Reading our books....

These picture books, MADE by one of my collegues, have been a stable of the girls' reading since day 1. M and C are finally at the stage where they read them BY THEMSELVES, saying the words and turning pages! Here they are - sitting with these treasures.

Hey sis, check out this picture!

Caroline, imitating the picture of the little boy yawning - so, that's why they call them YAWN books!

Macie reading a really good mazagine....

Macie, who likes to go potty all the time now, (sigh!) loves to read the Reader's Digest while she's doing business. It's hilarious. She always asks for her "Maza-gine" - it's a hard word, ok? Caroline, on the other hand, is very happy to cheer for Macie but has no interest in sitting on the potty herself. This should be an interesting phase....

TENTS!

Check out our newest-used purchase - TENTS! A huge hit with the girls :) They loved the tent that Mimi and Papa had at their house in Atlanta, so we found some for them.... Here's Macie playing peek-a-boo from the house and Caroline looking through the camping tent!

Talking about swimming

We went to the Y tonight and swam - the girls did great! Caroline was bobbing around in her life-jacket swimsuit and a noodle - we barely had to keep a hand on her! Macie took a little longer to warm up, but after a while, started floating on her back and kicking her feet (with us letting go, too!). They found a yellow ball and a football to "swim" after and kick. It was great.

On the way home, we asked, "Caroline, did you have fun swimming?" and she answered, "Yots! Yots!" (lots of fun or lots of swimming... or does it matter :)

Then, we asked, "Macie, did you have fun swimming?" and she thought for a second and then said, "Toys. Nice, Nice!"

We'll be back there asap....

First trip to the Children's Museum!

WHO KNEW!? The Seattle Children's Museum is the PERFECT rainy day activity. The girls were in heaven - playing with Kai, putting on life jackets, crawling in tents, making balls fly through the air, going "grocery shopping," and let's not forget - THE WATER TABLE!!!! Notice, M and C are the only ones with their shirts off (they get really excited around water)! Great day.

Kai, Macie, and Caroline - making a big, wet mess!

Jon Jon's soccer game

We went up to Monroe last weekend to check out Uncle Tony and Aunt Cici's house that they're building - it's awesome - and to see Jonathan play in his soccer game! The girls had so much fun watching the game and cheering with Gabe. Here are some shots my sister took...

Jon in action!


Caroline

Macie

Love you, sis!

I love this picture! Caroline and Macie made their own reading nook and were having so much fun playing in the hall. Their smiles say it all :)