Cabin, etc.

This is so Ila! She's wearing a princess dress that is too small, my shoes and she's carrying around a dead snake on a stick that she "just loved". Last time we were at the cabin she played with a dead robin. We all have our quirks...

But isn't she cute?

Gus reading to Opal. He's the sweetest.

Some serious tickle torture with Carrie.

Lithia Park

Chasing some deer at Lithia Park. We spent 3 hours there one Saturday

Opal has been wanting Ila to read to her at night. I think I take a picture every time they sit down together. It's the sweetest time of our day.

Thank goodness Grandma was here to help Ila carve her pumpkin. Carrie, I take back the comment I made 8 years ago about you not carving pumpkins with your two children under the age of 2!

Opal being Opal. She loves using the dust buster, but only if it's really turned on. She has become quite the handful. She does give amazing hugs, which make up for the constant trouble that she causes...oh yeah, and the sleepless nights.

Puppy and Ice Princess pictures to come...

North Mountain Park

So we are still enjoying sunshine. Yesterday we went to North Mountain Park in the afternoon bacause it was such a beautiful day. We invited Ila's adorable and sweet friend Violet and all three girls had a blast. Violet and Ila are in the same kindergarten class and are also friends from preschool at the Butterfly House. The big sand box at N. Mt. seems so soothing. The sand is so soft and warm and it entertains! After playing in the sand box we walked down the path and the girls played in the tee-pee and at the creek. Opal wanted to swim so bad. She didn't understand why I wouldn't take her dress off and let her get wet. That water was cold and it was...well...Bear Creek! Boy does she let me know when she's mad at me. As the girls sang every word to a Katy Perry song with the radio and danced in their seats and giggled all the way home I flashed forward a few years. They were whispering in the back seat and it already made me nervous. I am so enjoying their innocence right now.