End of July / Early August

We have had some wonderfully busy few weeks, so I'm a little behind on the blog.  Here are some miscellaneous pictures from recent days:

Mia thoroughly enjoyed taking pictures of her funny faces with my phone!

Lily had a sleepover with my parents and Molly one evening, so Ryan and I decided to have a fun evening with just Mia.  We bought the Johnny Depp version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because both girls loved the original version of this movie.  Mia loved that she got to watch the movie before Lily did!  After the movie, we surprised her with sparklers.  She had never seen these before, and she thought they were awesome!

  One afternoon, the girls and I went bowling with the Murrays.  Mia and Gunnar were in PMO together last year, and they developed such a sweet little friendship.  Lily and Bree are the same age too, so this is perfect for a get-together!  Kelly (their mom) and I enjoy one another's company too, so we try to get together for a playdate every few weeks.  Lily has been bowling once before, but this was Mia's first time.  They loved it!

  Mia was so proud of herself for helping Ryan make pancakes one morning.

  Date with Daddy to Chuck E Cheese, and Mia saying "cheese" at lunch one day.

 We all loved having Grandpops come in for a visit recently.  He, Ryan and I enjoyed a delicious dinner at Rathbun's Steaks one evening.  The next day, the five of us went to LEGOLAND which the girls loved.  I think Grandpops enjoyed watching them play.  He surprised them with new Lego sets which thrilled them.  Lily was beyond excited to get the vet set she has been wanting for a couple of months now, and Mia was elated to get a circus set.  They couldn't wait to start playing with them!  After lunch at Johnny Rocket's, we headed home to rest.  After that, we met back up to go see the movie Turbo which was really cute.  After the movie, we had dinner at Jim and Nick's, and then we hung out at our house for awhile.  Grandpops got to see exactly what kind of Lego whiz kids we have!  This was a great visit, and we look forward to seeing him again soon!

 Today we headed up to North Point Mall.  Lily has been saving up her money, and she was so excited to finally have enough to buy the American Girl of the year, Saige.  Mia had also been saving her money, and she was quite happy to buy an awesome Jake Lego set.

 Lily was proud of her snack time sculpture with cheese and crackers.

 We had a sudden downpour this afternoon, but the sun was still shining.  Liz looked out of our window and saw this rainbow shining across our front yard!  We could see both ends of the rainbow (no pots of gold though...) which was really cool.  This was awesome to see!