BACK AT THE RIVER!

Monday evening we made our first trip of 2015 to the river!

I took some stuff out to the car, and saw ^  this  ^ adorable scene on my way back to the house. They were eager. Sun, sand, and an endless amount of rocks >  little girl paradise.

We came prepared with buckets, shovels, hats, floaties,, sunscreen, sunglasses, and drinking water.

Penelope found shells, and kept asking me to take pictures of them. She’s so cute.

Zack came along, and we stayed until his fair skin could no longer bare the sun. I think Amelia may have inherited fair skin, poor thing. She doesn’t get burned but she does get very  red. I guess from overheating? I’m not sure, but one of these days me and Penelope are going to sneak out and spend the whole day at the river just the two of us!

GIFTS

Its no secret that we love our town and the people we’ve met here. They just keep giving and inviting. Saturday one of Zack’s students brought by a bunch of plants because he knew we were in search of plants that did well in full shade. He is also the guy who helped us build our coop last year.

^ The BEST smell!! ^

Aside from the layer of pollen on everything, spring here has been so nice. Once we paint our house we can really get into landscaping the yard. I can’t wait!!

SPLASH GOES THE WINNER

I have had enough of fevers, chest coughs, snot, and swollen baby gums (and the inside of my house, if I’m being totally honest). We needed a break from sanitizing and nose wiping Monday afternoon, so we took a trip to the beach.

The blue towel is water, and the white is sand, and that is good enough for them!

Supplies: :

Nutella toast, water and lots  of icebergs (ice cubes).

A ballerina one piece, a surf ready two piece, enough sunglasses to go around and plenty of sunscreen.

Towels for lounging (or swimming on), iPad for music, and magazines for browsing.

She reads magazines back to front like her momma before her and her momma’s mom before her.

We played games with bowls and cups full of water, paired with an endless supply of icebergs. Penelope created all of the games – my favorite had to be, Splash Goes the Winner!  – in which you splash your ice cube into the bowl of water. You’d think, well then does everyone win?  You’d think, but Amelia ate her ice cubes, so she didn’t qualify.

We are in our element during these warm sunny days!

KEEPING THEM ON THEIR TOES

All week I have been so sleepy and a rather boring mama. On occasion I am okay with giving myself a lazy day (or three…), but I don’t want to make a habit of it. Its not fair to the girls (although they don’t complain when mama feels not so great).

Anywaaaaaaay, its Friday and perfect outside. We shoveled oatmeal into our faces threw clothes on our backs and fled from the house this morning with no plan in mind.

Penelope earned a $1.25 for taking a carton of eggs to the neighbors yesterday, so our first order of business was to buy some bread and hunt down some geese. Geese in this town seemed to be unsure of our intentions, and acted as though our bread was poisoned. We eventually gave away the entire bag of bread, and the girls were thrilled about the whole activity! On our way back to the car, they stopped to play at a playground.

We walked over to the library and scored a bunch of books. I had every intention of attending Friday story time, but of course the day I remember what time it starts they stop in for the summer. Boo.

We cheered right on up when Zack told us he was on his lunch break! I had peanut butter and apples already in the car (never know when a picnic opportunity will present itself!) so we drove right on over to the school. Ping pong and conversation! Whooo!

We were on our way home for nap time when I decided to pass our house right on by. Three quarters were stilling in the van’s change tray and we couldn’t let them sit unused any longer! Fish need to be fed. :)

We used Daddy’s hat as the fish food holder…he won’t mind…

Penelope enjoys finding the number posts. On our way our of the park she told me she was sad that she didn’t find them all. She was too busy having fun, poor thing.

We stopped into one of the museums in the park. We often over look them, but someone had to go potty. Penelope literally jumped for joy when she found ^ ^ ^ this ^ ^ ^ rock collection. No joke.

On our way out of the museum, a lady working the front desk told us about a tree people take photos on. Three years and I never once noticed it! The girls were all too happy to humor me.

Spontaneous days always seem to be the most fun for us. Thankfully this one didn’t disappoint!

TRAIL HOPPING

In my typical fashion, I abandoned laundry (but did the dishes!) and took the girls out. This time it was for location scouting, but I ended up just taking [a million] photos of my girls enjoying themselves on the trails.

Miss independent. In her own little big world.

Last Saturday the girls and I took and day trip to get the girls summer clothes (and of course  accessories!!). We picked up my mom and made it even more fun of an outing! Penelope chose dresses over shorts, and I am LOVING the choices we made!

She saw a “money.” By that I’m sure she meant a large bird. :)

Oh! The hand holding…

At trial number two we had a picnic! We started out at the picnic table, but the wind picked up and we polished lunch off in the back of the van.

We had a little shoot on the railroad tracks, and Penelope scored a rock on her way back to the car. Amelia did a face plant, and scraped her arms and hands pretty bad, so we cut our trip short. Well, we were 2+ hours into our outing, but only walked one of the three trails we intended to.

No doubt on the next sunny day we’ll finish those trails! I’m so grateful I can stay home with these beauties!!