Over Easter the girls and I went and visited my sister Sarah who lives in Arizona. Gordon stayed home to study hard and keep preparing for his exam. This time the drive was only seven hours (short compared to the last one!) And we all did really well. We didn't have to stop very often and Lily is getting really good at making sure the other two have food, drink and entertainment. Our trip was mostly for hanging out and relaxing.
The kids really, really, really wanted to swim. Sarah and I had no intention of jumping into the 58 degree water. But we agreed to lifeguard and it was comical to watch the girls only stay in the water for seconds after pleading for so long to be allowed to swim.
I think Lily may have been the only one brave enough to actually put her head under and swim for a little bit. But after that she mostly laid on the warm sidewalk or huddled in her towel to try and heat up again.
The biggest fun to be had was holding the new baby cousin (only a month old!) Eve and Abigail would ask to take a turn and would hold her for thirty seconds then say "I'm done". Which was good since the baby was usually done too. Lily lasted quite a bit longer on her turns, and I held her as much as I could.
During our visit the girl's were able to go to a dress-up party. Here they are all ready to play!
We also did an Easter Egg Hunt.
The eggs
were filled with treasures, like candy (totally worth crawling on the ground in your new dress to retrieve) :)
We had to leave for our drive home shortly after the hunt. We had fun hanging out and playing. We hope to be able to do it often since they're our nearest relatives from my side of the family (and they're really cool!).
2 comments:
Cute! Looks like a fun trip!
I'll bet the drive home was fun after all that candy!
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