Lake Trip

This past weekend we went to the lake to visit our friends Larry and Katy.  We had a great time!  Here are the girls getting reacquainted at our trip to the store:

 The girls are ready to hit the water first thing Saturday morning:

 Abigail enjoyed having someone that WANTED to sit down all the time and read books to her : )

 Abigail and Emily's first time on a boat!

Our hosts Larry and Katy:

 Sarah Anne and Amelia were pros on the raft:

 Joe and Emily giving it a try . . . .

 Sarah Anne and Amelia came along for the ride:

 Abigail was getting too hot so she got a quick dip in the lake:

 The last time we came to the lake I was pregnant with Emily so didn't get to try this.  So here I go!

 Poor Emily had gone to the doctor on Friday to put some strong medicine on some spots on her skin  . . . so her legs were sensitive to the water this weekend : (  Here is our bandaged girl taking a rest on the couch:

 Abigail tried to join in on the coloring time but decided to try to color her face instead.  She got so mad when Joe picked her up and took her markers away . . . if you look closely you can see the remains of a brown marker under her lips:

We had a great time hanging out and relaxing with our friends!  We hope to do it again soon!!!

Birthday

Today was Joe's birthday.  We celebrated tonight at his restaurant of choice and then Emily presented him with his favorite: banana pudding.  Emily helped me make it this morning:

 I also finished Abigail's outfit last night so they wore them today:

 Here is the back of Abigail's outfit.  I love these criss cross outfits on babies:

Bowling

Today we went bowling for the first time!  We met our friends at the bowling alley.  They have a special in the summer to play 2 free games a day, every day, for the whole summer.  You do have to pay for shoe rental so today's fun cost me $4.50 : )  The girls had a great time!

 Cool bowling shoes!

 Getting her first lesson from dear ol' mom:

 

Ready . . .  

  

set . . . .

go!!!!!

 Abigail taking it all in:

 After a while the girls decided to take a running start to give the ball a good push:

 

And of course a 19 month old can't go too long without having a snack break:

 

Their first game ended in a tie!!!!  Emily's first bowling score is 61.  Yea Emily!

 

Towards the end of Emily's 2nd game she said she was done so Abigail stepped in and finished the game:

 

 "My work here is done":

 High fives all around:

 We finished the day with lunch at our favorite chicken joint and then home!  Fun day all around!

Playtime

On Friday morning our neighbor Sophia came to play for a while.  The girls had fun playing dressup:

 Abigail enjoyed playing with them:

I was able to finish Emily's outfit while the girls played . . . a win-win!  Now I've got to finish Abigail's!

Abigail has enjoyed wearing sunglasses lately:

And both girls enjoyed some Saturday morning play-doh time.  Abigail only ate the play-doh once this time so we are making progress:

Tea Party

Yesterday I took the girls to their first tea party.  There is a tea shop near our house and they had a tea party yesterday with members of the local children's theater that will be performing Peter Pan later this month.  So our ticket included tea and treats and time with the cast, and a ticket to the play that we will see later this month.  We had a great time! I must admit there were times that my blood pressure was high because Emily was a little crazy around the fine china and Abigail wanted to get down and explore everywhere, but I know the girls had fun.  They also had a dress up area and Emily spent most of her time there.  I couldn't pry her out of there.  We made a small scene when it was time to go : )

Here is the tea shop.  We met our friends Rachel, Julia, and Lilliana for the tea:

 Tinkerbell and one of the mermaids Pearl:

 One of the pirates at our table let Emily try on her hat:

 Tinkerbell and our pirate:

 Tigerlilly's sister.  She informed us that Peter Pan couldn't join us because he was saving her sister from Captain Hook:

 Wendy:

 Our tray of food:

 Yummy!

 You can tell from Emily's face that she is about to enjoy some chocolate!

After the tea the girls discovered the dress up room with dresses, hats, jewelry, and gloves:

 

 

 Before we left, Emily had to show Wendy one of the dresses she tried on:

Day at the pool

We hit the pool this morning for the first time this year.  I am trying to figure out what I want the girls to wear in the pool this year to stay safe.  We bought these life jackets last night to try out:

 Emily loved her life jacket and kept it on the whole time so that's good since she likes to play around in the water and be independent.  Abigail didn't really care for hers and technically it's a little big on her.  But the infant life jackets are so constricting and she kept crying in the store last night every time we tried one of those on.  They have huge foam pads on the back of the head and she hated them.  This afternoon when we went back to the pool, I left Abigail's life jacket off and put her in her float from last year.  She seemed to like that a lot better and I didn't have to hold her.  So we'll see how it goes.  I liked the float because it has a seat in it and I can be hands free for small amounts of time if I need to.  With the life jacket on this morning she teetered to the side and went under water when there was a little "crazy" going on with Emily in the pool.

There was another Emily at the pool today and she brought this big airplane float.  My Emily latched onto it and told me she needed it to swim.  I finally had to pry it from her hands to give it back to the poor child that brought it : )

It was a good first day back to the pool : )  Just to share a little story for Abigail to remember one day.  We ate fruit snacks this morning at the pool and one of hers fell under the chair.  When we came back to the pool this afternoon she found it and tried to eat it!!!!  It was faded by the sun, really gooey, and was sitting in a warm puddle of pool water . . .but she decided it was still good enough to eat.