'Dee and Dis' Continued

Well, I would have guessed that the little ladies would be passed out within minutes of their 6:45pm bedtime tonight. 

Wrong. 

It's now 7:30pm, and they've only just now fallen asleep. They came to the crack of their door three times (Maddie of course as the leader of this duo, with a smiling Beebster standing right behind her and waving to me!) asking for "stuff for our camp." I guess they now think they are campers. They went into Faith's room and confiscated Floppity, Hoppity, Hippity, and Hippie the Beanie Baby bunnies, the bin of instruments, and Faith's van full of Pets. I could hear them carrying on and playing the flute and harmonica (with Faith belting out a few tunes on the kazoo) and I couldn't help but laugh out loud. They really are too funny. And, the best of friends.

The afternoon was fun. They were all excited to go out earlier this morning and wait for Dan to get home at lunch time. I was so aggravated to get out and notice it was raining after I had spent a good 30 minutes getting them ready with all their 'gear.' Ugh. The lovely winters here! But, we were able to get out this afternoon after Faith's nap and they had a blast. Faith INSISTED on taking two pancakes and a bottle of maple syrup (pretend of course) as an offering to the "swamp creature." She is obsessed! Maddie thought her Beebster was funny, and decided to also take along some bacon. They were probably the sight as we took our walk with them each holding breakfast items in their hands.

After our walk, Maddie wanted to go snow tubing again and Faith wanted to be pulled in her little sled. I took them out to the big hill in the front, and it was awesome. The ice from last night mixed with the snow made it perfect for a little more speed. Maddie would wait at the very top of the hill while I took Faith down in her sled to the bottom (giggling hysterically the entire way) and then I'd shout for Maddie to jump on and come down to us. She'd do a running jump and launch herself onto the snow tube. She had a blast! Faith finally worked up enough nerve to also go down on her 'pansa' on the snow tube. I went down to the bottom of the hill and when I gave Maddie the cue, she pushed Faith just enough to get her going. Faith loved it!

It has definitely been a nice change of pace to at least have a little snow to play in outside. These winters are definitely not my favorite, but we'll take what we get and they have really enjoyed their first snow tubing and sledding of this season.