Playdoh, Music, and Painting!

Olivia LOVES riding in the car with the windows down! We were heading to the lake on this particular day and she was so excited!

 Jamming to the music!

 This week was my consignment/thrift store shopping week...this awesome Crayola Art Center was picked up for $1.75 and after a little Goo Gone and some new Crayola Dry Erase Crayons (who knew they even made those?) it was brand new!

" Look mommy! I painting!"

 We had a playdate with her friend Emily and they made homemade Playdoh! Pretty cool!

Lake Weekend

We had a few friends up to our lake house and even Olivia had a friend come up to play :-). What a great weekend it was! Sunday was family day and Max took Olivia and I to lunch at a beach bar on the south side of lake. They played live music, had great food, and Olivia played in the fountains with the other kids while Max and I took a load off (well...sort of...we tag-teamed watching Livi ;)! Truly blessed to have such great friends!

 Mommy's little mermaid!

 As overcast as it was the weather was perfect for the girls to play on the top dock in the baby pool.

The girls and their daddy's! This was Olivia's first time in the lake. She loves being with her daddy!

Olivia took the wheel for a minute...lord help us! I know that day when she really gets behind the wheel will be here before we know it!!

Sleeping mermaid...mommy and daddy wore her out! LOL

July Month in Review

I am happy to announce that I have FINALLY gotten caught up on posting all about our July Fun! Man!!! We've been busy! I'm also happy to announce that Blogger has updated their system and it is way faster than the old one so posting shouldn't be as daunting a task as in the past...that along with we finally ditched our crappy internet service with AT&T and now we run with Charter...World of difference in speed! So thanks for visiting our blog and keep on coming back for more Torrence Family fun!

Tutu's and Toddler Time!

 Olivia has been enjoying spending time with her sweet friend Emily the past couple of weeks. Emily and my friend Amanda have had us over to their neighborhood pool for some fun and the girls really love it...ok so they spend most of the time worrying over whose turn it is to play with the same toy but as they say "This too shall pass"! LOL!

 There will be NO Toddlers and Tiara's during our playdates but who said anything about Tutu's and Bubble fun?? They loved this!!

 BUBBLES!

 The girls made their very own pizza for lunch. What a great way to let them get involved and they get to eat their creation! Way COOL!

There is nothing sweeter than watching two sweet girls play with a dollhouse...I just want to freeze these moments. 

Granddaddy's Birthday Party

 Olivia wanted to be the one to give Granddaddy his gift :-)

 Hand painted by our very own little Picasso! Granddaddy loved it!

 She just finished singing him the Happy Birthday song...so sweet!

 Granddaddy always has a "prize" for Olivia when she comes to visit and this time he asked her to hold our hands and close her eyes....this is what she did! HAHAHA we were cracking up! TOO FUNNY!

 M&M's! WOW Granddaddy know the way to Olivia's heart.

I think her face tell it all!  A fun day spent with her loving Granddaddy!

July's Arts, Crafts, and Pinterest Fun!

 I saw this idea on Pinterest to simply use painters tape to spell out a child's name and then let them paint around it.

 I did all the prepping while Olivia was down for a nap.

 She had fun trying different types of paint.

 She really liked mixing the colors together to make new colors!

 This is probably the BEST Pinterest idea I've discovered yet for toddler play! Simply buy some pipe cleaners from the Dollar Store...give them a colander... and have them stick the pipe cleaners in the holes!

 Voila! Instant fun and guaranteed to entertain them for 30 minutes! And HEY!..Let's face it.. that's time for a mommy to start laundry, shower, start lunch, the things we can power through with 30 minutes!!!

 Watercolor painting day!

Olivia really enjoyed being able to wash her own paintbrush and see the water change colors with the paint.

National Aviation Museum

 Blue Angels aircraft. Too cool!

 Olivia in the cockpit of a MIG

Inside Marine One...very neat! 

Max took us girls to the National Aviation Museum Sunday on our way home. I have to say this is by far the BEST museum I've ever seen! What an amazing job they have done. If you are near the Pensacola area I highly recommend it!

Our Sweet Little Fish!

I'm so glad I captured some of Olivia's first swimming moments on film! You never know she may be an Olympic Gold Medal winner in the sport one day...LOL! ...at the end of the video she is showing off her "bubble blowing" skills! Enjoy!

Family Weekend at the Beach

 Getting ready for date night with Mommy and Daddy.

She LOVED to pretend call people on the phone...this is what she was saying...

"Hello Mimi! No time...going to the pool....Bye!" LOL...It was hilarious!

 Daddy took Olivia and I into Destin Saturday night for a special date night...it was yummy!

 Our pretty date for the night ;-)

 She really loved getting in the pool with daddy!

 Holiday Inn Pensacola Beach Resort

 Have I said yet how much we loved this pool?!?!

 Swimming to Daddy!

Max surprised Olivia and I with a weekend getaway to Pensacola Beach last weekend and we had a blast! We stayed at the Holiday Inn Pensacola Beach Resort and couldn't have been happier with their service and amenities!! Olivia loved the pool!