Mother's Day

After getting to sleep in, the girls gave me my presents. :)

And we all enjoyed the dancing squirrel card.

Abby testing out the blanket I'm making for her.

I think she likes it. :)

Kyleigh still playing with the dancing squirrel card. haha

After our celebrations, we went over to Nate's parents' house to celebrate with them.

The girls playing on the playset Nate, Alex, and I put together.

Gramma and Uncle Alex pushing the girls.

Nate and Uncle Alex pushing the girls.

The girls in their matching dresses. :)

Grampa relaxing in the hammock.

Grampa and his girls. :)

National Train Day

The Train Station

Watching the train go by.

The conductor's hat is a bit too big. :)

Daddy, the girls, and Gramma

Conductor Kyleigh

I had to try the hat on too. :)

Kyleigh and Gramma

From the train station, we walked over the hotel that travelers used to stay at.

The girls liked that they could fit in the fireplaces.

Checking out the traveling clothes of the day.

Nate reading about the history of the area.

Historic timeline of the area.

Moon Sand!

 Okay, so today I decided to make some moon sand for the girls and see what they thought about it. It's really easy to make and feels so soft that it's almost like you aren't touching anything at all. It takes 8 cups of flour and 1 cup of baby oil.

 Then mix it up with your hands.

Then have at it!! Since it's moldable like wet sand at the beach, I brought toys out from the girls' play kitchen that they could use to play with the moon sand.

Great Grapes! Wine & Food Festival 2012

     As an early birthday present, Nate took me to the Great Grapes! Wine & Food Festival. He's gone with his mom a few times and for whatever reason (pregnant, new baby, nursing, no one to watch the kids, etc) I wasn't ever able to go. But this year, Nate bought tickets and his parents were able to watch the girls so I could go to my first wine festival! Yay!!!

Taking a break from the tasting.

And I'm eating some yummy pickle chips!! LOVE these!!!

The music stage.

The vendors.

Nate checking out the cigars.

Our last wine tent before getting picked up. It was raining but it didn't matter. :)

I had a great time with my wonderful husband!!

Picnic at the airport with Nate

My girls started the day by being silly and giving themselves sticker beards. haha

     Then, since Kyleigh is tracked out, we decided to go have a picnic with Nate at an observation park at the airport.

      Nate was more than happy to be whisked away for a bit as his week at work was an especially long and tough one.

On the "runway" pretending they are airplanes.

The girls were excited to watch for planes.

"I'm a plane!"

"Vroom!" is the sound the Abby plane makes. :)

It's a plane!

The Daddy-plane is chasing the Abby-plane and the Kyleigh-plane.

The Daddy-plane got the Kyleigh-plane!

Another plane!

     After the picnic, we headed home and we painted our nails. :)

Little Abby's left hand -- blue with pink sparkle polka dots.

Little Abby's right hand -- pink with purple polka dots.

      After painting Abby's fingers, it was Kyleigh's turn. For Kyleigh's left hand, she wanted green with pink polka dots.

      After we painted her left hand, we noticed that Abby had fallen asleep while we were watching the movie. Poor kid was all tuckered out.

      Then we painted Kyleigh's right hand yellow with pink sparkle polka dots.

      Then it was my turn! Red with yellow polka dots!!

     After nails were dry, it was time to get started on dinner for pizza and a movie night. :)

Softball Games & Terrariums

**Yawn** I still feel tired this morning. haha The girls and I had a full day yesterday, and today is going to be full too.

     Yesterday was Kyleigh's first day of track-out. We had a couple grocery stores we had to go to after breakfast. Then we headed back home for a quick bite to eat and a short nap. While Abby was sleeping, I started getting snacks and toys ready to go to Megan's double-header. These are the last 2 softball games at home, so we wanted to be sure we made them. So we got Abby up, got everybody ready to go, then got everything loaded into the car with my mom's help, then headed out. My mom couldn't stay for the entire second game, so we left when she did because Kyleigh had a garden club event to go to at 5:30.

     So we got home, had a fruit & chocolate plate then got cleaned up and headed out. Silly me went to the wrong place! (I don't know why, but I had been thinking it was at a garden store on the way to Nate's work, but it was at The Garden Supply Store that is near Nate's parents' house.) So of course I rushed us to the right place and of course we were a little late. But we got there in enough time for Kyleigh to catch the end of the directions and build her terrarium. :) Yay! Then after the directions, the kids were let loose and it was a little crazy in the small-ish space with lots of large tables and kids from the garden club and parents of the kids all trying to get to the rocks and dirt and materials.