Play date

The girls were excited about our playdate today.  Caitlin was especially excited about seeing Heather's new puppies.

 

Alaina loved playing with the tractor and the cousins more than the dogs, though. 

 

She was wore out, though!  I went to the store for a few things and came back to this.  I had to wake her up for dinner.  She sleepily ate one piece of pizza and then went straight to bed. 

Girls with Curls

Alaina has been obsessed with my curly hair lately and wants hers to be exactly the same.  This morning I curled it for her and she wanted some pictures of us together.

Who is this girl?

Last weekend we were out shopping and Caitlin took this selfie to send to Rusty.  Wow, she looks like a teenager!  It's like she grew up over night!!

Easter

Emily invited us for Easter lunch and I was so glad!!  1. We didn't get home until Sunday morning and didn't have any food to eat.  2. She makes amazing food and this meal might have been my favorite so far out of all the times we've eaten at her house. 

I was in charge of the easter egg hunt.  While at Lara's, I bought the eggs and candy and the girls helped me stuff them at the hotel on Saturday night.

 

 

Then the kids wanted to have a challenge to see who could keep a warhead in their mouth the longest.  Brandon won!  (He secretly likes how sour they are).

Spring Break - traveling home

We had such a fun trip - it was hard saying bye to these cutie pies!

Spring Break - Friday

Friday was our last day so we all slept in and then just went to play at the park.  Caitlin was invited to her friend's house so she played there the whole day.  She had a blast.

 

 

At naptime, since Caitlin was having her own fun, I took advantage and took Alaina for some one on one time.  We went to run a few errands and went to Dairy Queen for lunch and ice cream.

This was her eating her banana.

She, of course, had to see how much she could fit into her mouth.

After naps, everyone played in the back yard with bubbles.

The boys also thought it was fun to chase bees with tongs.

Every night, my girls loved to help give the boys a bath.

Then my favorite part was getting to dry them off and getting them dressed for bed.

It was fun to be part of the nighttime routine.

 

Spring Break - Thursday

On Thursday, we finally made it to Busch Gardens.  Caitlin was so happy.  She had been looking forward to the big roller coasters ALL week.

 

It took Alaina a while to build up her courage to ride some of the rides, even the baby ones.

When it got close to naptime, Lara took the boys and Alaina home and Caitlin and I stayed to ride the big coasters.  Caitlin had such a blast.  There wasn't one that scared her and she even went on some by herself!

We went on one that might have ruined roller coasters for me forever.  It's called the Griffin and it was terrifying.  It creeps up a million feet in the air and then levels out for a few seconds and then before it drops, it hangs you face down for about 10 seconds so you can contemplate how you might die.  Then it drops you at 1000 mph.  It does that TWICE!!  I was not okay after it.  I'm not sure I will ever again be the roller coaster dare devil that I thought I was.  Caitlin on the other hand thought it was the best thing EVER!!

She even went on this one all by herself.

 

After naps, the younger kids all came back and we rode until the park closed.

Alaina's favorite part might have been this lady stopping and giving her a flower and posing for a picture.