Ranger Game

 We went to the last regular season Rangers game.  We tailgated first with Uncles Patrick and Matt, and Sarah.  Elia was so cute on the way there!

 

Horse Races

Gotta love $1 night at the race track.  $1 beer, hot dogs, and popcorn.
They have live music and so the girls had to put on a dance party

They also rolled around in the grass for a while.  Maybe that's why Elia had a rash on her arms the next day?

And of course, watching the horses is the best part!

Cowboy Party

A few weeks ago we went to a friend's cowboy party.  Mom went all out with pony rides and a petting zoo!  Neither G or E would even think about riding the pony, and Gianna wasn't too keen about the petting zoo.  Elia thought it was fun though!

A pretty great party!

College Week

My school had college week and we had a door decorating contest.  My parents created this for me out of a rough sketch I gave them.  Yay UD!

New Clubhouse

Over Labor Day weekend, we cleaned out Chris' closet.  Got rid of some junk, old clothes etc.  It freed up a lot of space in there and so now it is a little hide away for the girls.  They used to hide in there anyway among all the junk, now its just a little more spacious for them.  Every chance G gets, she tries to put all of her blankets, pillows and babies in there to chill.  The first night we had it we read books and said prayers in there before bedtime.  They thought it was the coolest.

Chris' Giants flag is the "door"

 

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend was so great!  We went to the pool (for the last time this season!  :/), the park, and had friends over to bbq.  The weather was amazing on Monday especially- the girls were cold playing outside!!

G rode her bike to the park- she hasn't gotten on that thing since June!  Too hot to take it outside.  She was pretty unsire of herself on the way to the park, but did awesome on the way home.

 Haven't been on swings at the park lately either because of the heat!!  They could have stayed on them for hours.

  

 

  

  Monday we were literally outside the entire day- for dinner too.  I made some pink lemonade pie- which the girls gobbled.  Every weekend should be 3 days long!

Dance Party

Oh these girls.  They get me everytime.  Here they are having a ton of fun last weekend dancing.

Fearless

Elia is fearless. She has learned to swim so well this summer (almost as well as G!) and it is because she has absolutely zero fear of the water. Gianna can swim very well but she gets nervous when she knows the water is over her head and clings to me. Elia fights me to get out of my arms and laughs when I frantically pull her out and she has swallowed a ton of water.

We went to the pool Saturday morning and G was practicing her "humpback whale", which is just falling flat on your back in the water. She is really good at it. Elia wants to be just like G so she tried it too. She was only taking a step back in the water and so on her second try, her face came too close to the edge of the pool and she scraped and bruised her nose. I think it could have been way worse (like hitting her head on the way down or hitting her chin really hard) but it is still really sad to look at.

The weekend was great otherwise. Uncle Patrick stayed with us for a little while en route to UD and they made some corn-hole boxes for his Old Mill apt. We got to go on a little date- to finally see Transfomers 3. Oh! And I made this, this, this, this and this. Pinterest gave me all my ideas, and now I have a freezer full of meals for a few weeks that will help me get through the hustle and bustle of the new job.

My First Day Back!

Yesterday around 4 I got the message that the teacher I am subbing for is going on bedrest. So today was my first day of work!! It is basically like I am starting the year out with them since this is the first week of school for the students. Gianna was really excited because she got to bring her lunchbox to daycare. Here they are this morning before we left.

Its been a hectic 24 hours but it was a great start for the year! More details later...

Rapunzel, let down your haaaiiiiiirrrr

We are a little bit obsessed with Tangled around here. We watched it quite a few times in Cali during airplane rides and car trips and then again this weekend on the road. From the playroom this morning, I hear Gianna singing the Rapunzel song,

Make the clock reverse, turn back what once was mine.....

It really should be the opposite- since Elia's hair is so much longer. I am sooooo stinking tempted to cut it everyday because she screams everytime I try to do anything to it!!