Rachel at the zoo July 9, 2012

Mom and I took the girls to the zoo today, so here are some pics:

Rachel running through the entrance.

Rachel watching the cow drink water from the "pool"

Rachel brushing the goats while I feed them.

Rachel became obsessed with this peacock. She kept wanting to touch him and would close so that the feathers would brush against her legs. I'm surprised at how patient the bird was with her. We evetually coerced her out of the Asian farm with the thought of seeing the gators.

The tortoises are usually my favorite animal. I think its so neat how big they get. We got a special treat today though, see the video below:

Rachel's 2nd Birthday

We made the trip back to South Carolina for Rachel's 2nd birthday. We decided it was about time she get her first Chuckie Cheese experience. She was super excited and didn't want to wait for the lady to let us through the ropes.

Eating some pizza.

Her Memaw showing her all the fun things to do at CC.

She had so much fun, but was exhausted and just wanted to hug on Memaw. This was the best photo we could get with her Grandparent J's.

Her big birthday gift from Memaw and Pepaw - a fun new house to play in when she visits.

Rachel, Mom, and Granny Lottie

Rachel checking out all her gifts - what a lucky girl.

Checking out her cupcake. She ended up tasting the frosting and that was it. Her first birthday smash cake was alot more fun.

Our family.

Rachel playing with one of her gifts from her Grandma and Pop Pop.

 

Easter 2012

 I know, I know, so lame. Anyway, this is my attempt to start catching up.

Here are some photos from Easter 2012.

We didn't do a whole lot for Rachel, but the Easter Bunny did put some Cadbury cream eggs, Peeps, a little bear, and Reese's eggs in a little bunny bag for her to open.

I made these cupcakes that were supposed to look like little nests. They turned out really good and here is Rachel attempting to eat one. She liked playing with the little Milk Dud eggs more than eating the cupcake.

Our table at the club. They got close to spelling the name right.

Pretty good family shot.

This was at a friends house a day or two before Easter. She really liked wearing the bunny ears.

Rachel playing in the pool

I joined the 384th squadron spouses group planned outing to go see The Hunger Games and dinner at Jose Peppers. So, that left Isaiah and Rachel the whole afternoon together. It was warm enough to drag out the pool and let Rachel have some fun.this is a good cheesy grin
trying to get out of the pool

yay! camera/eye contact

Squadron Easter Egg Hunt

Rachel got to do her very first Easter egg hunt with the 384th Squadron. She was a natural! I gave her little bunny bag to her and showed her how you pick up the eggs and then put them in her bag and she was off.This was her first egg.
Placing the egg in her bag.

Showing off her eggs.

She discovered that there's candy inside the egg. So she was bringing them to me to fix it back.

Rachel and Rosalyn Massey checking out the Easter eggs on the ground.

The Easter Bunny visit 2012

Well the Easter bunny made his official visit to the Oppelaar house this year. Rachel didn't notice her basket of goodies at first so we had to point it out to her, and then she had a big smile on her face.Here she is checking out all her goodies.
She went straight for her Easter Bear.

Her first experience with peeps. She calls them "chickuns".

Rachel and March fun outside

Well, we had about 2 weeks of beautiful, uncharacteristically warm weather in Kansas. A few of the days it was so warm I decided to let Rachel play in the water outside. She had a blast playing with her toys and the sprinkler. Enjoy...

Here's a video of her playing the water: http://youtu.be/S1IZ-VQtOos