First day of spring

Yay for spring! It was beautiful here yesterday so we celebrated the first day of spring by spending most of the day outside. We took the girls for their free Italian ice at Rita's (like we do every year on the first day of spring) and then went to a great park nearby. We finished the day off at Ellie's BFF's house and had a great time hanging out with friends. More of the same today :-)

Audrey at the park

Playing on the slide. Audrey was fearless at the park and would follow Ellie anywhere!

Audrey getting a ride in the Jeep

BFF was kind enough to let Audrey drive it, which she loved!

On the swings

JOY!!

Fun weekend

We have had such a fun weekend, capped off today by amazing weather! Here are a few pictures....

Friday night we went to the monthly free Mr. Ray show. We met a bunch of our friends there, which made it even more fun!

The three girls listening to Mr. Ray - Ellie the Plumber is in the middle.

Ellie and her BFF dancing

Ellie and her BFF stood right in front of Mr. Ray for a large portion of the show. It was so cute!

These are their little faces from the front as they watched Mr. Ray in awe.

Audrey has no idea what's going on!

During the show, Mr. Ray asked for volunteers to come up and sing a song in the microphone. Ellie was the first one to raise her hand and I think Lori and I almost had a heart attack! She went up and told him her name and age, but when he asked her what she wanted to sing, she started shaking her head and backing away. We were so proud that she even went up there!!

On Saturday we did a little cleaning and brought some "new" toys down for Audrey.

Today we went to the beach for an Easter egg hunt. This is Ellie on the way there - looks like a good day for the beach, huh?

Audrey playing in the sand

Ellie digging for eggs! They rope off huge areas for different age groups and bury plastic eggs with goodies inside.

And then we went on the rides!

Audrey just watched this time, but by the end of the summer she'll be on the rides, too!

Spring weekend

We just got home from a fun weekend at Mimi and Boppa's house! Ellie loves it because she has so much fun there and we love it because we get to sleep in a little :-) Last night Lori and I went out for drinks with friends, a rare thing for us these days, and today we enjoyed the beautiful weather at a nearby park. Now we're getting ready for the week and the continued repair of our downstairs ceiling. We'll post pictures once the ceiling is done and we have flooring in place.

The group at the park - we met up with my friend and her family who we had been out with the night before. She and I have been friends since 8th grade!

Swinging Audrey

Mommy and Audrey

Ellie playing in the sandbox

Audrey's first slide

Ellie goes down the much bigger slide!

Sweet Audrey

Enjoying our picnic lunch

Here comes the sun!

The weather today has been beautiful so I took the girls for a walk and then to the playground for an hour. Ellie was so happy to be outside! She ran around the playground, doing all the things she couldn't do alone last year. Amazing! She also brought her soccer ball and had a good time playing with that. Lori has been working with her on kicking and stopping it; she's ready to sign up for the teams here next summer!

A short video of Audrey's first time in the swing - she loved it!