Getting ready for Sareena's wedding

A couple of weeks ago, while I took a shower after my morning run, the girls were entertaining themselves in our bedroom/bathroom. Apparently while I was in there, they found a brown pen/marker that I use for journaling. Rowan drew all over both girls, and a book I left by the bed. I was impressed that they kept it so neat, to be honest, since they were sitting on my bed while they drew and there are only a couple tiny marks on the pillowcase. Taking their pictures before I scrubbed it off them, I was reminded of these old photos of Reema and me.




Apparently the girls are really excited for Sareena's big day. In about 20 years. Or maybe they're planning on an Indian wedding themselves? Milin and Rohin, I'm looking at you, don't try anything...;)

I have a blog?!

Oh right. That's right. Posting. The girls. Preserving family memories, blah blah blah. I forgot.


We've been having the usual busy summer. We went to the lake for the 4th of July. Rowan had her first s'mores, which she loved as much as you would expect. Saoirse loved the fireworks, I can still hear see her grin, eyebrows raised, saying, "See dat?!" after every burst. Awesome. I've seen a lot of fireworks, but out on the pontoon in the middle of the lake, surrounded by other boats, and having fireworks going off from houses all around you had got to be the best.

We also made a trip up north, spending some time in Traverse City with great friends. The group is growing all the time, this time there were 8 adults and 9 children 5 and under. The girls had their first sailboat ride, which they loved. They spent a lot of time in the sand.






Then we hit Mt. Pleasant for a wedding. The girls had fun, and enjoyed the night in a hotel a lot too. We got an upgrade on our hotel room because the room we reserved wasn't ready yet, and our room had a huge jacuzzi tub right next to the beds. When we walked in, both girls ran to it yelling, "Bathroom!!"


















And here are the girls, being cute with ponytails. Aren't they getting big?

Dads are different

This is why it's good to have two parents. One might be the kind of parent(like me), who would never think that this would be a great game. :)

We love our table!

And we like eating like big girls! Thank you Auntie Reema and Uncle Bav!!

Finally

We finally had one day hot enough, on a weekend, to make it to the pool. Last year the girls were cautious. They liked it, but they were still a bit unsteady on their feet, and the water seemed deep to them. (2 ft. max) This year they were crazy about it. They can walk all through the kid pool without it being too deep. They're brave enough to not need us to hold their hands all the time. And this time, even when they fell in the water and got their faces wet, they just coughed for a minute and kept going. In the end, we had to drag them out of the water after 2 hours. They were purple and shivering, but they wanted to keep going. Let's hope the weather lets us get back there within the next month or so, huh?

Oh, and for Reema: Saoirse wore those glasses in the pool. She wouldn't take them off.

More sister love...

Lots of snuggling around here, it lasts a couple minutes before Rowan starts yelling, "Much!!" Poor Saoirse.

Our saving graces

As they have been on so many other occasions, Grandma and Grandpa were a huge help this week. They took us in, and entertained Rowan while Saoirse got extra attention for being sick.

Saoirse and Rowan enjoyed seeing the lake, and riding on Grandpa's boat.

Back in G.R., here they are watching Nemo with Grandpa:

And here they are in their new big girl beds at Grandma's. Too cute.