Party Hardy

We had a fun weekend...the girls were able to party hardy! On Saturday, we went to a birthday party for Jamie's cousin's daughter that turned 3. The party was at the Maple Grove Community Center, which has a pool, so the girls were able to wear swimsuits and go "swimming" for the first time. Violet loved it, Olivia wasn't quite sure about it. It took them awhile to warm up to all the other kids in the pool and all the splashing that was going on. I think they were pretty overwhelmed at first and just wanted to take it all in!

After the party, we drove up to my sister Rhonda's house. We cracked up because our girls were in bed at 7:30 and went to sleep without making a peep while Rhonda's three-year-old daughter (our niece) Emma was still running around and looking for things to do at 9:30 p.m. when us adults were all ready for bed! Emma has pretty much always been a night owl. We had Emma's third birthday party the next day. The kids were able to wear costumes if they wanted to, since her birthday is so close to Halloween. Olivia dressed as Supergirl & Violet dressed as Wonder Woman. They looked pretty cute! Emma, the birthday girl, looked adorable in a ladybug costume. Rhonda did a great job planning the party - there were a lot of fun things to do! They had a scavenger hunt, a drawing contest, bobbing for apples, a pinata, and pumpkin decorating. Our girls were too young to participate, but it was fun to watch our other nieces and nephews join in the fun.

Here are some photos from the weekend.

Olivia (pink swimsuit) & Violet (red swimsuit):

Olivia (Big Sister) & Violet (Little Sister):

Supergirl (Olivia) & Wonder Woman (Violet):

Olivia & Violet with Grandma Thronson:

Hello!

Here is a video of the girls waving hello and acting goofy, filmed on October 1st.

Long Weekend

Unfortunately our weekend was about one day too long. Saturday was pretty uneventful, we took the girls on a shopping trip to Costco. Woo-hoo! They did really well. It is still funny how many people stop to comment on the girls being twins. The weather was so nice that we spent some time outside. Jamie was able to clean out the garage so we were able to get our truck parked in there. We are having our roof reshingled this week because of the damage from a hail storm we had a few months back, and we had to get our truck out of the driveway to make room for the rolloff dumpster.

Sunday ended up being a long day. Olivia was extremely crabby, and in the afternoon her temperature spiked up to 104. We gave her some Tylenol and her fever came down, but she still wasn't quite herself. I gave her a lukewarm bath in the evening and she seemed to feel better, and she had been eating fine, so we weren't too concerned. She was up a few times during the night, and around 4:00 am she started crying frantically. I picked her up, and she was just burning up. Her temp was back up to 104. I gave her some Tylenol and about an hour later, I got her to fall back asleep.

Jamie stayed home with her all day today, and she seemed to do a little better. Her temp spiked up again, but so far her doctor doesn't see a need for her to come in. So we will see how tonight goes. She doesn't have any other symptoms at this point.

On the happier side...

Olivia has a new favorite thing to do. She loves to stand at the wicker basket where we keep her toys and pick out what she wants to play with. She will pull out several things before she will make a decision. Usually she picks out a book. She likes to flip through the pages, but she also likes to chew on them. Nice!

Violet has been acting so funny and goofy lately. Tonight for supper she had venison sausage that Jamie helped make, and afterward she was this crazy maniac. She was making all these funny faces and crawling all over. We thought maybe the sausage had something to do with it!! She also loves to crawl for a short distance, and then she collapses on the floor and lays her head on the ground like she's exhausted. It is so cute. She loves to give hugs and she will crawl up to you and give you a cuddle. She was giving a ton of kisses and hugs to her stuffed puppy tonight.

Violet, collapsing on the floor in exhaustion:

Olivia digging in the toy chest:

Violet & Olivia, looking for Daddy who went outside:

Violet kissing Olivia, Olivia laughing at Daddy:

Daddy tickling Violet:

Olivia on a rocking horse from cousin Emma: