Family Day

This past Sunday, we had a family day with just the four of us. It was such a great day! We walked up to the nearest Caribou, and Jamie & I sat outside and read the newspaper while the girls played around us. Then we went for a long walk, pulling the girls in their wagon, ended by a trip to the park. After the girls' nap, we rode bike to a beach on Medicine Lake near our house. Jamie pulled the girls in a cart behind his bike. The weather got a little cloudy, but it was still warm. The girls had an absolute blast playing on the beach. We brought buckets and shovels for them to play with, and they even went in the water. Violet was much more daring than Olivia. She walked out into the water a long way with Daddy! We had to leave earlier than we wanted to because we thought it was going to rain, but it never really did.

As I watched the girls play on the beach, it made me realize how much they've grown up. I just can't believe they are nearing two years old. It is already difficult for me to remember the baby stage, even though it doesn't seem like it was that long ago. It's true that time really does fly, so it was wonderful to have a day to just relax and enjoy the girls.

We have been working with them on counting, and it is so funny to hear them count to ten. Violet usually skips the number one, and goes straight to "two, three, four." She likes the number four and usually gets stuck on it over and over until we prompt her to say "five." Then she will get up to number nine and revert back to number two again. Olivia's favorite numbers are seven and eight, so she usually skips right to those.

Here are some recent pictures.

Violet & Olivia's feet in the sand:

Olivia: Violet & Olivia playing on the beach:

Olivia & Violet: Violet splashing in the lake:
Olivia picking up pinecones:

Violet picking up pinecones:

Violet & Olivia: