The First Beach Day of the Summer

Somehow MiniM.E. got it in her little brain that we needed to go to the beach...

And since it was such a gorgeous day today we thought, why not?  We left late morning.  I was expecting to get there, have her play in the sand for an hour, for the water to be freezing and for us to be home in time for lunch.

We arrived and set up our blankets and beach tent (for LittleL.G.).  It was so beautiful out.  Warm, nice breeze and we had the beach almost all to ourselves.  Technically, no swimming or wading yet because the beach was "closed," but they had already mucked it out from the winter and combed the beach so the sand was clean.  The water was actually WARM NOT THAT COLD!  Had we thought to pack a lunch, (and MiniM.E.'s "seal floaty," which she insists she cannot swim without) we could have stayed all day!

First beach day: success.  I was glad Daddy came with us today so I could see how different two kids at the beach was than one.  But I think with a bit of practice we'll be able to spend lots of days at the beach.  Bring on summer!!

Hello May

Our first Saturday in May was a fun and busy one.  We went to the Saratoga Horse Show... for a little while- jumping horses only entertain a 3 year old for so long.  Then we visited the Farmer's Market which started being back outside this weekend.

I took the girls to the playground while Daddy worked on the yard

And MiniM.E. hopscotched like a champ!

Goodbye April

April ended with a visit from Gram to help while I had my second leg surgery, 

Hide and seek with friends:

A visit to Gavin Park:

A visit to the Dairy Haus:

And LittleL.G. figuring out how to drink with a straw...

 ...and stand up in her crib!

World Awareness Children's Museum

Yesterday we went to the Glens Falls World Awareness Children's Museum.  We've been meaning to test it out as an option for cold or rainy days and we finally made it there.  It was a really cute museum and MiniM.E. and her friend E. had a great time playing.  There was a cultural dance theater:

A dragon boat:

with a drum:

A Parisien cafe:

An instrument room, a Japanese tea room, a Nigerian marketplace and lots of other things to keep kids occupied for a couple hours.  It was a great place to play and offered a lot of learning opportunities, even for our little girls.  We will definitely add it to our list of fun indoor play places!

Lots of Exciting Things

Wednesday was our last gymnastics class until the fall and MiniM.E. got to hang from the rings:

The drain at the bottom of our driveway has had a huge hole since we moved in and they finally fixed it, making for a good half hour of fun watching them work while we sat in the car with LittleL.G. napping:

Our bird house has eggs:

And I finally (sort of) got a (blurry) photo of LittleL.G.'s teeth!

Trike-A-Thon

MiniM.E. had her Trike-A-Thon at school yesterday.  She was so excited about it all week.

We arrived at school in a flurry of snow(!?!? I guess my complaining about skipping spring worked!) so it was a little cold to make spectating enjoyable, but worth it to MiniM.E. and her classmates ride around the track at school on their little trikes.

MiniM.E. was so proud of herself for being one of the only kids at school that could ride all by herself and she went around twice!

I guess it made me bike crazy because while she was at school I went to a local consignment sale and picked these up...

Then I had to head to Target to pick up a baby helmet so LittleL.G. can bike with us too:

We need some extra items to install the bike seat, but even though she's about 6" too short for it, MiniM.E. got a kick out of riding the third wheel with Daddy today.

When Babies Get Sick

Monday LittleL.G. did some serious playing, first at the mall playground where she watched all the kids running around and tried really hard to climb things... no success...

Tuesday morning I had a reminder of how insanely ridiculous illness can be in baby-time.

6:00: wake up for the day.  Act cranky all morning

8:45: refuse to nap anywhere except on Mommy

9:45: play like no one's business and act completely normal

10:45: throw up

11:00: take unexpected second morning nap

11:30: wake up and throw up

11:40: can't stay awake

12:30: wake up and act totally normal

And that was it.  Crazy.

A (Balance) Bike Ride

After LittleL.G.'s sick morning, we met our friends at a local bike trail so the girls could practice riding their balance bikes.  It was adorable and they all did a great job balancing.

But after a while they all got tired of riding.  So glad for our double jogging stroller...