Mugging

Visitors

In the book, Madeline, visitors are only allowed from 2 - 4. Lucky for Jeneric and Toddler Wily - our visitors got to stay nearly two weeks!

There was pea picking and shelling (Toddler Wily sat and shelled peas for over an hour!).


Visiting the air museum.


And reading with Grammy.

A little night music

An impromptu jam session, complete with a cat-faced piano and tinker bell costume.

In an old house in Paris

The girls are on a kick for Madeline and our local library indulged them last week with a Madeline reading hour and a craft. The hat is really pretty clever (all paper plates/bowls) and the girls had a blast painting.

Happy 4th, this time with fireworks

The fireworks were rescheduled for Tuesday evening. A school night for both girls. Jeneric was not keen to attend (despite zealous enthusiasm Monday evening) because she feared another tornado warning. So we did what any good parents would do.

We went.

A few minutes early, we pulled up some lawn and had a little snack (juice boxes and pringles - what a treat!).

Happy 4th!

We celebrated by doing at least a dozen puzzles. The girls tag-teamed to complete this 100-piece Hello Kitty puzzle.


We made fudgesicles before heading out for fireworks.






We drove about as far as main street before the sirens blared. Yes, a tornado warning at 9:30 pm or so on the 4th of July. We turned around and hit the basement.

Toddler Wily took it all in stride.




But Jeneric is the youngest in a long line of worriers (Great Grandma Z would be proud) and spent most of the time curled up in Jenni's lap.



She was not at all amused by this picture and also informed us that tornado warnings are not a time for pretend, make-believe, or fun.