Bubblemania

Last week the girls spent the night at my sister Julie's house. They had a blast. Julie and my mom took them to a sprinkler park which was a hit until a stick jumped up and scratched Graces' foot. Someone always has to get hurt. Then they had a major bubble bath in Julie enormous jacuzzi bath tub. I think someone went a little crazy pouring in the bubbles. Joni took the pictures and says they made bubble mohawks, bubble boobies, bubble pregnant bellies, bubble beards and more. They had to get in the shower to get all of the bubbles off! How fun!

Bubblemania!

The Wedding Weekend

This past weekend we went to Rockport again for a family wedding. Eric's cousin, Melissa, was getting married. She had also asked our girls to be flower girls in the wedding. They were very excited about this opportunity! They gave Grace and Lyla beautiful pink dresses that even came with cute little matching dresses for their dolls. The girls looked beautiful. The entire wedding party did too. The hardest part was keeping the girls under control before the wedding began, during the wedding and afterwards while pictures were being taken. By the time the reception came we were all ready to let them run free! In fact, this picture is how I would describe our evening! Chasing Lyla (and Grace).

When we were walking to the reception, just across the parking lot, Lyla spotted a playground and asked to go there. I told her we were going to a party now and she squealed with excitement. We walked in and she looked around and asked, "but where are the jumpy things?" The girls had a blast running in circles and dancing together and with Eric's family members. It was a late night but they had fun! I think everyone enjoyed seeing family that we don't see on a regular basis too.

Before the Wedding

The Wedding and Reception

A quiet playdate

Grace and Reesi are the best of friends, but Lyla is a different story. Lyla knows exactly which buttons to push to drive Reesi crazy and Reesi falls for it every time. However, we have figured out that it is not so much that they don't get along as it is the number three. Joni said she remembered one of her grad professors always said never put students in groups of three to work because two will work together and the third will be left out. I think that is exactly what happens with Grace, Reesi, and Lyla. Grace and Reesi always buddy up and poor Lyla is left out. To get attention she pushes buttons.

The other day Joni took only Lyla home to play with Reesi. Reesi and Lyla played all afternoon together with not one problem. Joni said she got a ton of laundry done because they did so well. It was sweet to see them bond like that when they normally don't get the chance. They just needed some alone time together.

The picture is of them taking a break from playing because they were "tired". They said they were taking a nap. Yeah, right! That lasted for about 2 minutes!

Time at Mimi and Papoo's

We've been to Rockport (Indiana) for the past two weekends. Here are a couple of pictures of the girls having fun at my parent's house. Art at the dining room table.
Watching cartoons
Riding the Gator. This is a favorite activity of the girls. I love Lyla's Scooby hat!
Running from Sophie. Mom and Dad have a new golden retriever, Sophie. The girls like her but she jumps and so they run and scream.
More time on the Gator!