Outside Weekend

We had a gorgeous weekend and tried to soak in as much sun and fresh air as we could. The girls were very excited about their new baby pool Daddy got at Target. I think it is the perfect size for them and has really fun attachments. I foresee lots of days this summer playing in the baby pool. Probably everyone will get so tired of seeing the same pictures of the girls in the pool with their same 4 bathing suit selections. But, that is probably what we will be doing at the Meece house with this hot summer comin:)

Bbbbrrrr! It gets a little cold when you get out.

Sunday we went to a new beach we had heard about called Yorktown Beach. It was only a quick 1 1/2 hr drive. It is on the bay side- so there were hardly any waves and it was fairly shallow wading water. As soon as we got to the beach and I put Savannah down she immediately took off running straight to the water and I had to drop everything and chase her. She ran straight in and then froze in about 2 seconds with water up to her ankles. She clearly didn't remember the ocean from last year and I think she was thinking it would feel like bath water or something. She was so shocked that it was "cold" (it actually felt very refreshing), she didn't really want to have much to do with the ocean the rest of the day. I finally at least got her to get her feet in the water and throw a ball out to me in the water.
The beach got really packed by the end of the day, but we had gotten there early and had a good spot up by the water. Not as nice as the Outer Banks of course, but a really nice beach for such a short drive.

Lunch break...the girls did so good eating out of their element. They don't really do "picnic" style meals very often, but they chowed down on some PP&J, cheese, grapes, & goldfish. (which actually sounds like a yummy lunch to me too)

Sky playing with the cool bubble wand.....

Heeyyy!!! I want that wand....

And now I have it .......

Savannah ended up spending at least our last 30 minutes on the beach playing with the beach cart. She was tipping it up and down and then laid it flat on the ground and jumped on it like a trampoline. Whatever works:)

Easter Outfits

We missed getting to dress up for Easter because of the stomach bug...so here was our attempt at some late Easter pictures. It was a gorgeous day, but Savannah was not feeling it at all. She can actually be quite the cry baby sometimes, and she was pitching a fit. She's so tough about some things, and then has such a short fuse about other things. The other day at the park she basically face planted on this basketball court and she made a little noise and looked at me like I had made it happen or something- and then she just took of running. I guessed it wasn't that big of a deal and then a few minutes later I saw it was a huge dirty goose egg on her head. She had shaken it right off. But heaven forbid she can't fit herself into whatever tiny apparatus she's trying to fit into, or a toy she knows talks/plays music and doesn't work now because the battery is dead, or she can't get her shoe on by herself, or the dog with the pull string falls over and won't roll anymore- she loses it! And lots more things that for some reason send her over the edge. And apparently on this day it was way too much to ask of her to sit still for 30 seconds to take a picture. I think we got some good ones of Sky, and actually now I just think the pictures are funny because they are very "real life."

Skylar's Birthday

Skylar turned 3! She had a fun day and got to see lots of her favorite people. She got some new books, babies, Cinderella toys, coloring pad, and a giant Aquadoodle pad. She loved her cupcakes and singing Happy Birthday and always wanted us to sing to Vanna too. She is so sweet about her sister and always wants to know where she is and what she's doing. (until she tries and takes her crayon or Aquadoodle pen- and then a big sister brawl breaks out)

Skylar with her therapists Mrs. Donna and Mrs. Phyllis

Skylar wearing her new Cinderella jewelry from Fegan

Daddy and the girls

Playing with all the new toys. And a sweet picture of baby Skylar....

Nascar

Tyler got free Target tickets to go to the Nascar Sprint Cup race in Richmond. I hadn't been to a race in forever and I forgot how entertaining the crowd was. I could have walked around for hours watching everyone. My favorite Nascar outfit was an awesome Miller Lite beer box trojan helmet. I'm sure beer box armor is not new at all, but I haven't tailgated in forever either- so it was new to me. Fun stuff!
It was a beautiful day and perfect for walking around, but as soon as the sun went down it got SO cold. I almost had to splurge on a big redneck Nascar hoodie, but I managed to survive without it.

Rodney Atkins performed on the track before the race.

(Lara- does this anorak look familiar? I still wear it- it is ancient!)

Lately....

We have been loving playing outside lately with lots of trips to the park. Savannah loves the wide open spaces where she can run free. It would be awesome if the weather would stay like this all summer!
Our Easter weekend started off great. Ty and I went to see Water for Elephants which was really good. (If you've read the book though- where were the pink sequins?!) Then, later that night I got sick with the stomach bug. Luckily my mom was coming in town for Easter week because I was out of commission for days. Easter day was beautiful outside and I barely got to enjoy any of it. I was so sad we didn't get to dress the girls up in their Easter outfits and take them to church. We did a lot of lounging around in pajamas for a few days and Gigi took the girls on wagon rides so they could get out of the house a little bit. We didn't get to do all of the fun things we had planned to do with Gigi, but the girls were very excited to have her visit for the week.

The girls have been doing this hilarious rolling around on each other and laughing thing. It usually starts with Savannah sitting her tiny bum down in Skylar's lap and then Skylar laughs and pushes her off and they start just rolling around together. They also love this certain spot between the kitchen table and the back door. Of course Savannah loves her tiny little spots to squeeze into.


Sitting in my big sister's lap


Gigi and Savannah


Skylar is still obsessed with her magnadoodle- her favorite toy ever!





Savannah was loving this sand box! She was so busy and had lots of work to do in the sand. We can't wait to get her to the beach this summer- she will be a maniac!


Pajama morning playing with all the new play food from Gigi