Fun Weekend

This weekend was a lot of fun for us. On Saturday morning, my dad came and picked up Lily. He wants to start spending more one-on-one time with each of his grandkids which we think is great. He took her J Christopher's for breakfast where Lily enjoyed part of a waffle, breakfast potatoes, bacon and orange juice. They also picked up Meme and visited with her some. Lily told us what a great time she had, and we look forward to them spending more time together. While they were out, Ryan took Mia to breakfast and then to run errands. Almost jokingly, Ryan asked Mia where she wanted to go eat; she responded "Chicka." Alright then, off to Chick-fil-a! While the house was nice and quiet, I was able to put together a hash brown casserole and get myself ready in peace. My friend Lisa picked me up and we went to a Sip and See for three friends from Sunday School. We have pretty much stopped having showers for all the babies being born into our class because there are so many! Instead, we have a Sip and See for three or four new babies at a time when they are a few months old. We all get to oooh and aaah over the sweet little ones while stocking up the mom with diapers and wipes and catching up with friends over yummy food. It's a great time! When we left the Sip and See, Lisa and I ran by Omaha Steaks because they were having a HUGE sale. Good meat for cheap prices...awesome!

Soon after I got home, Lily and I left to go to Anna Claire's birthday pool party. She actually turned three on Christmas Day last year, but her mom had the great idea to celebrate her half-birthday. We had a great time. Lily was very hesitant about getting into the pool, so she hung out on the side of the pool and on the stairs. They had lots of big floats, and she would pull one out, rock it back and forth and call it her car. She had a great time "driving and parking" her cars! We both loved AC's princess castle cake that our friend Jill made, and Lily was thrilled when she saw one of the snacks being offered was Princess Gummies. After having a lot of fun for a couple of hours though, we needed to get going. Lily was very excited to look into her goody bag and see a "princess wand" lollipop. I tell you what, it's great that the little things make her so happy!

We tried making sliders for dinner Saturday night on the new griddle that we have (since our big grill is not in use due to deck construction). They turned out really tasty. We also had corn on the cob which I love because it cracks me up to see how excited Mia gets about it. She hadn't been feeling very well but this perked her up. After dinner it was bath time. Lily was very excited about this because I bought some "tub tints" that change the color of the water, but do not stain the kids. We filled the big tub up with blue water for Lily and then put Mia's smaller tub inside of that; we then filled Mia's tub up with red water. They had a great time playing in there together. Lily thinks making the bath water change colors is the coolest trick!

On Sunday morning, we went to church and then to Doc Green's for lunch which was very enjoyable. Both girls seemed just a little off; we think they were pretty tired because they were just whiny and fussy. Both went down for naps before 1:00 instead of waiting until 2:00. Mia woke up about an hour later because she was hungry; she had a little snack and then went back down for about 30 more minutes. When she woke up, we decided to go over to my parents to swim. We had a great time! The pool felt great, and the girls had so much fun. My dad swam with us which they loved too. Mia did great floating around for awhile, but then she had a blast when we let her play on the steps. Lily had fun as we helped hold her up so she could kick and "swim." She loved watching me do somersaults under the water; Mia seemed to be very nervous whenever anyone went underwater. She would point and say "Uh oh!" until they came back up; then she would smile really big. This was a really wonderful way to spend the afternoon, and it made me look forward to our trip to Florida in a few weeks! Around 6, we decided we needed to go because we could hear tummies growling. We drove through Jim and Nicks and enjoyed good BBQ at home. We helped the girls with showers and then put them to bed. Liz came in right as Lily was going to bed, so we enjoyed a relaxing evening watching a show about Disney resorts with her. What a great way to end the weekend!