Dress-up: Hawaiian princess. With dogs.
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The water goes in the pool!
Come on in, Ray-Ray, the water's fine!
The calm before the storm.
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Ray-Ray practices with the bucket, while Penny picks her target...
SPLASH!
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Less than half a second before I hit the shutter, Ray-Ray was facing the camera and smiling, too.
Stomping makes a pretty good splash, too!
Penny, can you pour the water on Ray-Ray? Why yes, she can!
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Svim svim svim...
Well, they're sort of facing the same way...
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Hawaaian Rock Princess Penny lays it down with the ABCs!
And for an encore... The Wheels on the Bus!
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You've been a lovely audience! Try the hot dogs!
Mm, watermelon! (Or as Penny called it, 'Red triangle!')
Uh-oh. We are almost out of watermelon! Whatever shall we do?!
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Yay for summer cookouts and watermelon!
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Ray-Ray gets a turn with the hula skirt.
Wait, show me how you do that thing with your hips again...?
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That's my Daddy!
(picture by Matt)
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The doors on the bus go / open and shut...
(picture by Matt)
Two pools! All for me! And fish!
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Wait, whaddya mean, I have to share with the other kids?
Eating cheetos and watermelon and biding our time until the other kids get out of our pool.
Hey, this watermelon's pretty tasty!
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'Oola 'oop! (movie below)
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Eat your heart out, daVinci!
What's better than a huge bubblemaker?
Two huge bubblemakers!
Showing off our bubblemakers for Daddy
Wow, the big kid makes neat bubbles!
Is it just me, or does it look like she's drawing a bubble-sword?
Hey, there's a pile of hula hoops down here by the vollyball game...
Quick, while Dad's distracted! Make a break for it!
If I can just get to Mom before Dad catches me, maybe I'll get to keep the hula hoop!
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Happy Father's Day, Daddy! Can I help open your presents?
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What's so noteworthy about 3 inches of water in a pool? Well, the pool's upside-down, and all that water is rain. About two hours' worth.
Yay, Ray-Ray has a pool, too!
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A pensive moment: who to splash next?
An ice cream truck and a swimming pool: the perfect summer afternoon.
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Bye-bye, ice cream truck!
Eating popcicles in the pool is like having a built-in bath ready to go!
Penny said, in all seriousness, Ice cream truck really amazing! You got that right, little girl.
Check out that form! Surely Ray-Ray is destined for greatness.
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Ray-Ray explains the rules of the game to Penny.
I'd say Penny runs for the joy of running. But really, she runs so that Matt will catch her and throw her up into the air.
Ray-Ray and Penny make a break for it!
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Uh-oh. The Moms found us.
I was going to wait and take this picture closer to her birthday, but she was standing right there. Holy cow, she's grown. Why does that always surprise me?