Hello April

And thank you for bringing such lovely weather.  For one day...  Friday we spent as much of the day outside as we could since the weather was going to get cold for the weekend (and snow next week??!!)

LittleL.G. has been asking to go outside every day since she can see the play set from her seat at the table and from the back door.  "Sigh! Sigh!" (slide) multiple times a day.  It was nice to finally let her play out back.  And for the first time she did the slide by herself.  She couldn't have been more excited or proud of herself.

Of course even on the nicest days there's time to play doctor:

Then over the weekend since it was colder we went bowling, the girls' favorite indoor activity

And had our friends' over for pizza.  Since it got late, everyone got in the tub. You know you've got a great friend when they help you rinse after a shampoo.

Playgrounds and Other Stuff

That happened at the end of March.  And now it is April, and I am far behind on the blogging game. I haven't taken as many photos, I rarely even get a chance to sit down at the computer to look at said photos, and I certainly have no time to carefully choose and edit the ones I want to share.  One and a half (almost) and four and a half (almost) are clearly parenting intensive times.  So here are some left over March photos.  Happy April!

LittleL.G. sliding at the Skidmore playground

first outing at West Side Rec of the year

so proud of climbing!

sliding at Gavin Park

flying a plane 

holding hands... aw!

jumping

a visit with Baby J. - even LittleL.G. wanted a turn "ho! ho! baby!" (holding the baby)

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  

First, attempts at Easter photos of the girls.  They are cute, but not quite what I'd envisioned.  

In all fairness, the best place to take photos is supposed to be in your open doorway and it was pretty cold... Also, they were done being dressed up after being in church and LittleL.G. was hungry.

After getting some food in their bellies, the girls opened easter baskets.

And after a nap and a rest, we had our Easter Egg Hunt!

It was a really nice low key Easter.  Thanks to Gram and Grumpy for coming to celebrate with us (and bring us lots of food)!

The Day Before Easter

Today was Saratoga's Egg-stravaganza.  Easter bunny, egg hunts and lots of Easter activities were promised.  Fortunately we got there at the very beginning because the mandatory egg baskets sold out within an hour, and the egg hunts every half hour were cancelled after the first two.  At least it was something to do and we were done after an hour or so because it was very cold and windy.

MiniM.E. surprised us by asking to sit on the Easter Bunny's lap.  So unlike her.  She insisted LittleL.G. sit with her, but as you can see, she wanted no part in it.

The carousel was open, which was exciting for both the girls.  LittleL.G. was almost jumping out of my arms to get in to see the horses, but then refused to ride one.

MiniM.E. got to sit in a fire truck.

And there was the egg hunt, which both girls loved.  Unfortunately, there were only frozen tootsie rolls in the eggs- not a LittleL.G.-friendly food and MiniM.E. insisted she didn't like them.

It was nice to get outside for a while.  AND it kept us busy while we were waiting for Gram and Grumpy to get here.  It's always hard to wait for something exciting!!

Happy Early Easter

Yesterday we went to Healthy Living at the mall to see the live bunnies from Eagle Ridge Farm.  We went last year by mistake since we just happened to be at the mall and saw the bunnies.

This year we got there early to avoid the line and were in and out in half an hour.  The staff from Eagle Ridge Farm was really great and brought bunnies around to pet while the kids were waiting in line.  LittleL.G. was a bit intimidated, but we got some cute photos.

We were even famous on instagram!

Trip to VA: Day 4

Yesterday was playground day.  Auntie Jen took us to a place called Fort Fun- easily the biggest playground we have ever been to.  There were tons of people there but it hardly felt crowded and there was plenty of climbing and sliding and swinging to do.  We took a break to feed the geese and ducks and then played some more.

In the afternoon we stopped back at Auntie Jen's to see her kitty again and play on the swing in her yard.

Then we went back to the beach we went to on Monday. The weather was so much nicer and the girls walked the beach and put their toes in the water.

And then it was time to say goodbye to Auntie Jen and Virginia.  MiniM.E. was so sad and kept asking why we couldn't just stay.  We all had a great time and it was hard to leave to come home.

We left a little earlier than we planned, which was a good thing because it ended up taking us about 3 hours longer to drive to the hotel we planned to stop at and we had to drive until almost 3am to get there!!

Needless to say we are all exhausted today and were so glad to only have two and a half hours to drive home.  It's going to take a few days to recover!

Overall the trip was a huge success! I definitely see more road trips in the future!