Picnics

This weather has been awesome.  We have taken advantage of it for a few picnic dates.  Last week we met Tara and Grace at the park for walking, playing, and picnicing.  It was a blast.  We were there til 7pm, and the girls (and we) loved it!  Here are just a few pics of the little friends:

     

Then, Sunday after we came home from church and changed out of our church clothes…

       

We headed to the park for a picnic and playing.  We had so much fun hanging out around the pavilion that we never even made it to the playground. 

     

     

Ellie played on the picnic table for most of the time, but she seemed to enjoy it :)  Madison wanted to play hide-and-seek.  This photo is not her in time out, but “hiding” from us!  When we would say “Ready or Not Here we come!” she would turn around and come running.  We have a little learning to do before she can win at that game, but it was super cute!

  

Hope everyone has a great week.

Thank You.

I just wanted to put a shout out to Grandma and Grandpa Yoh.  Grandma retired from teaching earlier this year; she was hoping to spend more time with her grandkids among other things.  Well, with the way our life has been lately, her wish came true.  They have come down multiple times during the week to give me a little relief when Jeremy has been gone.  They came for a couple days a few weeks ago when the sitter was sick.  They came last week for three days to help out.  I don’t always post about it because I don’t usually have photos (although I am sure that they take plenty!).  I snapped a quick photo when they passed through this week.  So thank you, Grandma and Grandpa Yoh for all your time driving and playing!

FYI: I posted a few below this (a little out of order since this is really the oldest post).  Enjoy!

More Fountains

On Sunday after church, we loaded everyone up and headed to Easton Fountains.  I figured Madison enjoyed the ones at Polaris so much, why not go again.  Well, the Easton fountains well nice, are a little more surprising and difficult to run through than Polaris.  She still had fun, just had to change her playing techniques.  Ellie even got in on the action for about 5 seconds before crying.

             

                                             

We got out lunch from Piada, an Italian version of Chipotle with pasta bowls or piada wraps.  It was pretty good.  Madison enjoyed the chance to have a picnic.  She definitely didn’t care that spaghetti is the messiest picnic food. 

                       

Next fountain destination: Downtown.

Mercy Meander

This is the third annual bike trip organized by Mike, Jeremy’s former roommate.  The past two years it has been near Lancaster in the hills of Hocking Hills.  Those years, it was called “The Revenge".  Well, now he has a little girl, is in the middle of a move, and is getting older??  So, the location was changed to bike paths.  Jeremy decided to take Madison for a leg of it.  Mike decided to let him take his little girl in the trailer too.  So, Madison made a new friend, Sasha.  Jeremy said they did a great job until about the last mile when Sasha started crying.  This was to be expected considering it was her normal nap time.  Check out Madison with her new friend:

     

While we waited for everyone to get loaded up, Ellie woke up from her nap and lounged on the tables.

                

On a side note, we shattered our back car window while getting the trailer out of the trunk and bikes set up.  It was a freak accident experienced by at least 2 other people at that park at some point in their biking career.  Soooo  Jeremy was on the phone trying to set up a time for it to be fixed – no one is open on Memorial Day.  Instead, Ellie and I went with Mike’s mom back to our house to pick up our other car.  It made for a hectic morning, but things work out and life is still good.  I hope everyone enjoyed their extra day this weekend.  I know we did!

Ellie or Erin

My mom has had some fun looking back on some old photos of me and comparing them to Ellie.  It is surprising how much we look alike.  Here are a few of them:

     versus (and no I didn’t pose her like this)   

 

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We are not identical, but it is a little crazy.  Thanks, Mom, for providing some comparision pictures.  We’ll see how much we continue to look alike.  I think I look like my dad, but there are a few pictures of my mom when she is little that she and I look almost exactly alike.  Maybe that will come in a later blog.  Hope everyone has a great weekend…. and enjoys the extra day we get!

Madison’s First Haircut

On Saturday, we went for Madison’ first haircut.  I got her dressed up for her special day and had prepped her for it for the past week.  Her hair was just getting a little wispy, and I thought I cut might help.  We went to Sweet and Sassy as recommended by friends of ours.  Madison did a great job.  She sat in the chair and laughed at the beginning, got a little spacey in the middle of it, and kept her head pretty still for the whole thing.  She received a compliment from the beautician.  The before and after is not drastic – not enough hair to be drastic – but she did get the back of the hair leveled out some.  Those little curls are still there.  I am thinking they could look super cute as they grow out.  Right now, although cute, they make it look a little disheveled at all times.

            

Afterward, she walked out like a model on their runway… a little shy, a little excited, and super proud!

My plan was to take her out for an ice cream treat or something special afterwards.  She found that “something special” on her own as we were leaving – The fountains at Polaris.  I almost said no – after all, I had no swimsuit, no swim diaper, no towel, no sunscreen, no extra clothes, nothing to prepare me for this.  But her enthusiasm won out, and I stripped her down to her diaper and let her run.  It was well worth it…

                    

                    

I dried her off with the little underwear covers that some dresses come with and slid her dress back over her head.  We headed to the bank to open a new account.  She loves the bank – a sucker on every visit, and she got a coloring book this time with crayons to keep her busy.  We got home, and she showed off her new (no longer styled) hair-do to her daddy and sister.  And wanted to snuggle her sister.  Ellie tolerated it briefly… even though she adores her big sister, she doesn’t adore being held by her.

Summer (?) Fun

It has been warm, so instead of going to the park I got out the little pool.  Madison had fun dipping in her little sprinkler can and watering the flowers.

            

Ellie hung out for awhile on the lounger and then I held her while she sat.  Madison gave her a spoon to play with… what a good big sister!

                                             

       

She also just sat and chilled while Madison kept playing.  It was a good way to spend the afternoon before supper. 

                

Be sure to check out the next few blogs.  I like splitting up the events, so there are some more posts below this.  Have a great week!