Silly Girls

The girls have been very silly lately. They have been getting into moods where they just sit and giggle at each other. They love eating apples off of the apple tree in our yard. When we get home in the evenings, they walk around to the back of the house, point to the tree and say "apple" until they get one. They usually manage to have a few bites before dropping the apple in the sandbox or on the ground. They don't quite understand yet that they shouldn't pick the apple up again and take another bite!

They don't watch very much TV, but lately they have been asking to watch baseball (bay-ball) on TV. Daddy is pretty happy about this! I couldn't believe it the first time they said "TV" and then "bay-ball." They are really starting to string words together. At supper the other night, Olivia said "more banana" and then gave a reluctant "please." I think it was the first time I've heard one of them try to make a sentence. We've also been contemplating investing in Kemp's or some other milk-related company's stock. Our girls drink so much milk, it is unbelievable. Sometimes they will each drink 3 or 4 glasses of milk at one meal.

Their current favorite song is "The Wheels on the Bus." They will do the actions to all of the verses (wheels going round and round, kids going up and down, wipers going swish swish swish, horn going beep beep beep, etc). They also try to sing, which consists of mumbling through each verse but clearly saying the word "town" at the very end.

Last Saturday night, we were pretty close to some severe weather. A funnel cloud was spotted about 1/2-mile north of our house, so we all took cover in the basement for about 30 minutes. We kept the girls entertained with puzzles. Luckily the storm ended up going just north of us, but we were pretty nervous about it until it passed our area.

We went to the beach on Sunday with my sister Terri & her son William. The girls had an absolute blast. They loved playing in the water, and they just adore their cousin William ("baby, baby, baby") so they were in heaven. Here are a few pictures from our beach trip.

Violet & Olivia sitting on the beach:

Violet playing in the lake:

Olivia standing in the lake:

Olivia & Violet playing in the lake:

Olivia & Violet loving their baby cousin William:
Violet: