Tessa January SzmajaShannon and Tessa strike a pose.

It's funny face time!

A Thursday outside~ Lara enjoys her playhouse from Grandpa Tex and Shannon relaxs in her exersaucer.

We took the girls to Space Farms in Sussex, New Jersey today. Recently, Lara has decided that she does not like certain animals. First, it was sheep. Then, last week we went to a dairy farm to see the cows and have ice cream at the creamery. Cows? Screams that she wants to leave. Ice cream? Well, of course. Lara has been to the Bronx Zoo before, no problems. Today started off okay. Grizzly bears? They are cute. Turkey buzzards- she walked right up to the cage. And, yes, I said turkey buzzards. Lemurs like in Madagascar...doesn't want to go near them. Tigers? No. Monkeys? No. Goats? No. Mountain Lion? No. Jaguar? No. Deer- she wanted to feed them but not get close. So, what we thought was going to be a great day turned into an on/off crying fest. PJ and I have decided to take a break from any place involving animals. From now on, picnics in parks are as wild as we'll go. She did, however, enjoy this...at the zoo. And as we left she said, and I quote, "I had so much fun seeing the animals at the zoo." WHAT!???

Lara rides her bike at the park tonight.

Lara got to ride her new bike from Grams and PopPop at the park. She put her helmet on by herself and wore it in the car on the way there. Excited? Definitely.

Since it was a beautiful day, we decided to go to Bellvale Farms and see the cow milking. Lara, however, was adamant that she did not want to be near the cows~ the picture above. We went to their Creamery instead, ate a picnic lunch and had ice cream. She was much happier with that.

Lara and Aunt Kelly on July 4th.

Lara is getting better at taking pictures. Shannon, almost 3 months already!

A nice one of sisters~Shannon's holding on to Lara's arm. I love this one.