30. Gwen looooved them.
Logan was able to enjoy them more after Ryan figured out that he needed his ears covered. If the hands were taken off the ears, Logi's little hands would find his and place them back over said ears. It was a cute enough gesture to make up for his general bad attitude that evening.

Back to the River

Ryan took Friday off a couple weeks ago so we could spend a long weekend at Lindsay and Randall's river house. This is the third summer in a row we have spent time there and it is soooooo fun.
The kids had lots to do like checking out the water,

and throwing rocks (probably the most popular kid activity).
Ryan and the big people (except for big, fat, pregnant me) spent a lot of time wake-boarding and wake-surfing.
We also got to ride around on pretty much every kind of recreational vehicle imaginable.
Ryan took the kids out one at a time on a jetski. He even let Gwen drive and said they were going like 60mph the whole time because she didn't know how to let off the gas.

Presents

Lately, Gwen's been really into gift giving. This was her present for me the other day when I got out of the shower. I especially loved the crinkled roll of wrapping paper that got thrown in the trash after I got to see my present. But it's the thought that counts, and Gwen's certainly very thoughtful.

SeaWorld

We dropped in and got SeaWorld passes - it's just 15 minutes from where we live. The kids actually really love it. Gwen loves the dolphin show, but not for the dolphins doing triple backflips; the highlight for her is the girl who wears the pink dress that turns into a pink wetsuit. She spends the entire half hour on the lookout for her.
Of course, we like Shamu too, but there's no pink dress girl so he's not as big of an attraction.

Unknown to me when we got our passes, SeaWorld has some pretty fun rides; and an entire kids' play area which is great as long as it's not too crowded.

The End.

Nutrients

I finally found prenatal vitamins that don't make me want to puke. Why didn't anyone ever tell me these were available in candy form? huh?

Yes, for those of you who I haven't told (which includes pretty much everyone), I am pregnant again. It's a boy.

Tiny Dancer

We experienced a bit of a cuteness overload when it came time for the Gweener's first dance recital.
Afterwards, we carried on the famous Corson tradition of "ice cream after performance." Since our favorite ice cream happens to come from McDonald's, that's where we headed. Don't worry, there were plenty of french fries on the ground for Logan to scavenge.
If you want to watch our movie of it click HERE. Warning - do not watch if you are prone to motion sickness. We did the best we could with the technology we had available; and the lighting was horrible, our seats weren't good, Ryan's arm really started to hurt early on, and there are plenty more excuses where those came from... (Gwen is the adorable one with the bouncy pony tail.)

(My friend just forwarded me the link to his video of that night - better quality than ours. Here's the link.)