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.

Days 3-7

Well...my early optimism was somewhat unwarranted. On the 2nd night Chris was home, both girls woke up around midnight and I took them back to bed. No one slept much after that. The next day was not fun. We were all very tired and cranky. I was hoping for a better night, since they were tired out, but no such luck. At some point during the night, I decided to take Saoirse to the dr. in the morning, because she felt hot. 

So, Wednesday morning, we went to the pediatrician's office instead of the playdate at the petting farm we had planned. When the nurse got a look at her throat, she said it looked "terrible." She had strep throat. So we went home with a prescription. Although when I say "home," I mean Grandma and Grandpa's place, because it was time for some reinforcements. A day later, Saoirse was covered with a rash, and it turned out she was allergic to the antibiotics. So new meds got added. 

This has been an extremely long week. Chris comes back tomorrow. In the 8 days he's been gone, we've had some major tantrums, fevers, kids piled into mom's bed, a dr's visit, strep throat, med allergies, and a rash. What we have had not nearly enough of is sleep.