Sleepover

The girls were staying overnight while Rick and Heather went out for their 5th Anniversary.  We took them first to see the haunted yard on 16th Ave and Jillian got out with Papa to walk around since Bridget had fallen asleep.  Jillian wasn't frightened.  In fact, she thought it was all pretty neat.  When we got home she got her evening treat of not just ice cream but ice cream piled high with whip cream.  Jillian's plan was to sleep in Bridget's portable crib with Sophie which I thought was a clever idea so Sophie couldn't run around.  About 5 minutes into that plan Jillian came out and announced that she had put Sophie in her kennel.  Obviously, Sophie wasn't settling down or maybe it was Jillian because Sophie is usually out for the night by that time.

Today I heard Bridget yelling in the living room so went to see what the problem was.  There was a beetle crawling toward her and she was frozen in that spot pointing at the beetle as it got closer and closer.  I worked to convince her that it was harmless and touched it, so pretty soon she touched it too.  Then she got down and was OK.

Bridget-Outside Girl

     Bridget got to spend a lot of time outdoors today while Jillian was napping since Bridget already had a long morning nap.  When someone went out, she was at the door yelling to go out also.  She'd run to get her shoes and jacket on.  She walked all around the many driveways and spend time picking up rocks from one side of the driveway and throwing them over the bank on the other side.  She sets her own course of direction so sometimes I have to pack her where she should go.  She ended up at the apple tree demanding an apple as I will always pick her one.  She gnaws on it for quite awhile and then throws a mini-fit when she drops it and I throw it away.  She came in for awhile to eat and then was outside again, this time kicking a ball around the driveway.  Surprising how good she can control the ball. 
     When Jillian was outside before her nap her main interest was in riding her bike.  It's surprising how fast she can go now and raise both feet off the ground and coast.

Sighting No. 60

Been a loooong time since one of these was posted, and it's not like there aren't any nice pics of the girls. Daddy just needs to get with it and put these on. So, here's Bridget on a Sunday morning ...

Pumpkin Patch

(This is a little late, but ...) Last week, Jillian's pre-school class went on a field trip to the pumpkin patch at Willow Grove. Mommy also got to go along. The whole class wore yellow jerseys, and got to do all sorts of fun things like go for ride on a tractor-trailer and pet some farm animals. And of course, they got to pick out pumpkins. This picture shows the pumpkin that Jillian chose.

Cutie

Sometimes you put a picture on because it is so darn cute plus shows Bridget's dimples.  She is holding a tiny doll bed and she put a doll in it to rock.

A Fairy and a Reader

Jillian wasn't in the door for 2 minutes and she was stripping off her clothes to get on her dress up clothes.  She then rode her bike around singing "I'm a fairy", plus more that I couldn't always understand.  Since I wanted a picture I'd hide behind a wall until she saw me and then she would ride the other way.  I'd trick her by going around the other way so I got several shots of her since she turned it into a game. 

Bridget always wants to do what you're doing so when Papa sat down on the hearth to read, Bridget climbed right up there too, with her book to sit and read.

Colorful Painting

We got this driveway paint set so Jillian couldn't wait to try it out.  It had a roller and paint brush, so Papa and her had a good time making the driveway colorful.  When they finished up here they went down to Tierney's and painted a Hi Tierney on her driveway.  After painting Jillian would ride her bike through all the paint and around the track that Daddy drew the day before.